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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. De fontaine
26. Dinard
27. Dotterel
28. Dunbar castle
29. E goodwin ltv
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Electra
33. Eleonora
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. Empire lough (probably)
37. Empress of fort william (probably)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Excellence pleske
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. Frons olivae (probably)
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. G-asad
49. Gad 23
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harcalo
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms aragonite (part of)
62. Hms aries (possibly)
63. Hms artic trapper
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lord grey
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms marcella
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Ira (possibly)
95. Jacob luckenbach
96. James harrod
97. Jokai
98. Josephine willis
99. Kabinda
100. Kadru
101. Katharina kolkmann
102. Kielce
103. Kirsten skou
104. Koenigshaven
105. L'armandeche
106. La fleche
107. Lady stella
108. Latona
109. Le pelerin de la mer
110. Le tregor
111. Leicester
112. Leila najia
113. Leo
114. Lizzonia
115. Loanda
116. Lord hamilton (possibly)
117. Luray victory
118. Lusitania
119. Mahratta
120. Mahratta ii
121. Maloja 1
122. Malta (probably)
123. Merel (part of)(possibly)
124. Mersey
125. Moise
126. Monarch
127. Mrav
128. Murillo
129. Nancy moran
130. Naranco
131. Negrier
132. Newcastle
133. Nicolaw
134. Niki
135. Norman
136. North eastern victory
137. Northfleet
138. Notre dame des trois epis
139. Nunima
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Phoenix
142. Polgrange
143. Portslade (possibly)
144. Preussen
145. Pulborough
146. River levan
147. Rochester castle (possibly)
148. Rydal force
149. Rynanna
150. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
151. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
152. Sabac
153. Saint ronan (possibly)
154. Saint ronan (possibly)
155. Salbya (possibly)
156. Sambut
157. Samida
158. Santagata
159. Santagata (?part of)
160. Sea serpent
161. Seine
162. Shenandoah
163. Sir russell
164. St cecilia
165. Strathclyde
166. Teeswood
167. Texaco caribbean (after section)
168. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
169. The queen
170. Toward
171. Traquair (probably)
172. Tusnastabb (possibly)
173. U 11 (possibly)
174. U 16 (possibly)
175. U 48
176. U 8
177. Ub 103 (possibly)
178. Ub 108 (possibly)
179. Ub 109
180. Ub 31 ?
181. Ub 38
182. Ub 55 (probably)
183. Ub 56 (possibly)
184. Ub 58 (possibly)
185. Ub 78
186. Ub-33 (probably)
187. Uc 46
188. Uc 46 (possibly)
189. Uc 63
190. Uc 77 (possibly)
191. Uc 78 or uc 79
192. Unity
193. Vittoria claudia
194. W a scholten
195. Wheatman (possibly)
196. 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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