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, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. Aloha
3. Birkenfels
4. Bourrasque
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Breda
9. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
10. Clan macalister
11. Clan macneil (possibly)
12. Cmb 71a
13. Dageraad
14. Dawdon
15. De wandilaar
16. Dortmund
17. Douaisien (possibly)
18. Etendard
19. Fauvette
20. Fl5
21. Foudroyant
22. Foudroyant (possibly)
23. G 96
24. Garden city
25. Halo (probably)
26. Harpalyce
27. Hms basilisk
28. Hms brighton queen
29. Hms gracie fields
30. Hms grafton
31. Hms keith
32. Hms polly johnson
33. Hms skipjack
34. Hms st abbs
35. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
36. Hms wakeful
37. Hms waverley
38. Hms whitley
39. John mahn
40. Kap arkona
41. Keulse vaart iv
42. Kilmore
43. Laura
44. Lct(r) 457
45. Le copain d'abord
46. Lst 420 (bow section)
47. Lst 420 (stern section)
48. Lucy jenny ii
49. Marie
50. Marie
51. Mariner (possibly)
52. Marthe
53. Medee
54. Melrose
55. Merlijn
56. Msc alyssa
57. Nautilus
58. Normandie
59. P 319
60. Peppinella
61. Ptarmigan
62. Queen of the channel (possibly)
63. Quo vadis
64. Rigel
65. Rita
66. Robert-clara
67. S 168
68. Sabrina
69. Saint therese de jesus
70. Sea hunter
71. Sigurds faulbaums
72. Sterre der zee
73. Torpilleur branlebas
74. Trifels
75. Tringa
76. Ub29
77. Uc 1
78. Vecht (probably)
79. Vlaanderen (probably)
80. West-hinder
81. Wielingen ii (possibly)
82. Wielingen ltv
83. Wolf
84. 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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