This is the information page about the shipwreck Lct 381, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.42 N,3 1.424 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Boma
12. Borgund i (possibly)
13. Broomhill (probably)
14. Chateau yqem
15. Chorley
16. City of swansea (probably)
17. Einar jarl
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Glocliffe
22. Gorizia
23. Greleen
24. Greta c
25. Gudrun
26. Heroine (probably)
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms lord hailsham
37. Hms manor
38. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
39. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
40. Hms remindo (possibly)
41. Isbjorn
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. Lct 381
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lord stewart
49. Lst 507 (bow section)
50. Lst 507 (stern section)
51. Lst 531
52. Lucinda (possibly)
53. Majorca
54. Marguerite (possibly)
55. Marie des isles
56. Marjolene
57. Minerva (probably)
58. Modavia
59. Moel tryvan
60. Moidart
61. Motano (probably)
62. Nil desperandum (probably)
63. Nyasaland
64. Ocean vagabond
65. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
66. Pergo
67. Pomella
68. Quest
69. Radaas (probably)
70. Reggestroom (probably)
71. Renilde
72. Romsdalen (probably)
73. Rosten (possibly)
74. Rota
75. Rotorua
76. Salsette ii
77. Sarah jayne
78. Siren
79. Sparkling foam (possibly)
80. Ster de zee (possibly)
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Trito
83. Ub 19 (probably)
84. Ull (probably)
85. Ursa (probably)
86. W h dwyer
87. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: LCT 381

Length 58.5 meter, width: 9.4 meter, tonnage 350 ton

Cause: torpedoed by e-boats of the 5th flotilla whilst in company with convoy wp 300. also sunk were hms harstad, hms lord hailsham and mv modavia. vessel carried two 2pdr pompoms. capacity five 40ton trucks or ten 3ton trucks. (n chipchase).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 11.1.45 11.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 502400N, 030000W. (AUBD 303/86, ESCORT GROUP 14). H6025/53 7.10.53 H6025/53 7.10.53 CHART AS WK 26FMS. NC 3315. H2502/51 23.2.60 H2502/51 23.2.60 WK IN 502326N, 030124W [OGB]. DEPTH OVER WRECK 26 FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 15FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 H3950/70 21.5.71 AMEND TO WK 48MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 12.1.83 H5982/82 12.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502328N, 030119W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHARTS K(SW)1 & 2, 1982). NCA. HH100/351/13 16.9.97 HH100/351/13 16.9.97 DIVED 7.97 IN 502324N, 030121.5 [OGB] USING DECCA. WK, IDENTIFIED AS LCT VESSEL, IS UPRIGHT AND DAMAGED. 2PDR SHELLS LIE IN CLIPS NEAR THE STERN. (N CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 5.12.03 HH090/961/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 22.4.03 IN 5023.420N, 0301.424W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.7 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 076/256 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). RETAIN WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 23.42 N,3 1.424 W

 

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