This is the information page about the shipwreck Laertes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.701 N,3 43.303 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Ann marie (possibly)
6. Antonio (probably)
7. Baychattan
8. Belle ile (possibly)
9. Blue marlin
10. Brenda
11. Bretton hall
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Brunhilda
14. Bull steamer (possibly)
15. Cantabria
16. Catherine allen
17. Cheapside (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Claverley (possibly)
21. Colorado (possibly)
22. Demetrios
23. Dudley rose
24. Eagle
25. East point
26. Edam ii
27. Elizabeth caroline
28. Elsa
29. Elsa (possibly)
30. Emma
31. Empire harry
32. Emsstrom
33. Farn
34. Fiona mary
35. Flourish
36. Garm (possibly)
37. Girl barbara
38. Glory
39. Greatham
40. Grelhame (probably)
41. Gro
42. Halfdan (possibly)
43. Halloween
44. Haugastol (possibly)
45. Havbris (probably)
46. Hazelpark (possibly)
47. Herzogin cecilie
48. Heye p
49. Hildegard (possibly)
50. Hms benton castle
51. Hms chorley (possibly)
52. Hms crocodile
53. Hms jasper (possibly)
54. Hms newbridge (probably)
55. Hms penylan (e part)
56. Hms penylan (w part)
57. Hms picton castle
58. Hms ramillies
59. Hms savage
60. Hms stockforce (possibly)
61. Hmsm d1
62. Hmsm m1
63. Hmsm untiring
64. Jade star gypsy
65. Jordan a
66. Kendal castle
67. Koningin der engelen (probably)
68. Laertes
69. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
70. Les mercenaires
71. Liberta
72. Louis shied
73. Maine
74. Marana (bow section)
75. Marie
76. Medina
77. Mudstomper (probably)
78. Neches (probably)
79. Newholm
80. North sea (probably)
81. Oregon
82. Perm (possibly)
83. Persier
84. Pietje antje
85. Placidas faroult
86. Rayder
87. Riversdale
88. Shirley betty
89. Skaala
90. Soudan
91. St katharine (probably)
92. Stanhope
93. Talvaldis (possibly)
94. Tasmania (possibly)
95. Ternefjell
96. Totnes castle
97. Two sisters
98. U 1063
99. U 214 (probably)
100. Uc 49 (probably)
101. Uc 51
102. Uskmoor (probably)
103. W.s.w. one
104. Waikawa (possibly)
105. Warsaw
106. Wreathier
107. Yvette bm217

 

Name: LAERTES

Length 116.7 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4541 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1904 by hawthorn leslie & co. owned at time of loss by ocean ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 350nhp, single shaft. passage southampton for montreal. torpedoed by ub-31. 14 crew lost. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 99 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 1.25M SSW FROM PRAWLE POINT. (BMVS). GIVES APPROX POSN 501045N, 034320W. 19.11.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 22FMS [40MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2649. H1936/80 29.9.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 500938N, 034319W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GENERAL DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12.5MTRS. ABOUT 90MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. CHART AS WK 49MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/84/45 10.12.84 IDENTIFIED AS 'LAERTES', BELL RECOVERED, IN 500947N, 034330W USING DECCA. LIES NW/SE, WITH BOWS NW. UPRIGHT, STANDING 10MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 10.12.84). NCA. H1310/86/12 31.3.86 DIVED ON IN GOOD VISIBILITY. LIES ROUGHLY N/S, ON PORT SIDE AT 80-90DEGS. COMPLETE & INTACT. LEAST DEPTH (DEPTH GAUGE, REDUCED) 48 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 31.3.86). NCA. HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 18.7.04 IN 5009.701N, 0343.303W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.6 IN GEN DEPTH 62.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 122MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 13.3MTRS. LIES 099/279 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 9.701 N,3 43.303 W

 

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