This is the information page about the shipwreck Lct 809, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.725 N,1 36.433 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Baron garioch
9. Betsy anna
10. Bobbyb
11. Borgny
12. Braat ii
13. Braedale (probably)
14. Brestois
15. Britannia (probably)
16. Campen
17. Carbon
18. Castle crag
19. Ceres (possibly)
20. Clan macvey
21. Clarinda
22. Cleddy (probably)
23. Coquetdale (probably)
24. Cuba
25. Dulce t
26. Empire crusader
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Everleigh
30. Excelsior (possibly)
31. Fenna (probably)
32. Fluent
33. Hartley (possibly)
34. Hms acheron (bow section)
35. Hms acheron (stern section)
36. Hms albion ii
37. Hms assurance
38. Hms crestflower
39. Hms eleanor (probably)
40. Hms john mitchell
41. Hms listrac (probably)
42. Hms michael clements
43. Hms new dawn
44. Hms pomone
45. Hms sargasso
46. Hms warwick deeping
47. Hms waterlily
48. Hmsm swordfish
49. Hmsm upstart
50. Iduna
51. Indutionmare
52. Irex
53. Island mist
54. Jgena (possibly)
55. Joannis millas
56. Juno
57. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
58. Lct 809
59. Lcvp 120
60. Leny (possibly)
61. Londonier
62. Luciston
63. Margaret smith
64. Mechanician
65. Mendi
66. Michelle
67. Millmer
68. Minca 35
69. Molina
70. Myrtlegrove (probably)
71. Neath (possibly)
72. Neree (possibly)
73. Nichola (probably)
74. Nw68
75. Nw96
76. Oriflamme
77. Pool fisher
78. Redesmere
79. Reindeer
80. Rosehill (probably)
81. Sally jane
82. Serrana (bow section)
83. Serrana (stern part)
84. Sheer grace
85. Simla
86. Spyros (possibly)
87. Start
88. Teamwork
89. Terlings
90. Tweed
91. U 480
92. Vari solo sailor
93. Varvassi
94. Venezuela
95. Venus
96. Volkerak
97. War knight
98. Westville
99. Witte zee
100. Woodham

 

Name: LCT 809

Length 57 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 1.2, tonnage 586 ton

Cause: 27.9.45 damaged during operation 'neptune' off normandy. foundered while under tow of hmt w m brady while on passage southampton to poole. (c-in-c portsmouth, 27.9.45).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H4890/45 29.10.45 H4890/45 29.10.45 LCT 809 SUNK IN POSN 269DEGS, 6.4C FROM NEEDLES LT HO. LEAST DEPTH 27FT, GEN DEPTH 54FT. (TH, 10.10.45). INS WK 4FMS 3FT IN 271DEGS, 6.4C FROM NEEDLES LT WITH G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S CLOSE NW.

- NM 3454/45. H4890/45 15.5.46 H4890/45 15.5.46 LEAST DEPTH AFTER DISPERSAL 43FT (MLWS). (CMSO VERNON, 1.3.46). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT & DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 1665/46. 3.3.50 3.3.50 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT LAT. LC 2219. H2938/69 26.3.69 H2938/69 26.3.69 NOT FOUND IN 1964. (SCES, R-OF-S, 21.1.69). 15.5.69 15.5.69 REPD TO BE ONLY SOME 2-3FT HIGH. WELL BROKEN UP & SCATTERED ON THE SEABED. STRONG TIDAL RACE MAKES DIVING DIFFICULT UPON THIS WRECK. (MR RICHARDS, SALVAGE CO. OF CUMBRA WALES, TELECON). H5808/55 22.1.71 H5808/55 22.1.71 AMEND TO WK 13.4MTRS. NC 2219. H1288/76/327 5.10.76 H1288/76/327 5.10.76 THIS WRECK APPEARS TO BE PART OF A STEAMSHIP AND NOT A LANDING CRAFT. (M R HARKNETT, 24.8.76). H2356/84 22.9.87 H2356/84 22.9.87 EXAM'D 30.7.86 IN 503942N, 013623W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16 TO 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. BROKEN UP AND LYING IN A PRONOUNCED HOLLOW IN AN AREA OF STRONG TIDAL STREAMS, WHICH MADE DCS3 TRACES POOR. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 266). AMEND TO WK 14.7MTRS.

- NM 2859/87. H3846/86 17.10.88 H3846/86 17.10.88 EXAM'D 27/28.4.88 IN 503943N, 013622W [OGD] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). HH090/658/01 14.11.94 HH090/658/01 14.11.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 658). NCA. HH090/699/01 7.11.97 HH090/699/01 7.11.97 EXAM'D 10.9.97 IN 503941.6N, 013623.0W [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE DISTINCT PIECE WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE. LIES BESIDE A STEEP ROCK FACE OF GREATER HEIGHT MAKING WIRE SWEEPING IMPOSSIBLE. (NP 1016, HI 699). BR STD. HH090/858/01 7.9.99 HH090/858/01 7.9.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 858). NCA. HH090/894/01 11.7.00 HH090/894/01 11.7.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 894). NCA. HH090/943/01 1.10.01 HH090/943/01 1.10.01 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. LIES IN PRONOUNCED HOLLOW CLOSE N OF THE BRIDGE AND CANNOT BE SWEPT. (NP 1016, HI 943). NCA. HH090/990/01 10.10.02 HH090/990/01 10.10.02 EXAM'D IN 5039.725N, 0136.433W [WGD] USING DGPS. POSSIBLE LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POORLY DEFINED DCS3 CONTACT. POSSIBLE E/S 'ON TOP'. LIES IN A HOLLOW WITH ROCKY RIDGES SURROUNDING IT. THE RIDGES ARE SHOALER THAN THE WK ITSELF. BUOY SITUATED ON TOP OF THE WK WHICH PRECLUDES SWEEPING. (NP 1016, HI 990). AMEND TO FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?IN ONE PIECE, LIES IN HOLLOW WITH SHOALER RIDGES AROUND

Position: 50 39.725 N,1 36.433 W

 

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