This is the information page about the shipwreck Lalen mendi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.381 N,0 17.865 E (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Alaunia
6. Algiers
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Alison (possibly)
9. Amsterdam
10. Angry fish
11. Aracataca
12. Ariel
13. Aristos
14. Armenier
15. Arno (possibly)
16. Ashford
17. Atlas (probably)
18. Axwell
19. Barn hill
20. Basil-2
21. Bernicia
22. Bettann (bow section)
23. Blanefield
24. Branksome chine (possibly)
25. Braunton
26. Broadhurst (probably)
27. Cairndhu
28. Caleb sprague
29. Cambrian princess (probably)
30. Candia
31. Carbineer
32. Carrie dingle
33. Caterham
34. Celtic
35. Charles m
36. City of brisbane
37. City of mexico
38. City of waterford
39. Clan macmillan
40. Clara
41. Cuba
42. D144 (possibly).
43. Del rio
44. Devon coast
45. Donegal (possibly)
46. Duchess (possibly)
47. Duke of buccleuch
48. Eagle (possibly)
49. Eduard (possibly)
50. Elford
51. Emerald (possibly)
52. Emma
53. Esperanza
54. F d lambert (possibly)
55. F/v joanna c
56. Fife coast (possibly)
57. Flag theofano
58. Fort yale
59. Fortuna
60. Fpt iv
61. Frockner
62. Frode
63. Fulham vii (probably)
64. Gartland
65. Gascony
66. George sutton
67. Gerarda
68. Gerlen (possibly)
69. Germa geisha
70. Girlvine (possibly)
71. Glenarm head (possibly)
72. Glenarm head (possibly)
73. Glenartney (possibly)
74. Glendinning (possibly)
75. Glenlee
76. Gold coin
77. Gull (possibly)
78. Harold
79. Heathpool
80. Heathpool
81. Hedwig lunstedt
82. Highland corrie
83. Hms apley (possibly)
84. Hms ariadne
85. Hms avanturine
86. Hms balfour
87. Hms borneo
88. Hms evadne (possibly)
89. Hms gambri (possibly)
90. Hms hazardous
91. Hms implacable
92. Hms inverclyde
93. Hms keryado (probably)
94. Hms lancer ii
95. Hms minion
96. Hms moldavia
97. Hms northcoates
98. Hms ocean sunlight
99. Hms pine
100. Hms prince leopold
101. Hms resolution (possibly)
102. Hms sapper
103. Hms taipo
104. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
105. Hmsm a1
106. Holland v
107. Holme force (possibly)
108. Hush wing
109. Ikeda (possibly)
110. Indiana
111. Inger (possibly)
112. Ingo
113. Irisbrook
114. Jaffa
115. James groves
116. Joseph roberts (possibly)
117. Lalen mendi
118. Lass o'doune (probably)
119. Leven (possibly)
120. Lightfoot (possibly)
121. Lisbon
122. Lola (possibly)
123. London trader (possibly)
124. Lornaston (possibly)
125. Lowmount
126. Lullington
127. Lulonga (possibly)
128. Ma monette
129. Maaslust
130. Marga
131. Marie marguerite (possibly)
132. Mill gate (probably)
133. Miown
134. Mira
135. Mohlenpris (possibly)
136. Molesey (possibly)
137. Montecrana (possibly)
138. Mount stuart
139. Mv adur valley?
140. Newent
141. Noordster
142. Northlands (possibly)
143. Ny-eeasteyr
144. Nyon
145. Oceana
146. Ouse (possibly)
147. Pagenturm
148. Patrice didier (probably)
149. Pentyrch
150. Polandia (possibly)
151. Pontos
152. Porthkerry
153. Quail
154. Ramsgarth
155. Ramsholm (possibly)
156. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
157. Rytoner
158. Saint andre (probably)
159. Saint ronaig
160. Samwake
161. Seaford
162. Seven seas (possibly)
163. Shirala
164. Sines (possibly)
165. Sir robert wigham
166. Spearfish
167. St rogatien (possibly)
168. Stanhope
169. Stanwold
170. Startled fawn (possibly)
171. Stavros (possibly)
172. T r thompson
173. Teelin head
174. U 1195
175. U 212 (probably)
176. U 275 (probably)
177. U 40 (possibly)
178. U 671
179. U 86 (formerly)
180. U 86 (possibly)
181. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
182. Ub 130
183. Ub 81
184. Ub 86 (possibly)
185. Vasco
186. Venus
187. Vesuvio (possibly)
188. Vigda
189. Ville de bordeaux
190. War helmet
191. Wilhelmina j
192. Zaanstroom
193. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: LALEN MENDI

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2138 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Vessel, built 1896 by richardson, duck & co. and owned at the time of loss by sota y aznar, was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine, whilst en-route middlesborough to bilbao & barcelona. (ww1sl, ll ww1, dods & mr v bonfante).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150628

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 5M SE OFF BEACHY HEAD. (WW1SL, LL WW1). H6915/17 20.11.17 POSN ABOUT 4M S [MAG] OF BEACHY HEAD. (RECEIVER OF WKS, NEWHAVEN). CHART AS WK PA [OLD SYMBOL] IN 504015N, 001700E. NOTE. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW. NE 2451 & NE 1652. H7221/37 10.11.37 OROPESA SWEEP HEAVILY FOULED WK WHEN SET AT 60FT, TWICE CLEARED WITH SWEEP SET TO 49FT. NO SWIRLS E SEEN. POSN 504023N, 001800E. (HMS FLINDERS, 26.10.37 & HMS KELLET). AMEND TO WK 8.25FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2144/37. H(W)0202/50 10.6.55 CONFIRMED BY A/S. (HMS SAINTES). 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 14.9MTRS. NC 536. H4959/73 4.4.75 LOCATED 13,14.6.74 IN 504021N, 001758E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 19.1 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR BY E/S. SEABED FLAT. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 325FT. WISPY E/S ECHOES. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO WK 19.1MTRS [10FMS 2FT] IN REVISED POSN. NE 536. H4121/76 3.8.76 SURVEYED ON 3.6.76. HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. TWO SHIP DRIFT SWEEP WAS CLEAR AT 17.4MTRS, FOUL AT 18.3MTRS. WK IS 300-400FT LONG. SEABED OF SHELL, SHINGLE & CHALK. (HMS ECHO, REPORT FOR HI 41/76). CHART AS SW 17.4MTRS [9FMS 3FT]. NE 536. H2979/74 24.11.76 WK, LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER, FIXED BY DECCA. WK LIES N/S, STERN STANDS 20FT HIGH, MIDSHIPS [BADLY BROKEN UP] ABOUT 10FT HIGH & THE BOW IS CANTERED TO STARBOARD & STANDS ABOUT 15FT HIGH. WK IS PARTIALLY SILTED & STANDS ON A SEABED OF ROCK WITH SOME PATCHES OF SILT. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). H1310/84/32 6.9.84 DIVED ON IN 1984. BROKEN UP IN LARGE SECTIONS. PART OF BOW INTACT. MASSIVE BOILER STANDING 7MTRS HIGH. SURFACE DISTURBANCE WHEN TIDE IS RUNNING. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). SEP 2015/000083465 26.11.15 EXAM'D 28.06.15, WK SHOWN IN 5040.381N, 0017.865E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25.8MTRS. LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP IN LARGE SECTIONS

Position: 50 40.381 N,0 17.865 E

 

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