This is the information page about the shipwreck Leopold ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 53.759 N,2 5.015 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Atle
2. Begona no 5
3. Blacktoft (possibly)
4. Boulderpool (after part)
5. Boy karl
6. Cardanel
7. Chevington
8. Continental coaster (probably)
9. Corbrook
10. Cordene
11. Cross sand ltv
12. Dashwood
13. English trader
14. Excellenz mehnert
15. Galatea (possibly)
16. George fisher
17. Georgia (for'd part)
18. Girl linda
19. Glen derry (probably)
20. Goodwood (possibly)
21. Hamsterley
22. Hector gannet
23. Hms agate
24. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
25. Hms dhoon (probably)
26. Hms force
27. Hms glen prosen
28. Hms tranio
29. Hms true accord (probably)
30. Hmsm d5
31. Horseferry (probably)
32. Hullman
33. Ionian (probably)
34. Kentwood (probably)
35. La perouse (possibly)
36. Langeli (possibly)
37. Leopold ii
38. Liliane (possibly)
39. Montferland
40. Mount ida
41. Murdoch (probably)
42. Navarra (possibly)
43. Nereus
44. Newland (possibly)
45. Nimrod
46. Nordborg (possibly)
47. Noreen
48. Onto
49. Otis tarda
50. Philipp m
51. Prosper
52. Quest
53. Robrix
54. Roine
55. Rokos vergottis
56. Roy
57. Rye
58. Stanmount
59. Strive
60. Togston
61. Trevethoe
62. Vanguard
63. Vanilla (probably)
64. Viola (possibly)
65. Virgilia
66. Waldinge
67. War mehtar
68. War valley
69. Waterloo
70. Willowpool
71. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: LEOPOLD II

Length 100.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 2902 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: Mined while on passage clarke city and methil roads for london.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20181230

Details measurements/cartography: H04403/41 28.1.42 MINED OR TORPEDOED IN 525343N, 020507E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 25.8.42). INS DW PA IN 525343N, 020507E, WITH G CONL LT BUOY, FL(3)G.10S, CLOSE NE.

- NM 209/42. H04403/41 12.9.42 AMEND POSN TO 525346N, 020448E. MOVE BUOY TO N. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM 1972/42. H04403/41 18.5.44 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM 1046/44. H04403/41 29.10.48 OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 46, FOUL AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79 IN GEN DEPTHS 120-180FT. POSN 525346N, 020448E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 2395/48. H3730/69 29.5.69 EXAM'D IN 525348N, 020513E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90 IN GEN DEPTH 85FT. LIES IN VERY DEEP SCOUR OF 120FT. SEABED UNDULATING. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 111/69). AMEND TO WK 15FMS. BR STD. 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 525345N, 020445 [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES CHART 1954. 26.3.73 AMEND TO WK 27.5MTRS. NC 106. H4402/84 16.7.87 SHOWN ON PRE-ROUTE SURVEY. DIMENSIONS 90 X 80 X 12 MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. LIES IN 30MTRS SCOUR. (MV DAWN FLIGHT, K9991/7). 11.6.93 WK IN 2 PIECES, 50 X 10 X 10MTRS & 20 X 10 X 10MTRS, IN 41.5MTRS DEEP HOLE IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 35MTRS IN 525347.3N, 020507.3E [EUR] USING SYLEDIS. NOT FULLY EXAMINED. (BRITSURVEY, 9.8.91, RIG-SITE SURVEY 53/1B-N [M2029/4]. NCA. HH090/616/01 21.10.94 EXAM'D 28.5.94 IN 525344.2N, 020507.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 45MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 75MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. UPRIGHT AND IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 22.5.20 EXAM'D 30.12.18; IN 5253.759N, 0205.015E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS, LENGTH 60.5MTRS, WIDTH 63.6MTRS, HEIGHT 10.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 112/292 DEGS. SCOUR DEPTH 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 182MTRS, 5.5MTRS DEEP. 325DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. BOW SECTION IS 48MTRS LONG AND LIES AT 112 DEGS WITH A LIST TO PORT. BOTH SECTIONS ARE INTACT.(MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO SECTIONS IN HUGE SCOUR

Position: 52 53.759 N,2 5.015 E

 

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