This is the information page about the shipwreck Leda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 32.605 N,3 0.638 E (52.247, 3.15)

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: LEDA

Length 59.7 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 497 ton

Cause: Ex-oostzee. passage halmstad, sweden for lorient. sank after cargo shift. last seen with bows above water, drifting ese. crew of five recovered. (ll).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 13.10.70 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 523236N, 030018E. (LL, 13.10.70). H3150/69 16.10.70 H3150/69 16.10.70 NOTHING FOUND BY THV MERMAID IN BAD WEATHER. (NAVEAM 9685) (TELEGRAMS 4 & 5/10/70). INS AS DWPA.

- NM 201/72. 23.11.72 23.11.72 SHOWN IN 523238N, 030053E [EUR] ON NETH FISHERIES CHART 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. INS AS DWPA.

- NM 201/72. 20.3.73 20.3.73 FIXED BY HNLMS HERMELIJN (OCT 1972), POSN BY DECCA. (NETH WK RECORDS). H2820/71 25.3.81 H2820/71 25.3.81 SHOWN AS WK 32.1MTRS IN 523239N, 030053E [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 38MTRS (HNLMS BLOMMENDAL SURVEY, 1980 [K8592/1]). AMENDED TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. H4856/72 15.12.72 H4856/72 15.12.72 WK 29.2MTRS 523239N, 030053E [EUR] (NETH NM 3465/72).

- NM 41/73. HH242/555/02 23.9.94 HH242/555/02 23.9.94 NOW WK 31MTRS. (NETH NM 477/94). BR STD. 15.8.13 15.8.13 EXAM'D 18.5.13 IN 5232.605N, 0300.638E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS EXTENDS 76MTRS ALONG 010/190 DEGS. LENGTH 57.7MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. INTACT, ?INVERTED, IN OWN SCOUR. (NETSURVEY, HI 1418). INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE

Position: 52 32.605 N,3 0.638 E

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