This is the information page about the shipwreck Lauwerzee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.481 N,4 35.414 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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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36. St andre (possibly)
37. Sunik (probably)
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41. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
42. Western coast (possibly)
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Name: Lauwerzee

Length 35.7 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 262 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built by j & k smit's scheepswerf, kinderdijk. owned at time of loss by l smit & co, sleepiednst. triple expansion engine, single shaft. was mined and sunk off dodman point. (ww2sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 53 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3193/70 18.6.73 WK IN 500730N, 043524W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS 150FT LONG, 30 FT HIGH, LYING E BY N/W BY S. POSSIBY VICTORIA. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). CHART AS WK 55MTRS. BR STD. H3110/72 27.11.73 NOT LOCATED AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH. (HMS HECATE, 1973). DELETED. BR STD. H1280/76/31 25.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500737N, 043519W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. 25.7.78 WK 55MTRS REINSERTED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1267. H1270/75 29.10.79 FF IN 500736.7N, 043518.9W [OGB] USING DECCA. (BOWEN WK RECORDS). NCA. HH100/351/21 7.10.03 DIVED 3.9.03 IN 5007.536N, 0435.465W [WGD]. A SMALL WK ON A SANDY SEABED. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SOME DAMAGE TO THE BOW ON THE STBD SIDE CAUSING THE BOW TO LIST SLIGHTLY TO STBD. LIES E/W WITH BOWS W. SOME OLD NETTING SNAGGED ON BOW. NOTHING FOUND TO CONFIRM IDENTITY. (M ADES). NCA. 20.5.08 DIVED 6.4.08 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 60MTRS (ESTIMATED), WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HT 7MTRS. NO EVIDENCE OF COAL IN AFTER HOLD BUT SOME REMAINS IN FWD HOLD, ALTHOUGH THIS COULD BE BUNKERS. APPEARS TO HAVE A SMALL TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. REPORTED AS BEING TORPEDOED PORT SIDE MIDSHIPS, EVIDENCE OF TORPEDO DAMAGE PORT SIDE AFT. RUDDER IS HARD TO PORT AND SNAGGED BY A TRAWL NET. FAIRLY INTACT AND LIES UPRIGHT WITH A LIST TO PORT. WOODEN DECKING, POSSIBLY TEAK, IS STILL IN PLACE. NO EVIDENCE OF THE 13 POUNDER GUN EITHER ON THE WRECK OR ON THE SEABED NEARBY. (S CHESHIRE, DIVE REPORT DTD 16.5.08). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 20.7.14 IN 5007.485N, 0435.403W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.11 IN GEN DEPTH 66.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HT 9.99MTRS. LIS 053/233 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, LISTING TO STBD. (MMT HI 1455). BOWS NE. AMEND WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/151151_1 5.11.14 POSN: 5007.481N, 0435.414W [WGD]. (BDC, HI 1455). RETAIN WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 5.8.21 WRECK DIVED 7/6/21 & 26/6/21: PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY SURVEYED WK WITH MBES IN 2020 AND IMAGES CLEARLY SHOWS WK CANNOT BE THAT OF THE SS VICTORIA BUT IS THE RIGHT SIZE AND SHAPE FOR THE SS LAUWERZEE. ON BOTH OCCASIONS WK DIVED DUTCH CROCKERY FOUND. (DOMINIC ROBINSON, DTD 7/6/21 & 26/6/21). AMEND WK "LAUWERZEE".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 7.481 N,4 35.414 W

 

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