This is the information page about the shipwreck Lampada (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 33.14 N,0 37.555 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Atlas (possibly)
11. Atwing (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Balfron (probably)
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Ben aden
17. Berwick (possibly)
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Cap palos (part of)
22. Castleford (probably)
23. Commercial
24. Constantia
25. Corsican prince
26. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
27. Creteblock
28. Crimdon (possibly)
29. Dayspring (probably)
30. Defiant
31. Disperser
32. Eaglescliffe (probably)
33. Earl percy
34. Ellida (probably)
35. Erich lea
36. Ferruccio
37. Florentia
38. Fred everard
39. Garthwaite
40. Gimle
41. Glengarry (probably)
42. Glow (part of) (possibly)
43. Glow (part of) (possibly)
44. Gothia
45. Gwalia (possibly)
46. Harrow (probably)
47. Hartley
48. Helene
49. Hercules
50. Highgate
51. Hms desire (possibly)
52. Hms dromio
53. Hms locheil
54. Hms lord ridley
55. Hms ruthin castle
56. Hms swallow
57. Hurstwood
58. Jane
59. John miles
60. Lady helen
61. Lampada (probably)
62. Lanthorn
63. Lerwick (probably)
64. London
65. Lowtyne (possibly)
66. Lucy
67. Madame renee
68. Marchioness of londonderry
69. Marie stuart
70. Martina
71. Melanie (probably)
72. Membland (possibly)
73. Merrie islington
74. Modemi (possibly)
75. Moorlands
76. Moorwood (possibly)
77. Namorado field jacket
78. Novillo
79. Oakwell
80. Pandora
81. Paul
82. Phare (probably)
83. Philander (probably)
84. Polanna
85. Polruan
86. Quaggy (probably)
87. Rikard nordraak
88. Rutil
89. Saint ninian
90. Sarah thinnesen
91. Schaldis (possibly)
92. Sir francis
93. Skane
94. Sna ii
95. Southborough
96. Springhill
97. Stora-korsnas-link i
98. Sumus (probably)
99. Suntrap (probably)
100. Taurus (probably)
101. Ub 30
102. Uc 70
103. Victo (stern section)
104. Victoria (probably)
105. Wallsend
106. Woodstock (bow section)
107. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: LAMPADA (PROBABLY)

Length 85.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2220 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1889 by short bros, sunderland, with two boilers, triple expansion engine of 209hp, single shaft. machinery by j dickinson, sunderland. passage the tyne for london. owned at time of loss by the gas light & cock co. torpedoed by ub 75. five men lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 123 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED TO BE HMS DROMIO BUT SEE [6019]. H8065/39 7.2.40 SUNK IN 26FMS. SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH 'ELLIDA' [6032] CLOSE E AS NDW & LATER AS WKS USC PA 28MTRS. H6331/87 19.1.89 EXAM'D 18.6.88 IN 543307N, 003725W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36.0, FOUL AT 36.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.7 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. APPARENTLY WELL BROKEN UP COVERING AN AREA 95 X 20MTRS AND ORIENTATED 120/300DEG. HAS SEVERAL HIGH POINTS TO WHICH POSSIBLY NETS ARE ATTACHED. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). HH100/351/08 24.6.94 SMALL IRON WRECK, STERN UPSIDE DOWN WITH REMAINS OF BOW ALONGSIDE. FOUR BLADED PROPELLOR IS HIGHEST POINT. (P R G WADSWORTH). HH100/351/09 8.6.95 STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE LAID ON ITS SIDE. SINGLE BOILER. LARGE NET ON BOW. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 30.5.02 EUT POSN: 5433.126N, 0037.518W. NE 1612. 22.2.07 FINDS FROM THIS WK HAVE BEEN DECLARED AS BEING FROM 'LAMPADA'. (S CANT, ENGISH HERITAGE, E-MAIL DTD 21.2.07). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5433.140N, 0037.555W [WGD]. LEAST W/D DEPTH 32.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS, LENGTH 87.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 123/303 DEGS. WRECK LIES BROKEN UP ON ROCKY SEABED, WRECK IS SEVERELY DEGRADED WITH MOST OF THE HULL DETERIORATED. TWIN BOILERS AND THE ENGINE ARE IDENTIFIABLE WITHIN THE DEBRIS OF THE MIDSHIPS AREA. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 33.14 N,0 37.555 W

 

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