This is the information page about the shipwreck Lafonia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.527 N,1 24.772 W (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Albano
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Athelduke
6. Baltanglia
7. Bangarth
8. British officer (after part)
9. Buka
10. Bullger
11. Coquet mouth
12. Cor jesu (possibly)
13. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
14. Don (possibly)
15. Dora
16. Driebergen
17. Dutchman
18. Elziena
19. Elziena (possibly)
20. Espire
21. Eston
22. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
23. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
24. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
25. Eventide
26. Fenella
27. Ferryhill
28. Fingal
29. Firelight (possibly)
30. Gottfried (possibly)
31. Gudbrand (possibly)
32. H c flood (possibly)
33. H c flood (probably)
34. Hanne
35. Hazard (probably)
36. Hekla (possibly)
37. Hercules
38. Heros (possibly)
39. Hesvik (possibly)
40. Hmms 180
41. Hms elise
42. Hms elise (possibly)
43. Hms ethel taylor
44. Hms herring
45. Hms james ludford
46. Hms kopanes
47. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
48. Hms patia
49. Hms southsea
50. Hms star of devoran
51. Hms william hallet (possibly)
52. Hms witherington
53. Hmsm unity (probably)
54. Hooghammen
55. Hornchurch (probably)
56. Igor
57. Invergyle
58. John m smart (possibly).
59. Jolly girls
60. Jolly girls (possibly)
61. Jonkoping i (possibly)
62. Kalua
63. Kamma
64. Lafonia
65. Longbird
66. Lunesdale (possibly)
67. Lyng
68. Marne (part of)(possibly)
69. Mars
70. Morlaix (probably)
71. Nidelven
72. Nike (possibly)
73. Nyula
74. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
75. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
76. Peik (probably)
77. Pluto
78. Polleon (possibly)
79. Princess maud (possibly)
80. Protector (possibly)
81. Providence
82. Provider a
83. Prunelle
84. Queen wilhelmina
85. Ragnhild (possibly)
86. Ragni (probably)
87. Recorder (possibly)
88. Regian
89. Renen
90. Rio colorado
91. Rising sun
92. Rosa (possibly)
93. Sargasso (possibly)
94. Scott miller
95. Snowdrop (possibly)
96. Somali
97. Spey (possibly)
98. Sphynx
99. Spray
100. St fergus
101. Strinheim
102. Svava
103. Tadorne
104. The tetrarch (probably)
105. Tioga
106. U 1274
107. Ub 115 (possibly)
108. Upcerne
109. Wearsider

 

Name: LAFONIA

Length 86.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1961 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built 1911 by greenock & grangemouth dockyard, with triple expansion engines for 249nhp. owned at time of loss by the falkland islands co. passage london to greenock. sank after collision. (dods) 23.10.09 collided with ss como. (n hunter, e-mail 23.10.09)

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 53 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H01137/44 24.4.44 NDW IN 551924N, 012520W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 870/44. H460/67 30.3.67 EXAM'D IN 551855N, 012359W USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR 77FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 168FT IN GEN DEPTH 168FT. SCOUR DEPTH 174FT. SEABED SAND AND MUD. (HMS ECHO, ROS DTD 20.9.66). AMEND TO WK 24FMS. BR STD. H460/23 23.12.71 AMEND TO WK 28FMS. (REWORK OF PREVIOUS DATA). BR STD. 7.6.72 AMEND TO WK SW 13FMS. NE 1192. 14.3.74 AMEND TO WK SW 23.4MTRS. NC 156. H1270/85 14.10.86 PREVIOUS SWEEP WAS CLEARANCE SWEEP ONLY. ACCEPT LEAST ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH OBTAINED BY HMS ECHO. AMEND TO WK 51MTRS. BR STD. HH242/630/05 14.6.99 LOCATED IN 5518.533N, 0124.767W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 91MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. HT 10.2MTRS. LIES 053/233 DEGS. INTACT. (MV ANTARES, HN DTD 10.6.99 FOR HI 843). AMEND TO WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/843/01 30.12.99 EXAM'D 27.5.99 IN 5518.527N, 0124.772W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 49.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 91MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.2MTRS. LIES 053/233DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SINGLE PIECE OF DEBRIS WITH HT 0.6MTR LIES AT 290 DEGS, 134MTRS. REASONABLY INTACT WK. (GARDLINE, HI 843). RETAIN AS WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.10.09 DIVED 18.10.09 IN 5518.528N, 0124.764W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 9 MTRS HIGH ON SANDY SEABED. LARGE PARTS OF STRUCTURE STILL INTACT AND UPRIGHT, BUT WK IS QUITE OPENED UP AND FLATTENING OUT. BOILERS NOT SEEN. LP CYLINDER COVER MEASURED AS 63INCHES. (N HUNTER, E-MAIL 23.10.09) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 55 18.527 N,1 24.772 W

 

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