This is the information page about the shipwreck Leros strength, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 54.442 N,4 38.987 E (58.757666666667, 4.8801666666667)

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.

Name: LEROS STRENGTH

Length 155.8 meter, width: 22.9 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 12693 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: 10.2.97 sank rapidly after taking water in heavy weather. may have had hole or damage to the bow. vessel had been noted by norwegian authorities to be in poor condition. crew of 20 missing, presumed drowned. (ll, 10.2.97).

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 258 meter

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH310/590/01 12.2.97 SANK IN 585416N, 043848E. (LL 10.2.97 & MRCC STAVANGER). NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART. HH310/590/01 19.2.97 SANK IN PA 585436N, 043848E [EUR]. (NORWEGIAN NM 3/188(T)/97). NCA. 12.9.97 UNDERWATER EXAMINATION REVEALS: 'ONLY ABOUT ONE METRE IS VISIBLE ABOVE THE MUDLINE AND IT IS ALL TORN AND TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE. STATE OF WK WAS SUCH THAT IT WOULD MAKE TRACING THE CAUSE OF THE SINKING VERY DIFFICULT. BOW BROKEN OFF - PROBABLY WHEN VESSEL HIT THE BOTTOM. SOME OF SIDE SHELL PLATING WAS MISSING. ALL THE HATCHES WERE OPEN AND THE HATCH COVERS REMOVED. (REPORT IN LL 5.9.97). NCA. HH310/590/01 20.11.97 REPORTED SUNK IN 585428N, 043904E [WGD]. (NORWAY NM 21/1088/97). NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART. 28.1.05 SHOWN AS NDW ON NORWEGIAN 307 [REPRINT 4/04]. NC 286. 7.7.11 SHOWN IN 5854.442N, 0438.987E [WGD] ON NO2B0408 [EDN 2.1].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 54.442 N,4 38.987 E

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