This is the information page about the shipwreck Leo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.389 N,1 18.96 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Blanc nez
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Brendonia
15. Cabo espartel
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dorothy j (possibly)
29. Dotterel
30. Dunbar castle
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Electra
35. Eleonora
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Excellence pleske
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G-42 (possibly)
50. G-asad
51. Gad 23
52. Gladys
53. Gloire a sainte therese
54. Grit (probably)
55. Grosser kurfurst
56. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
57. Halcyon
58. Harcalo
59. Henry moon
60. Heron
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aries (possibly)
66. Hms artic trapper
67. Hms blackwater
68. Hms brazen
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms glen boyne
76. Hms kingston galena
77. Hms lord grey
78. Hms lydian
79. Hms marcella
80. Hms napia
81. Hms niger (possibly)
82. Hms northumberland (probably)
83. Hms othello ii
84. Hms peridot
85. Hms restoration (possibly)
86. Hms rodino
87. Hms stirling castle (probably)
88. Hms torbay ii (probably)
89. Hms tranquil
90. Hms war sepoy
91. Hms weigelia
92. Hmsm b2
93. Holland
94. Hundvaag
95. Hydaspes (possibly)
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Jokai
101. Josephine willis
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
113. Le pelerin de la mer
114. Le tregor
115. Leicester
116. Leila najia
117. Leo
118. Lighter 83
119. Lizzonia
120. Loanda
121. Lolworth
122. Lord hamilton (possibly)
123. Luray victory
124. Lusitania
125. Mahratta
126. Mahratta ii
127. Maloja 1
128. Malta (probably)
129. Merel (part of)(possibly)
130. Mersey
131. Moise
132. Monarch
133. Mrav
134. Murillo
135. Nancy moran
136. Naranco
137. Negrier
138. Newcastle
139. Nicolaw
140. Niki
141. Norman
142. North eastern victory
143. Northfleet
144. Notre dame des trois epis
145. Nunima
146. Ocean king (possibly)
147. Ousel (probably)
148. Phoenix
149. Polgrange
150. Portslade (possibly)
151. Preussen
152. Pulborough
153. River levan
154. Rochester castle (possibly)
155. Rooswijk
156. Rydal force
157. Rynanna
158. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
159. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
160. Sabac
161. Saint ronan (possibly)
162. Saint ronan (possibly)
163. Salbya (possibly)
164. Sambut
165. Samida
166. Santagata
167. Santagata (?part of)
168. Sea serpent
169. Seine
170. Shenandoah
171. Sir russell
172. Spanish prince
173. St cecilia
174. St claire (possibly)
175. Strathclyde
176. Teeswood
177. Texaco caribbean (after section)
178. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
179. The queen
180. Toromoree
181. Toward
182. Traquair (probably)
183. Tusnastabb (possibly)
184. U 11 (possibly)
185. U 16 (possibly)
186. U 48
187. U 8
188. Ub 103 (possibly)
189. Ub 108 (possibly)
190. Ub 109
191. Ub 12 (possibly)
192. Ub 31 ?
193. Ub 38
194. Ub 55 (probably)
195. Ub 56 (possibly)
196. Ub 58 (possibly)
197. Ub 78
198. Ub-33 (probably)
199. Uc 46
200. Uc 46 (possibly)
201. Uc 63
202. Uc 77 (possibly)
203. Uc 78 or uc 79
204. Unity
205. Vittoria claudia
206. W a scholten
207. Wheatman (possibly)
208. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: LEO

Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1140 ton
Load: coal

Cause: sunk off dover by german aircraft whilst en route from seaham to portsmouth. (ll ww2). vessel, built 1908 by stettiner oderwerke, was bombed & sunk by german aircraft, whilst en route seaham to portsmouth. owned at time of loss by ellerman's wilson line. 6 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20170120

Details measurements/cartography: H0793/40 6.9.40 DW PA IN 510412N, 012030E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2214/40 & FNM 2215/40. H23275/46 4.11.46 CLEAR AT 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78FT IN 510422N, 011848E. (SML 5, HMS FRANKLIN, 11.9.46). AMEND TO WK 12FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H5824/60 2.3.61 EXAM'D IN 510421N, 011903E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 81FT. (HMS SCOTT, 15.3.60). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 13.2.70 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. NE 1895. 1.5.73 AMEND TO WK 24.5MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 11.8.78 LOCATED 27.2.78 IN 510422N, 011902E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8MTRS, BUT PROBABLE LEAST DEPTH NOT QUITE OBTAINED. GEN DEPTH 31-32MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS ON SLOPING SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). NCA. HH090/711/01 28.1.97 EXAM'D 11.8.96 IN 510423N, 011855E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 27.7, FOUL 28.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 055/235DEGS. SMALL AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE AND SCATTERED DEBRIS. PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000297768 16.12.16 EXAM'D 12.12.2016 IN 5104.389N, 0118.960E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HEIGHT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 104/284DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496, H102_HI1496_002_16). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2016/000091760 1.1.17 EXAM'D 9.9.16 IN 5104.389N, 0118.960E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HEIGHT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 104/284 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 73MTRS, 1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 254 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). RETAIN DW 24MTRS IN POSITION. UK NM 2017-04/323.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 51 4.389 N,1 18.96 E

 

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