This is the information page about the shipwreck Laurium (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 12.438 N,0 49.402 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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.

 

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4. Blackburn
5. Bogatyr
6. Capitaine edmond laborie
7. Carrier
8. Chatwood (possibly)
9. Chelsea (possibly)
10. Clavis
11. Cormarsh
12. Czestochowa
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27. Hms cobra
28. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
29. Hms pintail
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31. Hmsm umpire
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33. La combattante (stern section)
34. Laurium (possibly)
35. Lindy sue
36. Marie dawn
37. Matanuska (probably)
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50. Vera (probably)
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54. Welsh prince
55. Wimbledon
56. Zor

 

Name: LAURIUM (POSSIBLY)

Length 53.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 582 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Owned at time of loss by j & c dixon. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage hull for rouen. cargo coal. mined. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: 24.4.18 SUNK ABOUT 1 MILE S OF N RACE BUOY. (GORLESTON CG, TEL). INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL PA IN 531400N, 004600E. 10.2.24 AMEND TO DW. NE 1190. H6841/21 10.11.21 NOT LOCATED. (HMS FITZROY, 1921).

- NM ACTION. HH090/593/01 17.1.94 NOTHING FOUND IN LISTED POSN BUT BROKEN WK DEBRIS EXAM'D 29.8.93 IN 531225N, 004930.6E USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.4, FOUL AT 14.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.25MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. LIES 112/292 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WK DEBRIS

Position: 53 12.438 N,0 49.402 E

 

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