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 (50.390333, -3.023733)

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.

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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