This is the information page about the shipwreck Laurel (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.901 N,0 30.012 E (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Audacity
4. B o borjesson
5. Benmacdhui
6. British councillor
7. British prince
8. Briton (possibly)
9. Cadmus
10. Catford
11. Cecil (possibly)
12. Chant 63
13. Corhampton
14. Corinth (possibly)
15. Corland
16. Cyclope
17. Diana
18. Dido
19. Fermo
20. Flourish
21. Fowberry tower (part)
22. Fowberry tower (part)
23. Gerhardt (possibly)
24. Giuseppe
25. Gluckauf (possibly)
26. Grangemouth
27. Harnis (probably)
28. Helmsman (probably)
29. Hms benvolio
30. Hms botanic
31. Hms cortina
32. Hms egret
33. Hms falcon (stern section)
34. Hms kos xvi (probably)
35. Hms lormont
36. Hms warland (possibly)
37. Homer
38. Horsted
39. Hugh taylor
40. Ida
41. Inge marguerite (possibly)
42. Ionic (probably)
43. J b paddon
44. Jane (possibly)
45. Janet helen (possibly)
46. Jersey (probably)
47. John rettig (probably)
48. Kalo (probably)
49. Katina bulgari
50. Keynes
51. Kieldrecht (possibly)
52. Kimberley (possibly)
53. Kingston cameo
54. Ladas (possibly)
55. Lady anstruther (probably)
56. Laurel (possibly)
57. Leonora
58. Lifeguard (possibly)
59. Lightship no 83
60. Lismore
61. Lord selborne
62. Lottie (possibly)
63. Lucerne
64. Maggie
65. Magnolia
66. Merchiston
67. Modig
68. Modiva (possibly)
69. Nautilus
70. Norfolk coast
71. Onward (possibly)
72. Ophir ii (possibly)
73. Orsa
74. Our lorraine
75. Paraciers
76. Peebles (possibly)
77. Pilsudski
78. Portia
79. Rado (possibly)
80. Rayford
81. Realf
82. Revello
83. Revi
84. Revigo (possibly)
85. River don (part of)(probably)
86. Rochester (possibly)
87. Royston
88. Salmondby
89. Saltoun
90. Scotia (possibly)
91. Scotia (possibly)
92. Sea pearl
93. Sota eduardo
94. Storm drift
95. Two brothers
96. Uc 47
97. Umbe
98. Varangmalm (possibly)
99. Vechstroom
100. Vereingte (possibly)
101. Wayside flower (possibly)
102. Whitemantle (possibly)
103. William balls (probably)
104. Winga

 

Name: LAUREL (POSSIBLY)

Length 28.7 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 138 ton

Cause: built by cochrane & cooper, bererley. owned at time of loss by w chant, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40hp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co, hull. passage grimsby for fishing and return. sank following collision with british s trawler strathdon. (grimsby loss list & sibi)

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160410

Details measurements/cartography: 14.8.72 SANK 28M NE 1/2 N OF SPURN POINT. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST) POSN 535536N, 003648E FOR FILING ONLY. H4064/85 27.8.86 LOCATED AND EXAM'D IN 535153N, 003030E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36.8MTRS, FOUL AT 36.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.8MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 56MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 120/320DEG. (UDI GROUP LTD, HN FOR HI 321A). INS AS WK SW 36MTRS. BR STD. H4064/85 15.1.87 EXAM'D 13.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 41.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. (UDI, H 525). NFA. 6.5.04 EUT POSN: 5351.899N, 0030.392E. NE 121. 15.9.09 DATA RE-ASSESSED. PREVIOUS RECORD FOR LAUREL (POSSIBLY) [8964] HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS LISMORE, BELL RECOVERED. (ANDY DOWSLAND, E-MAIL 14.9.09). CONSIDERED THAT THIS WRECK COULD NOW POSSIBLY BE LAUREL AS LIES ON ORIGINAL BEARING GIVEN IN GRIMSBY LOSS LIST. SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5351.901N, 0030.012E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS, LENGTH 69MTRS, WIDTH 10.8MTRS, HEIGHT 4.02MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 40MTRS, TOWARD 140 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL, UPRIGHT, BROKEN INTO 3 PARTS. THE CENTRAL SECTION IS FAIRLY INTACT, WITH THE BOW AND STERN DISINTEGRATING AND PARTLY BURIED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 51.901 N,0 30.012 E

 

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