This is the information page about the shipwreck Lapwing (possibly) or south western, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.323 N,1 32.069 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

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2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Asborg
7. Ashanti (possibly)
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Baron garioch
11. Betsy anna
12. Borgny
13. Braat ii
14. Braedale (probably)
15. Brestois
16. Britannia (probably)
17. Campen
18. Carbon
19. Castle crag
20. Ceres (possibly)
21. Clan macvey
22. Clarinda
23. Cleddy (probably)
24. Coquetdale (probably)
25. Cuba
26. Daylesford
27. Dulce t
28. Dumfries
29. Empire crusader
30. Ernest lagouve
31. Espagne
32. Everleigh
33. Excelsior (possibly)
34. Fenna (probably)
35. G-cbpt
36. Hartley (possibly)
37. Hms acheron (bow section)
38. Hms acheron (stern section)
39. Hms albion ii
40. Hms assurance
41. Hms crestflower
42. Hms eleanor (probably)
43. Hms john mitchell
44. Hms listrac (probably)
45. Hms michael clements
46. Hms new dawn
47. Hms pomone
48. Hms sargasso
49. Hms tiger
50. Hms warwick deeping
51. Hmsm swordfish
52. Hmsm upstart
53. Iduna
54. Indutionmare
55. Irex
56. Isleworth
57. Jgena (possibly)
58. Joannis millas
59. Juno
60. Kong guttorm (probably)
61. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
62. Lct 809
63. Londonier
64. Luciston
65. Luxor
66. Margaret smith
67. Mechanician
68. Mendi
69. Messina
70. Millmer
71. Minca 35
72. Molina
73. Myrtlegrove (probably)
74. Neath (possibly)
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Nichola (probably)
77. Nw68
78. Nw96
79. Oriflamme
80. Pool fisher
81. Ps ryde
82. Redesmere
83. Reindeer
84. Rosehill (probably)
85. Sally jane
86. Serrana (bow section)
87. Serrana (stern part)
88. Simla
89. Smyrna
90. Spyros (possibly)
91. Start
92. Teamwork
93. Terlings
94. Tweed
95. U 480
96. Vari solo sailor
97. Varvassi
98. Venezuela
99. Volkerak
100. War knight
101. Weston maid (possibly)
102. Westville
103. Witte zee
104. Woodham
105. Y48

 

Name: LAPWING (POSSIBLY) OR SOUTH WESTERN

Length 64.6 meter, width: 8.5 meter, tonnage 841 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1868 by palmer's company ltd, jarrow-on-tyne. owned at time of loss by cork ss co (e pike). one boiler, one donkey, compound expansion engine of 90ihp, single shaft. machinery aft by the builder. passage liverpool for rotterdam. general cargo included cotton in bales and baulks of mahogany. sank following collision with barque abbey holme. (dc wendes).

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 352 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/962/01 17.12.02 EXAM'D 11.8.02 IN 5031.323N, 0132.069W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.1, FOUL 30.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.5 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 38MTRS TOWARDS 100 DEGS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MOSTLY BURIED, HULL INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). APPEARS WELL BROKEN UP. INS AS SW 30MTRS. BR STD. 28.4.05 THIS IS POSSIBLY LAPWING. BUILT OF IRON WITH TWO BOILERS. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 2.2.07 THIS COULD BE SOUTH WESTERN, DEDUCED BY ELIMINATION, THE WRECK BEING THE RIGHT SIZE AND DESCRIPTION IN THE RIGHT LOCALITY. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 15.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.323N, 0132.069W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 352/172 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 60 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 31.323 N,1 32.069 W

 

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