This is the information page about the shipwreck Laura, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.15 N,2 28.453 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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.

 

1. A-15 (possibly)
2. Birkenfels
3. Bourrasque
4. Bowsprite (bow section)
5. Bramden (possibly)
6. Breda
7. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Cmb 71a
11. Dawdon
12. Dortmund
13. Douaisien (possibly)
14. Etendard
15. Fauvette
16. Fl5
17. Foudroyant
18. Foudroyant (possibly)
19. G 96
20. Garden city
21. Harpalyce
22. Hms basilisk
23. Hms brighton queen
24. Hms gracie fields
25. Hms grafton
26. Hms keith
27. Hms skipjack
28. Hms st abbs
29. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
30. Hms wakeful
31. Hms waverley
32. Hms whitley
33. John mahn
34. Keulse vaart iv
35. Kilmore
36. Laura
37. Lct(r) 457
38. Le copain d'abord
39. Lst 420 (stern section)
40. Marie
41. Mariner (possibly)
42. Marthe
43. Medee
44. Melrose
45. Merlijn
46. Nautilus
47. Normandie
48. P 319
49. Peppinella
50. Ptarmigan
51. Queen of the channel (possibly)
52. Quo vadis
53. Rigel
54. Rita
55. S 168
56. Sabrina
57. Sigurds faulbaums
58. Sterre der zee
59. Torpilleur branlebas
60. Trifels
61. Tringa
62. Ub29
63. Uc 1
64. Vecht (probably)
65. Vlaanderen (probably)
66. West-hinder
67. Wielingen ii (possibly)
68. Wielingen ltv
69. Wolf
70. Zeester

 

Name: LAURA

Length 91.4 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3202 ton

Cause: Built in 1918 by walace sipyard. owned at time of loss by de luca. triple expansion engine of 303nhp. sank following collision with british ss lorenzo. (dods).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H8379/24 16.12.24 SUNK 1M SE BY E OF W HINDER LTV. (LLOYDS). INS AS DW IN 512227N, 022736E. H8379/24 TWO MASTS REPORTED ABOVE WATER PRESUMABLY ABOVE WRECK. (LLOYDS & C IN C NORE, TELECON). H829/25 4.2.25 FURTHER REPORTS DANGER TO NAVIGATION AS WRECK IS NOT MARKED. (ANTWERP 24.1.25). H829/25 INS G BELL LT BUOY, OCC.G.10S S OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM ACTION. H829/25 AMEND DW TO WK 8FMS. ERASE LT & BELL BUOY. (BRUSSELS N/M 141).

- NM ACTION. H848/26 8.2.26 BUOY MARKING WK HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED BUT LT IS EXTINGUISHED. WILL BE REMOVED WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT. (BT CB 203/26). - TNM 276/26. H848/26 9.3.26 CANCEL TNM 276/26. (BELGIAN HYDROGRAPHER, LTR RE LT BUOY).

- NM ACTION. H6345/26 4.11.26 SHOWN AS 49FT ON 323 & WK 8FMS ON 1406, 1872. H348/33 20.1.33 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS 1FT IN 512304N, 022850E ON BELGIAN SURVEY [E3514]. NE 1872. H8379/24 20.8.59 2 MASTS ABOVE WATER 3C SE OF W HINDER LTV. (ADMIRAL, CHATHAM, 3.1.25). H829/25 20.8.59 WRECK 49FT IN 512225N, 022741E. (BRUSSELS NM DTD OCT 1925). 9.8.62 AMEND WK 8FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1872 & NE 1610. 22.5.72 AMEND 512254N, 022910E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1872. 7.9.72 AMEND WK 14.4MTRS IN 512254N, 022910E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 323. 6.11.81 SHOWN AS WK 14.7MTRS IN 512257N, 022910E [EUR] ON BELGIAN D102 [1979 EDN]. BR STD. H3554/68 13.8.84 NOW WK SW 19.5MTRS IN 512312N, 022832E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 15/102/84).

- NM 2331/84. 6.2.89 OGB POSN: 512307N, 022834E. NC 323. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512311N, 022832.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. 28.4.05 SHOWN IN 5123.133N, 0228.462E [WGD] ON BELGIAN D11 [SEP '03 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1872. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 19.4MTRS IN 5123.150N, 0228.453E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 23.15 N,2 28.453 E

 

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