This is the information page about the shipwreck Lelia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.248 N,3 23.037 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Agnes
3. Alarm
4. Alcides
5. Alice
6. Anatolian
7. Angola
8. Angola (part of)(possibly)
9. Ann sumner
10. Anne elizabeth
11. Ant
12. Armagh
13. Auchenarden
14. Auspicious
15. Avon
16. Azalea
17. Ben cruachan
18. Berwyn
19. Bessie
20. Blairnevis
21. Blanche (possibly)
22. Boston
23. Bradda
24. Brazilian
25. Burbo tower (remains)
26. Burbo tower (remains)
27. Burbo tower (remains)
28. Burbo tower (remains)
29. Burgedin
30. Cairnross
31. Calcium (probably)
32. Calderon
33. Cameronian
34. Caroline
35. Chagres
36. Chase
37. Christina shearer
38. City of brussels
39. City of st andrews
40. Colin russell
41. Colombus
42. Colorado
43. Concord
44. Coniston (probably)
45. Coral bank
46. Counsellor iii
47. Countess of devon
48. Croydon
49. Cumbrae
50. Denbigh coast
51. Denham
52. Dublin
53. Dunmail
54. Ebeneezer
55. Edward finch
56. El oso
57. Elephant
58. Elizabeth
59. Elizabeth lathom
60. Ellan vannin
61. Ellen sarah
62. Ellen southwold
63. Emelie
64. Eros
65. Eversfield
66. Fairy
67. Fb 110 (possibly)
68. Fb 112 (possibly)
69. Fb 116 (possibly)
70. Fb 118 (possibly)
71. Fb 265 (possibly)
72. Fb 267 (possibly)
73. Fb 275 (possibly)
74. Fb 278 (possibly)
75. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
76. Fb 295 (possibly)
77. Fb 296 (possibly)
78. Fb 297 (possibly)
79. Fb 300 (possibly)
80. Fb 43 (possibly)
81. Fb 47 (possibly)
82. Fb 72 (possibly)
83. Fb 83 (possibly)
84. Fb 86 (possibly)
85. Fb 98 (probably)
86. Four brothers (possibly)
87. Frolic
88. Gannochy
89. Geofredo (part of)
90. Germania
91. Gorsethorn
92. Gratitude
93. Hannah
94. Hannah landles
95. Hebe
96. Hebe (possibly)
97. Henry j smith
98. Hero
99. Heron 2
100. Hms cochrane
101. Hvideorn
102. Ibis
103. Ida
104. India
105. Ionic star
106. Irene chalmers
107. J b kee
108. James and grace gregory
109. Jerseymoor
110. Jessie brown
111. John pierce
112. John w elliot
113. Juno
114. Kelvindale
115. Kilcoan (probably)
116. Leeds (probably)
117. Lelia
118. Letty
119. Little burbo beacon
120. Lochmonar (fwd part)
121. Lochranza castle
122. Lord delamere
123. Lord delamere (possibly)
124. Lugar
125. Mancunium
126. Mantura
127. Margaret
128. Marion
129. Marn
130. Mary
131. Mary agnes
132. Mary kate
133. Mary olivia
134. Mayflower (part of)
135. Mermaid (probably)
136. Mersey
137. Mid jordan beacon
138. Munster
139. Nautilus
140. Nazarine
141. Nestos
142. Nickolai
143. North jordan bn
144. Ocean home
145. Ocean monarch
146. Old england
147. Osctilia
148. Ousebridge
149. Pegu (bow section)
150. Pegu (stern)
151. Penryn
152. Penstone
153. Perseverance
154. Perseverance
155. Peru (probably)
156. Phoenician
157. Pigeon
158. Ponce
159. Princess victoria
160. Progress
161. Prudence
162. Queen
163. Queens tower
164. Raoul et aurelie
165. Rea 5
166. Rea 7 (possibly)
167. Rea 8 (possibly)
168. Rea 9 (possibly)
169. Resurgam
170. Ringsend
171. Robert & elizabeth
172. Robert marsden
173. Robert seymour
174. Rosebud
175. Sarah
176. Seaville (part of)
177. Seaville (part of)
178. Severn
179. Sir george grey
180. Smelter
181. Speke (possibly)
182. Sportsman
183. Spurn
184. Stanleigh
185. Star of hope
186. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
187. Sultan
188. Sunda
189. Talbot
190. The lady mostyn
191. Thomas
192. Thomas
193. Thorn
194. Thornton
195. Tongue beacon
196. Tower base
197. Tt 6 (possibly)
198. Ulstermore
199. Valeria
200. Vanguard
201. Ville de llanes
202. W.m.j
203. Walter dean
204. Weazel
205. William huskisson
206. William rawcliffe
207. Woodville
208. Ystroom (probably)
209. Zealandia

 

Name: LELIA

Length 76.8 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 640 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built by w c miller & sons, ltd of liverpool in 1864. iron paddle steamer. compound diagonal engines, 4 boilers, 300 nhp. cargo of 700 tons of coal. passage liverpool for bermuda. vessel was cutter rigged. sailed in very heavy weather. anchor penetrated the deck and scuttle cover washed away. the vessel ceased answering the helm, slowed and heavy seas washed away the forward hatch covers. drifted helplessly before the wind and later sank. only 12 men survived. (k hurley). owned at time of loss by wc rickarby & co., vessel had 300hp compound diagonal engines. some 50 lives lost. (k mcdonald, diver magazine, nov'04)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 4.2.41 WK, NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 532936N, 032336W. NOT BUOYED. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS NDW.

- NM 249/41. H01116/40 4.11.44 WK OF GORSETHORN FOUND IN 533207N, 032212W. (FOIC LIVERPOOL APR 042241). SEE WK RECORD NO 009304514

- NM 2379/44. H23421/46 24.11.48 WK IN 532936N, 032336W NOT FOUND. (HMS SEAGULL). 26.3.75 NOT SHOWN ON SURVEY K3500/10. DELETED FROM NC 1978. HH206/460/04 24.2.94 TRAWL NET CAUGHT ON OBSTN IN 532908N, 032250W [OGB]. POSN BY DGPS. (RV CIROLANA, HN DTD 5.2.94). INS AS FOUL PA. BR STD. 7.8.97 AMENDED TO F AS POSN OBTAINED BY DGPS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 28.11.97 LOCATED IN 532915N, 032302.5W [WGD] USING GPS. FF REPORTED IN 1991, FIRST LOCATED IN 1992 AND FIRST DIVED IN JUNE 1992 BUT NOT INVESTIGATED DUE TO VERY POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. DIVED AND FOUND TO BE REMAINS OF A LARGE PADDLE STEAMER WITH THE BOW LYING TO THE NW, STERN SE. THE AREA OF THE BOW AND STERN PROVIDE NO SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT AND ARE FULL OF MUD AND SAND. THE ENGINES AND BOILERS STAND SOME 5MTRS HIGH. THE LEAST DEPTH IS FROM THE STBD PADDLE WHEEL STANDING 6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH OF 17MTRS. THIS AREA OF WRECKAGE IS 30MTRS LONG BY 14MTRS WIDE. THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE CLOSE TO THE HULL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE UNTIL THE RECOVERY OF THE BELL IN EARLY 1997. BELL INSCRIBED 'LELIA 1864'. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 27.11.97). INS AS USC 10MTRS

- NM 264/98. HH100/351/14 12.3.99 CONFIRMED AS THE WRECK OF A PADDLE STEAMER. ALMOST UPRIGHT AND IN ONE PIECE BUT COLLAPSED INWARDS WITH A PADDLE OF APPROX 20FT DIAMETER ON THE STBD SIDE. (A PARRY, LTR DTD 8.3.99). NCA. 2021/000204551 13.8.20 PADDLE STEAMER "LELIA" LOCATED IN 5329.248N, 0323.037W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 23/8/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1464554. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA 50MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LENGTH/WIDTH/HT FROM DIVERS

Position: 53 29.248 N,3 23.037 W

 

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