This is the information page about the shipwreck Lerwick (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 26.017 N,0 22.468 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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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. Aigburth
2. Albatross
3. Amulet
4. Angelo rose
5. Appolonia
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardens (probably)
8. Ardgantoch
9. Aucuba (possibly)
10. Avance (probably)
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Ballater
13. Ballogie
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Berwick (possibly)
17. Black prince (possibly)
18. Bonhomme richard
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Bur
22. Cap palos (part of)
23. Castleford (probably)
24. Commercial
25. Constantia
26. Corsican prince
27. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
28. Creteblock
29. Crimdon (possibly)
30. Defiant
31. Deptford
32. Disperser
33. Doris burton (probably)
34. Eaglescliffe (probably)
35. Eli
36. Ellida (probably)
37. Erich lea
38. Ferruccio
39. Florence (possibly)
40. Florentia
41. Fred everard
42. G.3
43. Garthwaite
44. Gem (bow section)
45. Gem (stern section)
46. Gimle
47. Glamorganbrook
48. Glengarry (probably)
49. Glow (part of) (possibly)
50. Glow (part of) (possibly)
51. Greltoria (probably)
52. Gwalia (possibly)
53. Hannah
54. Harrow (probably)
55. Hercules
56. Hercules
57. Highgate
58. Hms banyers
59. Hms desire (possibly)
60. Hms desire (possibly)
61. Hms dromio
62. Hms garmo (probably)
63. Hms lord ridley
64. Hms swallow
65. Hms thalia
66. Hms thomas cornwall
67. Hornsund (probably)
68. Houghton
69. Hurstwood
70. Jane
71. Jerv
72. Lady ann
73. Lady helen
74. Lampada (probably)
75. Lanthorn
76. Leander
77. Leersum (probably)
78. Lerwick (probably)
79. Linaria (probably)
80. London
81. Lowtyne (possibly)
82. Lucy
83. M c holm
84. Madame renee
85. Malvina (fwd part)
86. Manx queen
87. Marchioness of londonderry
88. Marie stuart
89. Martina
90. Melanie (probably)
91. Membland (possibly)
92. Merrie islington
93. Middlesborough
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Mongolian
96. Moorlands
97. Norenda (possibly)
98. Norhilda
99. Novillo
100. Oakwell
101. Paul
102. Phare (probably)
103. Philander (probably)
104. Polanna
105. Polruan
106. Princess olga (possibly)
107. Quaggy (probably)
108. Rema
109. Rikard nordraak
110. Runswick
111. Saint ninian
112. Sapphire (probably)
113. Sarah thinnesen
114. Seistan
115. Serenity
116. Sir francis
117. Sirajah
118. Sixty-six
119. Skane
120. Sna ii
121. Southborough
122. Springhill
123. Sumus (probably)
124. Suntrap (probably)
125. Tangistan
126. Taurus (probably)
127. Trongate
128. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
129. Ub 30
130. Ub 41
131. Ub 75
132. Uc 70
133. Vaaren
134. Vaaren (possibly)
135. Victo (bow section)
136. Victo (stern section)
137. Victoria (probably)
138. Wallsend
139. Westowrie
140. Woodstock (bow section)
141. Woodstock (stern section)
142. Zeepaard

 

Name: LERWICK (PROBABLY)

Length 124.7 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5625 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1938 by j l thomson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by wallem & co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 395hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke, sunderland. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. five men lost.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: H0522/42 15.1.42 SUNK IN 542620N, 002247W. (CINC ROSYTH, 13.1.42). NCA. COVERED BY NDW CHARTED NEARBY. H1310/84/43 28.11.84 FASTENER REPD IN 542601N, 002233W USING DECCA. (W R DODGSON, 28.11.84). NCA YET. H6331/87 25.1.89 LARGE WK EXAM'D 6.5.88 IN 542601N, 002221W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.6, FOUL AT 38.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.2 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SLIGHT SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12.4MTRS AT N END. LIES 015/195 DEG, MAINLY INTACT. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS AS SW 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 23.2.93 LOCATED IN 542559.5N, 002223W USING GPS. RADAR RANGES - N CHEEK 5.17 MILES, S CHEEK 4.09 MILES, SCARBOROUGH CASTLE 8.65 MILES. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NCA. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 12.7.97 IN 542601.0N, 002228.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 39.1, FOUL 39.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.8 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LENGTH 132MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. WELL DEFINED, BUT BADLY BROKEN WRECK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 23.5.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5426.017N, 0022.468W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.29MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 128.7MTRS, WIDTH 31.3MTRS, HT 9.06MTRS, ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGA. WK BADLY BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 26.017 N,0 22.468 W

 

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