This is the information page about the shipwreck Lakemoor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.337 N,5 13.457 W (54.907266666667, -5.1794333333333)

 

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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. Agba
2. Austria
3. Baron glamis (probably)
4. Bonvilston
5. Boy john r
6. Buffalo (possibly)
7. Carrick
8. Chindwin
9. Craigantlet
10. Doris
11. Dove of oban
12. Empire adventure
13. Empress of japan (possibly)
14. Enterprize (poss)
15. Ethel crawford
16. Haileybury
17. Karanan
18. Lairdscastle (probably)
19. Lakemoor
20. Liverpool
21. Longwy
22. Marsuka
23. Middleton (probably)
24. Nyanza (possibly)
25. Oswald
26. Perilia
27. Prestige
28. Princess victoria
29. R. mackay (possibly)
30. Rexmoor
31. Rowan
32. Sandhurst
33. Setter (possibly)
34. Socrates
35. Solway queen (possibly)
36. St oran
37. Strathmore
38. U 776
39. Ub 82 (possibly)
40. Ub 85
41. Ub-85 / ub-82?
42. Ulrica
43. W d potts (probably)
44. William castle

 

Name: LAKEMOOR

Length 76.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1985 ton

Cause: ex- maski. built in 1917 by mcdougall-duluth co. with triple expansion engine of 247nhp. owned at time of loss by the united states shipping board. passage newport news for glasgow. 46 lost. torpedoed & sunk by ub-73. (dods & wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20170210

Details measurements/cartography: 15.4.18 WK IN 550018N, 051318W OR 2.5M, N 80DEGS W FROM CORESWALL PT. (A P REPORT, LARNE) 17.9.18 SUNK 2.75M, N 75DEGS W [MAG] FROM CORESWALL PT. (A P REPORT, COMMANDER, LARNE). ACCEPT 550000N, 051400W (PA). NCA. H8065/40 22.7.40 WK REP IN 550018N, 051318W. (HMS GLEANER). NCA. 6.9.68 INS NDW IN 550018N, 051318W. BA'S 2199 & 2198. H3671/72 20.7.72 EXAM'D 6.7.72 IN 550019N, 051328W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. LENGTH ABOUT 235FT. LIES 045/225 DEGS ON THE EDGE OF A BANK. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT. AMEND TO WK 57MTRS. BR STD. H5982/82 16.11.82 THREE WKS SHOWN ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 12, [1982]. PRESUMABLY ALL REFER TO THIS WK. H1310/87/11 11.3.87 LOCATED 24.1.87 IN 550025N, 051328W [OGB], USING DECCA. (P SHARPLES, 4.3.87). NCA. 2017/000036782 27.06.2017 EXAM'D 10.2.17 IN 5500.337N, 0513.457W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS, LENGTH 80.4MTRS, WIDTH 16.9MTRS, HEIGHT 10.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 51/231 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 300MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 192/012 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT IN GOOD CONDITION, LISTING TO STARBOARD. (MMT, HI1509). AMEND DW 58MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 0.337 N,5 13.457 W

 

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