This is the information page about the shipwreck Lanfranc (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.059 N,0 10.386 W (50.1509833, -0.1731)

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.

Name: LANFRANC (PROBABLY)

Length 127.7 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 6287 ton

Cause: Built in 1907 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering co. owned at the time of loss by booth ss co. was returning from le havre with approx 400 wounded british and german servicemen onboard when it was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine 42m n 0.5 e of le havre. 34 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 495600N, 002000W APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3898/82 5.10.82 WK 36MTRS IN 500906N, 001018W. (BREST NM 82 34 20). BR STD. H1310/85/31 16.9.85 LARGE WK, 450-460FT LONG, THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE 'WARILDA' [SEE [19832] IN 501800N, 001800W & [19800] IN 501258N, 001620W]. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 178FT [HW NEAPS] AND STANDS 65FT HIGH. LYING WNW/ESE. CONSIDERED WWI WRECK DUE TO WEIGHT OF CONGER EELS CAUGHT, MANY AROUND 70LBS. (C MARTIN, 5.9.85). CHART AS WK 31MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/02 1.6.90 WK IN 500857N, 001034W [OGB] CONFIRMED AS THE 'WARILDA' - BELL FOUND. IT IS INVESTED BY NETS, THREE OF WHICH, MADE OF VERY HEAVY MATERIAL, COME WITHIN 15MTRS OF SURFACE AND COULD, IN HEAVY WEATHER, ENDANGER SHIPS' PROPELLERS. (T FRANCIS, 20.5.90). CHART AS USC 15MTRS REP (1990).

- NM 1675/90. HH232/351/01 23.7.90 EXAM'D BY DIVER IN 500849N, 001016W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 140MTRS, BEAM 25MTRS. ORIENTATION 120/300DEGS. (MARINE CHERBOURG, SIG DTD 12.7.90).

- NM 2457/90. HH100/351/05 5.6.92 LOCATED IN 500907N, 001020W [WGD] USING DECCA. (E 28 - 12.5.92). NCA. 24.7.92 [EUR] POSN: 500906.5N, 001018W, ACCURACY 20MTRS. (FR WK RECORD NO.18100199). [OGB] POSN: 500901N, 001017.5W. BR STD. HH100/351/06 16.10.92 WK IN 500906.5N, 001020W [OGB] POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'LANFRANC'. (T LEE, 27.9.92). 19.6.07 LIES IN 5009.113N, 0010.304W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). [WGD] POSN: 5009.059N, 0010.386W. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 9.059 N,0 10.386 W

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