This is the information page about the shipwreck Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 50.284 N,0 46.895 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LEPANTO/LE PANTO/PANTA/PANTO
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150604
Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.18 WK, WITH 9FMS 3FT OVER IT, LOCATED IN 505000N, 004630E. (VA DOVER, AP REPORT, DOCKET M014173). CHART AS WK 9FMS 3FT. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMEND TO WK 8FMS. NC 536. H6345/26 4.11.26 INS LEGEND (1918). BA 536. H7393/30 1.11.30 LOCATED WITH OROPESA IN POSN 237.5DEGS, 8.43M FROM DUNGENESS HIGH LT IN 505014N, 004657E USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 45, FOUL AT 46FT. GEN DEPTH 13FMS. (HMS KELLETT, SWEEP REPORT, 1.11.30). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. H( 31.8.55 CONFIRMED BY ASDIC IN 1955. (HMS SCOTT). 7.12.70 UNCONFIRMED REPORT - MAY BE CALLED THE 'PANTA'. (R G LEWIS). 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED SW 13.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 536. H4959/73 25.3.75 EXAM'D 24.5.57 IN 505013N, 004702E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 21-22MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS DEEP. DCS3 LENGTH ABOUT 50FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO WK 15MTRS [8FMS 1FT] IN REVISED POSN. NE 536 & NE 2451. H4121/76 2.8.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 23-24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.2MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. LENGTH FROM SONAR TRACE ABT 100MTRS. SWEEPING NOT CONSIDERED NECESSARY - HMS KELLET'S 1930 RESULT STILL CONSIDERED VALID. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 13.1MTRS [7FMS 1FT] [LAT/-0.5MTRS]. R/P. HH100/351/01 15.9.89 WK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS 'LE PANTO'. (J S BLIGHT, 25.8.89). BELL RECENTLY RECOVERED HAD WORD 'LEPANTO' [SPELT WITH SMALL 'L'] ON IT. (DIVE SUSSEX, SITE 357). SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 4.6.15; IN 5050.284N, 0046.895E [WGD]. LEAST WCD 11.93MTRS, GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 127/307. SCOUR 190MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 6MTRS. WK BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 11.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 50.284 N,0 46.895 E