This is the information page about the shipwreck Letty, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.731 N,3 23.778 W (53.545517, -3.396300)

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: LETTY

Length 43.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 339 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 21.8.40 built in 1908. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. sailed liverpool on 21.8.40 and was not heard of again. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H4515/46 17.8.46 H4515/46 17.8.46 WK 47FT IN 533242N, 032333W. (HMS SEAGULL). INS 7FMS 5FT.

- NM 2840/46. H1893/64 11.3.68 H1893/64 11.3.68 EXAM'D IN 533241N, 032340W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 64FT. SCOUR DEPTH 67FT. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. BR STD. H1893/64 17.5.71 H1893/64 17.5.71 EXAM'D IN 533246N, 032343W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.7MTRS [8FMS 3FT], FOUL AT 16.8MTRS [9FMS 1FT]. GEN DEPTH 19.5 - 20MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4MTRS. SCOUR ABOUT 1.5MTRS DEEP ON NE SIDE. GOOD SONAR RETURNS FROM W. (HMS WOODLARK). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 3FT.

- NM 728/71. 16.4.73 16.4.73 POSN 533242N, 032336W, OR 090.5 DEG, 3.65M FM QUEEN'S FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTHS 62 - 65FT. REPD BY HMS SEAGULL. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H5282/71 13.5.75 H5282/71 13.5.75 CONFIRMED WK 13.8MTRS SHOWN IN 533244N, 032330W IS THE SAME WRECK. WOODLARK'S RESULTS ABOVE TO BE ACCEPTED. OTHER WK DELETED FROM RECORDS. (MD & HC 21.4.75). H3838/86 20.5.88 H3838/86 20.5.88 EXAM'D 26.10.87 IN 533243N, 032342W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 20.2MTRS. NO PRONOUNCED SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH - VERT. HT 4.0MTRS, SHADOW HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 54.7MTRS, BEAM 10.3MTRS. LYING WITH BOWS S, BROKEN IN TWO AMIDSHIPS. N PART ORIENTATED 000/180 DEG; S PART 005/185 DEG. S PART IS THE SHOALER. CHART AS WK 16.2MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). AMEND TO WK 16.2MTRS. BR STD. 22.3.10 22.3.10 THIS IS LETTY. LIES N/S ON PORT SIDE, HALF BURIED IN THE SEABED. SOME DAMAGE NEAR FWD WELL DECK - POSSIBLY FROM LATER TRAWLINE. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BROKEN MIDSHIPS, BOWS ON PORT SIDE

Position: 53 32.731 N,3 23.778 W

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