This is the information page about the shipwreck Lake grafton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.799 N,5 40.84 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. A a raven
2. Acklington
3. Aida lauro
4. Alacrity
5. Alden gifford (possibly)
6. Alster (possibly)
7. Antwerpen
8. Arbel (probably)
9. Arnside (possibly)
10. Asia
11. Aurelien
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Balbec
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Boynton (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Carpo (possibly)
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Congener
27. Conqueror
28. Corvus
29. Courtown
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dux (possibly)
35. Emblem
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Facto
40. Fanny lambert
41. Gallier (possibly)
42. Garthclyde (possibly)
43. Gemini
44. Glamorgan coast
45. Glendale
46. Gleno
47. Helene (probably)
48. Hellopes
49. Hms royalo
50. Hms warspite
51. Hms warspite (part of)
52. Holland xix
53. Hopeful (possibly)
54. Iona
55. J duncan
56. Jose de aramburu
57. Joshua nicholson
58. Juan ferrer
59. Juanita
60. Kate thomas (possibly)
61. Kildonan ?
62. Kilmaho
63. Kintuck
64. Ladywood
65. Lake grafton
66. Lake grafton (possibly)
67. Liberty
68. Lincoln
69. Lovat
70. Luna
71. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
72. Luxembourg (probably)
73. Lyminge
74. Madeline
75. Maria de larrinaga
76. Marie roberts
77. Maroc
78. Moorview
79. Mystique (possibly)
80. Nanna (possibly)
81. New pioneer
82. Nile
83. Noya (possibly)
84. Ocean harvest
85. Orion
86. Oriskany
87. Phoenix 202
88. Phoenix 203
89. Pioneer (possibly)
90. Polesley (possibly)
91. Ponthieu
92. Primo ?
93. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
94. Regency (probably)
95. Reidar (possibly)
96. Rms mulheim
97. Saint guenole
98. Saxon briton
99. Sea viper
100. Setubel(probably)
101. Sirius (possibly)
102. St chamond
103. Stabil (possibly)
104. Sylvia-mary z-525
105. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
106. Traute sarnow
107. Tungufoss
108. Tyrhaug
109. U 1209 (possibly)
110. U 247 (possibly)
111. U 399
112. Umbre
113. Underwood
114. Union star (parts of)(probably)
115. Veghtstroom (possibly)
116. Vigrid (possibly)
117. Vine branch (possibly)
118. Vinovia
119. Wild boar
120. William cory
121. Yewcroft
122. Zone (probably)

 

Name: LAKE GRAFTON

Length 76.5 meter, width: 13.3 meter, draught: 8, tonnage 2630 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built in 1918 by chicago sb co., chicago, ran ashore on lee ore rock near runnelstone and became a total wreck. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1920, last detected: 1976

Details measurements/cartography: H3828/20 19.5.20 SUNK IN 500145N, 054000W - NCA. H2979/74 21.11.74 SEE ALSO WK [16224] IN 500155N, 054043.5W. H2590/76 23.3.76 CLOSE INSHORE. NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS HECLA, HI NO 1A/75) - NCA. H2979/74 22.7.76 WK LOCATED IN 500145.85N, 054046.93W USING DECCA. (E.GILES, 1.4.76) - POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 1.799 N,5 40.84 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway