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 53 23.082 N,2 59.931 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LAURA
Length 24.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 118 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: built of wood. sank after collision about 250yds e of n cunard buoy. later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1874
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter
Known since: 1874, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 21.4.1874 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB ON 21.4.1874. DEPTH 46FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 7FMS 4FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND TO WK 13.5MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, DISPERSED
Position: 53 23.082 N,2 59.931 W