This is the information page about the shipwreck Lass o'doune (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.79 N,0 11.358 W (50.7465, -0.1893)

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: LASS O'DOUNE (PROBABLY)

Length 26.2 meter, width: 5.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 91 ton

Cause: Built in 1910 by hall, russel & co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by g d claridge, lowestoft. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. sailed with three spare props on deck and fishing gear in the fish hold. sank following hull leaks the hull being in very poor condition. pumping equipment was defective, crew was insufficient and lacked knowledge of the use and maintenance of such equipment. (court report). steel hull. no lives lost, all rowed ashore to shorham. (t claridge).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 20151123

Details measurements/cartography: H3247/63 10.9.63 WK OF STEAM TRAWLER LOCATED BY A/S IN 504446N, 001114W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 43FT & 55FT BY LEAD LINE AND E/S. HEADING SE/NW. COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR MAST, FUNNEL & WHEELHOUSE. (THV WINSTON CHURCHILL, 31.7.63). CHART AS WK 7FMS 1FT [13.1MTRS].

- NM 1830/63 & FNM 69/63. 23.2.70 CORRECT AS ABOVE. SITTING UPRIGHT ON SEABED. THREE PROPS, 2 ON DECK - PART OF CARGO? (R P WATTS, PERSONAL VISIT, 23.2.70). 7.4.72 AMEND WK 12.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H1965/76 3.12.80 EXAM'D 25.2.80 IN 504445N, 001118W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR 12.0MTRS, FOUL 12.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 30MTRS, BEAM 9.5MTRS, HT 4.4MTRS. SMALL COMPACT WK LYING 068/248DEGS, BOWS W, WHICH IS SHOALEST PART. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO SW 12.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2795/80. H3247/63 20.5.81 EXAM'D 10.5.81. DETAILS GIVEN ABOVE CONFIRMED USING DECCA, EXCEPT THAT THERE IS A 3MTR SCOUR UNDER PORT SIDE AND NEAR BOWS. GOOD FOR LOBSTER. (J SALSBURY, 12.5.81). NCA. H1310/86/10 10.4.86 EXAM'D JULY '85. LYING 070/250DEGS. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, 13.3.86). NCA. H1310/88/30 29.6.88 WK NOW SPLIT ACROSS MIDSHIPS - WAS INTACT PRIOR TO STORM OF OCT 1987. RIBS HAVE COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. (P A VAN DER BOON). NCA 26.3.12 THIS IS PROBABLY LASS O'DOUNE, SANK 14.10.46 FOLLOWING HULL LEAKAGE. (T CLARIDGE, VIA K HEATH). NCA. 28.3.12 VESSEL WAS BUILT OF STEEL. NO LIVES WERE LOST, ALL ROWED ASHORE TO SHOREHAM. (T CLARIDGE, EMAIL DTD 27.3.12). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 23.11.15; IN 5044.790N, 0011.358W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 100MTRS, LENGTH 29.2MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK PARTIALLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 44.79 N,0 11.358 W

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