This is the information page about the shipwreck Landport (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 13.847 N,0 0.455 E (54.4542667, -0.3978333)
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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: LANDPORT (POSSIBLY)
Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 630 ton
Load: coke
Cause: Ex-irish coast, ex-rosslyn. built in 1904 by murdoch & murray, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by the iona shipping co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 80hp, single shaft. machinery aft by muir & houston ltd, glasgow. passage tyne for portsmouth. cargo coke. foundered following collision.
Year of registration: 1926
Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160218
Details measurements/cartography: H129/26 27.2.26 POSN 40MINS BEFORE SHE COLLIDED WAS 6-7 MILES ABREAST OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. THE COURSE WAS ALTERED TO S BY E HALF E. VESSELS SPEED ABOUT 7.5 KNOTS. (MERCANTILE MARINE DEPT, 27.2.26). H5970/69 16.1.80 EXAM'D 25.6.79 IN 541321.5N, 000052.5E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.34MTRS (INC FAINT SHADOW OF MAST). WELL BROKEN UP, LYING ON AREA OF FLAT SAND & GRAVEL OVER AREA OF ABOUT 15MTRS RADIUS WITH SAND APPARENLY BUILDING UP AROUND IT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 46/79). INS AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 15.12.97 EXAM'D 9.6.97 IN 541351.7N, 000027.1E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. ILL DEFINED, BADLY BROKEN UP. HIGH POINT AT S END. DEBRIS IS SCATTERED AROUND THE WK, GREATEST AMOUNT TO THE SE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). POSSIBLE SHADOW OF MAST REMAINS. RETAIN WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5413.847N, 0000.455E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.1MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. LENGTH 46.9MTRS, WIDTH 22.4MTRS, HT 12.2 MTRS, ORIENTATION 155/335. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN APART AT THE CENTRE. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WRECK IS MAINLY INTACT, AND THE NORTHERN PART SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN COVERED BY SEABED MOVEMENT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck broken into two
Position: 54 13.847 N,0 0.455 E