This is the information page about the shipwreck Leersum (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.162 N,0 14.602 W (54.2693667, -0.2433667)

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: LEERSUM (PROBABLY)

Length 73 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1455 ton

Cause: Built 1898 by sunderland shipbuilding co. ltd., with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 162nhp, 2 boilers, single shaft. machinery by maccoll & pollock, sunderland. owned at time of loss by stoomvaart maats, oostzee (vinke & co), amsterdam. struck a mine & sank off scarborough. 2 of 19 crew lost. (wrecksite.eu) 16.12.1914 sinking date given as 16.12.1914. (ww1sl)

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 213 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 6.7.97 IN 541609.0N, 001437.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.0 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 036/216DEGS. WELL DEFINED, INTACT. NOT SWEPT DUE TO SUBSURFACE FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 2.4.09 CONSIDERED THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY LEERSUM. IDENTITY BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, POSN OF LOSS, LENGTH & BEAM, CARGO & ARTEFACTS RECOVERED INCLUDING SHIP'S TELEGRAPH, DUTCH CROCKERY, & GIN BOTTLES. KNOWN LOCALLY AS MAST. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 23.02.16 IN 5416.162N, 0014.602W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.5 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 74.6 MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 213/033. SCOUR LENGTH 74.6MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 211 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY,WRECK APPEARS INTACT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 33MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck intact

Position: 54 16.162 N,0 14.602 W

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