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