This is the information page about the shipwreck Lancaster (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.172 N,0 32.295 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: LANCASTER (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 4.8.72 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 12 MILES E OF SPURN LT VESSEL. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). H2534/74 21.2.80 WK REPD IN 533145N, 003212E [OGB]. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL.1). NCA. HH090/593/01 6.1.94 EXAM'D 18.5.93 IN 533204.2N, 003223.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.1 IN GEN DEPTH 14.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.1MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, BREADTH 13MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN, BURIED WK LYING 055/235 DEG. NOT SWEPT DUE PRESENCE OF BUOYS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593).
- NM 477/94. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 29.12.13 IN 5332.172N, 0032.295E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.25 IN GEN DEPTH 14.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTR DEEP EXTENDS 12MTRS TOWARDS 140 DEGS. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW. AMEND WK 11.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, BOWS SW
Position: 53 32.172 N,0 32.295 E