This is the information page about the shipwreck Leonard pearce, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.526 N,4 25.886 W (51.535133333333, -4.1645166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: LEONARD PEARCE

Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1571 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1938. home port london. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage barry for london. cargo coal. sane after collision with ss queen adelaide.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 202 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20230221

Details measurements/cartography: H120/40 9.2.40 ORIGINAL POSN GIVEN AS 303 DEG 9 MILES FROM BULL PT LT. (CINC W APPS). INS AS DWPA - FNM 247/40. H120/40 24.10.49 AMEND TO NDW IN 511629N, 042455W. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2192/49. 6.10.72 AMEND TO USC 11FMS 0FT. NE 1179 14.2.73 AMEND TO USC 20.0MTRS. NC 1164. H3804/72 20.3.78 EXAM'D 7.7.77 IN 511629.3N, 042550.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN.DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, LYING 060/240 DEG. HULL APPEARS INTACT, BUT LITTLE SUPERSTRUCTURE APPARENTLY REMAINS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/77). AMEND TO 35MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5116.517, 0425.912W. SEP 2013/000174975 29.9.13 LOCATED IN 5116.509N, 0425.899W [WGD]. LENGTH 70.6MTRS, WIDTH 13.7MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY FOR CHANNEL ENERGY LTD, ATLANTIC ARRAY OFSHORE WINDFARM ROS DTD 3.2010 - 5.2010). RETAIN WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2023000182713 4.9.23 EXAM’D 21.02.23 IN 5116.526N, 0425.886W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 68.3MTRS, WIDTH 18.2MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 202/022 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1723). AMEND NDW 40.96 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGARDED, HULL INTACT, LITTLE SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINS

Position: 51 16.526 N,4 25.886 W

 

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