This is the information page about the shipwreck Leny (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.8 N,1 52.605 W (50.646667, -1.876750)

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: LENY (POSSIBLY)

Length 41.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 343 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1937 by van diepen bros waterhuizen. owned at time of loss by g de groot. 6 cylinder oil engine of 300bhp, single shaft. machinery aft by humboldt deutzmotoren, ag koln-deutz. passage swansea for poole. (ww2sl, ll ww2 & sout coast shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 079DEGS, 16C FROM OLD HARRY ROCK, HANDFAST PT. (LL WW2). H2188/42 1.7.42 SUNK IN 503846N, 015231W. MARKED BY A BUOY. (ADMIRALTY) PFNMS 1392/42 & 1445/42 ISSUED. H2188/42 30.3.43 DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. MARKED BY G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE N. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS DW IN 503846N, 015231W, WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE N.

- NM 650/43. H2188/42 27.11.43 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 6FMS. BUOY REMOVED. (ADMIRALTY). AMEND TO WK 6FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2549/43. H2188/42 4.2.47 LEAST DEPTH NOW 7FMS 4FT. (CSO STEEPHOLM). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 229/47. H2188/42 6.11.50 EXAM'D IN 503846N, 015231W. DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 33, FOUL AT 34FT IN GEN DEPTH 51FT. TRACING & E/S TRACE HELD. (HMS SCOTT, 3.10.50). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 3FT.

- NM 2162/50. H2188/42 8.12.50 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, LAID 0.5C S OF WK. (NAVEAM 3354).

- NM 20/51. H2188/42 30.5.51 DISPERSED TO 46FT [LWST]. (C-IN-C NORE, 21.5.51). NCA. H2188/42 11.8.51 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 45FT. GEN DEPTH 51FT. ONLY 2 PIECES OF THIS WK REMAIN AND DO NOT PROTRUDE MORE THAN 1FT ABOVE SEABED IN 503646N, 015131W. TRACING HELD. (HMS SCOTT, 12.7.51). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1579/51. H3111/68 24.10.68 WK FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP. (J B JAMES, 22.10.68 - SUB AQUA CLUB MEMBER'S REPORT). NCA. 15.5.69 WELL BROKEN UP. SIGNS OF EXTENSIVE SALVAGE HAVING TAKEN PLACE. LIES SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA. JUST PLATE, FRAMEWORK, GIRDERS, ETC., LEFT. (MR RICHARDS, SALVAGED OF CUMBRA, S. WALES, TELECON 15.5.69). NCA. H6583/55 27.11.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.7MTRS. NC 2175. HH090/553/01 17.12.92 EXAM'D 20.7.92 IN 503845.8N, 015231.1W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER (4 LOP). APPEARS TO BE BROKEN INTO TWO MAIN PARTS ORIENTATED 000/180 DEGS. THE SOUTHERN PART HAS LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4MTRS AND THE NORTHERN 12.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 553C). AMEND TO WK 12.4MTRS IN 503846N, 015231W [OGB].

- NM 113/93. HH100/351/13 30.1.98 INVESTIGATION OF THIS SITE SHOWS FLAT WRECKAGE WITH A SMALL BOILER AND PROP SHAFT WITH SMALL IRON PROP ATTACHED. WK IS IN FAR TOO POOR A CONDITION TO BE WWII, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS A FAIRLY SHELTERED POSITION. THE LOCATION IS IDENTICAL TO WHERE SS 'FERNCLIFFE' SANK ON 19.9.1883 AFTER COLLISION WITH THE ITALIAN BARQUE 'FRATTELI GAGGINO'. WK OF 'LENY' IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY CLOSE BY. (D C WENDES, 28.1.98). NCA. 24.10.12 EXAM'D 24.1.12 IN 5028.860N, 0151.489W [WGD] (SIC). LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.31 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 14.29MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP CLOSE SW. LENGTH 4.5MTRS, WIDTH 3.0MTRS, HT 0.6MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, STEEP CIRCULAR MOUND. (EMU, HI 1366). NCA. 26.11.12 LOCATED IN 5038.800N, 0152.605W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.93MTRS. (SDC BATHY EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1366). AMEND WK 14.2 IN 5038.800N, 0152.605W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 38.8 N,1 52.605 W

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