This is the information page about the shipwreck Lct(r) 457, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.668 N,2 43.722 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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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2. Alfonso tercero
3. Apache
4. Ardmount
5. Auretta
6. Birkenfels
7. Bourrasque
8. Bowsprite (bow section)
9. Bramden (possibly)
10. Breda
11. Callisto
12. Cmb 1
13. Cmb 71a
14. Dawdon
15. Dortmund
16. Emeraude
17. Empire path
18. Etendard
19. Fl5
20. G 96
21. Harpalyce
22. Heinkel 111
23. Hm motor launch 561
24. Hms basilisk
25. Hms brilliant
26. Hms colsay
27. Hms gracie fields
28. Hms grafton
29. Hms grafton
30. Hms plumpton (probably)
31. Hms sirius
32. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
33. Hms wakeful
34. Hms waverley
35. Hms whitley
36. John mahn
37. Keulse vaart iv
38. Kilmore
39. Laura
40. Lct(r) 457
41. Lst 420 (stern section)
42. M 3610
43. Marie
44. Mariner (possibly)
45. Maurice
46. Mont louis
47. Nashaba
48. Nautica ena
49. Neutron
50. Normandie
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52. Putten
53. Queen of the channel (possibly)
54. Quo vadis
55. Ra.2 (possibly)
56. Rijnstroom
57. Rita
58. Robert l vann
59. S 168
60. Sabrina
61. Sampa
62. Senator holthusen
63. Sigurds faulbaums
64. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
65. Torpilleur branlebas
66. Tringa
67. U 11
68. Ub 13
69. Ub 29
70. Ub29
71. Uc 1
72. Vlaanderen (probably)
73. West-hinder
74. Wielingen ii (possibly)
75. Wielingen ltv
76. Wolf
77. Zeester

 

Name: LCT(R) 457

Length 57.9 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 600 ton

Cause: Mined off ostende. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H04494/44 5.11.44 SANK IN 512448N, 024400E. (SO FORCE T, 5.11.44). H04430/44 20.12.44 INS DWPA IN 512448N, 024400E.

- NM 2845/44. H3765/47 22.10.63 AMEND POSN TO 512444N, 024356E. (HAGUE NM 3035/63). AMEND WK 9FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2170/63. 27.8.71 SHOWN IN POSN 512445N, 024300E [EUR] ON BELGIUM 1 [1970]. BR STD. H3199/74 11.12.74 H3199/74 11.12.74 SHOWN IN ERROR IN 512445N, 024400E ON 1872. AMEND TO 512445N 024300E. H1271/86 6.5.86 SHOWN AS WK 17.4 MTRS IN POSN 512444N 024355E ON BELGIUM 101 [NOV '85 EDN]. BR STD. HH100/351/02 6.4.90 DIVED ON IN 512442N, 024348E. LIES UPRIGHT. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. NO APPARENT DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR DETERIORATION DUE TO AGE. DEPTH TO DECK 18MTRS. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). NCA. HH342/710/01 21.5.93 NOW SW 17.3MTRS IN 512443.5N, 024348.2E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 09/94/93). BR STD. 6.9.93 SHOWN IN 512447N, 024356E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 3371 [1993 EDN]. NCA. 29.10.93 SHOWN ON BELGIUM 101 [1993 EDN]. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512443N, 024347.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 17.2MTRS [LAT] IN 5124.668N, 0243.722E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 24.668 N,2 43.722 E

 

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