This is the information page about the shipwreck Lady josyan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.64 N,0 2.07 W (54.1773333, -0.0345)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: LADY JOSYAN
Length 68.6 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1054 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built 1872 by m pearse & co., with 2 cylinder compound engine of 99hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. owned at time of loss by r gordon, london. passage tyne for london. sank after collision off flamborough head in force 4 winds. (dods, sibi)
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 290 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20160218
Details measurements/cartography: H4791/76 4.11.76 WK IN 541036N, 000200W LOCATED BY DCS3 & TRISPONDER. LENGTH 150FT. POOR SIDESCAN RESULT & NO E/S RECORD. (DECCA SURVEY LTD). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 7.7.78 TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED IN AUGUST 1978. (DECCA SURVEY NEWS RELEASE). H2534/74 6.12.79 WK IN 541025N, 000158W FROM DECCA. STATED AS 'SUCCESS'. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS VOL 1). HH090/730/01 17.12.97 EXAM'D 23.7.97 IN 541038.8N, 000205.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS. OVERALL LENGTH OF DEBRIS AREA 90MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. AREA LIES 110/290DEGS. ILL DEFINED WK/DEBRIS. SEPARATED INTO TWO MAIN AREAS. CENTRALLY THERE IS ASSUMED BURIED DEBRIS. LEAST DEPTH OCCURS IN THE SE PART OF THE DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. 1.4.09 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS LADY JOSYAN. BELL INSCRIBED "LADY JOSYAN" RECOVERED BY CARL BEVERAGE OF FILEY SAA. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) SEP 2016/000007250 21.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5410.640N, 0002.070E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.9 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 81.3 MTRS, WIDTH 20.9 MTRS, HT 4.8 MTRS, ORIENTATION 290/110. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. THE WRECK IS FACING SOUTH EAST AND APPEARS TO BE DEGRADED AND MOSTLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Degraded mostly buried.
Position: 54 10.64 N,0 2.07 W