This is the information page about the shipwreck Leeds city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.867 N,5 17.936 W (54.730616666667, -5.3144333333333)

 

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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. Amber
2. Arantzazu mendi
3. Archbald finney
4. Audentia
5. Ave maria
6. Betsey / bessy
7. City of mobile
8. Daybreak (probably)
9. Doris
10. Dunmore
11. Empire tana
12. Enterprize (poss)
13. Florrieston (probably)
14. Fredanja (probably)
15. Frieda
16. Georgetown victory (part of)
17. Georgetown victory (part of)
18. Green hill (part of)(probably)
19. Harold
20. Helgoland
21. Hunsdon
22. Inverurie
23. Jenemi
24. Kafue
25. Karanan
26. Kempock
27. Kilbroney (probably)
28. L'amite
29. Lagan
30. Leeds city
31. Loch sunart
32. Maja
33. Mermaid
34. Neotsfield
35. Oswald
36. Peshawur
37. Pins wreck (nimble)
38. Princess victoria
39. Rexmoor
40. Rfa industry (probably)
41. Solway queen (possibly)
42. Speedbird
43. St. mungo (possibly)
44. Three sisters
45. Tide (probably)
46. Tornamona
47. Ub 85
48. Ulabrand (possibly)
49. Ulrica
50. Upas
51. Vera louise
52. W d potts (probably)

 

Name: LEEDS CITY

Length 108.2 meter, width: 15.5 meter, tonnage 4298 ton
Load: grain,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1908 by roper & sons ltd, stockton on tees with triple- expansion engines. passage portland for manchester. torpedoed without warning & sunk by german u-86 submarine 4m e of skulmartin lt vessel. (ww1 bms uboat sinkings).

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 123 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H3671/72 21.2.73 H3671/72 21.2.73 LOCATED IN 543251N, 051752W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 109 IN GEN DEPTH 127MTRS. LARGE WK. HT 25MTRS. LYING ROUGHLY E/W. (HMS FAWN 1972). INS WK LEAST DEPTH 59FMS [109MTRS]. BA 45. HH090/821/01 13.7.01 HH090/821/01 13.7.01 EXAM'D 21.5.01 IN 5432.867N, 0517.936W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 111.9 IN GEN DEPTH 123MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. BOWS 085 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 821). AMEND TO WK 111MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS E, HATCHES VISIBLE ON DCS3

Position: 54 32.867 N,5 17.936 W

 

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