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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Agnes
3. Alarm
4. Alcides
5. Alice
6. Anatolian
7. Angola
8. Angola (part of)(possibly)
9. Ann sumner
10. Anne elizabeth
11. Ant
12. Armagh
13. Auchenarden
14. Auspicious
15. Avon
16. Azalea
17. Bella
18. Ben cruachan
19. Berwyn
20. Blairnevis
21. Blanche (possibly)
22. Boston
23. Bradda
24. Brazilian
25. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
26. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
27. Burbo tower (remains)
28. Burbo tower (remains)
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burbo tower (remains)
31. Burgedin
32. Cairnross
33. Calcium (probably)
34. Calderon
35. Cameronian
36. Caroline
37. Chagres
38. Chase
39. Christina shearer
40. City of brussels
41. City of st andrews
42. Colin russell
43. Colombus
44. Colorado
45. Concord
46. Coniston (probably)
47. Counsellor iii
48. Countess of devon
49. Croydon
50. Denbigh coast
51. Denham
52. Dublin
53. Dunmail
54. Ebeneezer
55. Edward finch
56. El oso
57. Elephant
58. Elizabeth
59. Elizabeth lathom
60. Ellan vannin
61. Ellen sarah
62. Ellen southwold
63. Emelie
64. Eros
65. Eversfield
66. Fairy
67. Fb 110 (possibly)
68. Fb 112 (possibly)
69. Fb 116 (possibly)
70. Fb 118 (possibly)
71. Fb 265 (possibly)
72. Fb 267 (possibly)
73. Fb 275 (possibly)
74. Fb 278 (possibly)
75. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
76. Fb 295 (possibly)
77. Fb 296 (possibly)
78. Fb 297 (possibly)
79. Fb 300 (possibly)
80. Fb 43 (possibly)
81. Fb 47 (possibly)
82. Fb 56 (possibly)
83. Fb 72 (possibly)
84. Fb 83 (possibly)
85. Fb 86 (possibly)
86. Fb 98 (probably)
87. Four brothers (possibly)
88. Frolic
89. Gannochy
90. Geofredo (part of)
91. Germania
92. Gorsethorn
93. Gratitude
94. Hannah
95. Hannah landles
96. Hebe
97. Hebe (possibly)
98. Henry j smith
99. Hero
100. Heron 2
101. Hms cochrane
102. Hvideorn
103. Ibis
104. Ida
105. India
106. Ionic star
107. Irene chalmers
108. J b kee
109. James and grace gregory
110. Jerseymoor
111. Jessie brown
112. John pierce
113. John w elliot
114. Juno
115. Kelvindale
116. Kilcoan (probably)
117. Leeds (probably)
118. Lelia
119. Letty
120. Little burbo beacon
121. Lochmonar (fwd part)
122. Lord delamere
123. Lord delamere (possibly)
124. Lugar
125. Mancunium
126. Mantura
127. Margaret
128. Marion
129. Mary
130. Mary agnes
131. Mary kate
132. Mary olivia
133. Mayflower (part of)
134. Mermaid (probably)
135. Mersey
136. Mid jordan beacon
137. Munster
138. Murielle
139. Nautilus
140. Nazarine
141. Nestos
142. Nickolai
143. Nicola faith
144. North jordan bn
145. Ocean home
146. Ocean monarch
147. Old england
148. Ousebridge
149. Pegu (bow section)
150. Pegu (stern)
151. Penrhos (probably)
152. Penryn
153. Penstone
154. Perseverance
155. Perseverance
156. Peru (probably)
157. Phoenician
158. Pigeon
159. Ponce
160. Princess victoria
161. Prudence
162. Queen
163. Queens tower
164. Raoul et aurelie
165. Rea 5
166. Rea 7 (possibly)
167. Rea 8 (possibly)
168. Rea 9 (possibly)
169. Resurgam
170. Ringsend
171. Robert marsden
172. Robert seymour
173. Sarah
174. Seaville (part of)
175. Seaville (part of)
176. Severn
177. Smelter
178. Speke (possibly)
179. Sportsman
180. Spurn
181. Stanleigh
182. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
183. Sultan
184. Sunda
185. Talbot
186. The lady mostyn
187. Thomas
188. Thomas
189. Thorn
190. Thornton
191. Tongue beacon
192. Tongue beacon (possibly)
193. Tower base
194. Tt 6 (possibly)
195. Ulstermore
196. Valeria
197. Vanguard
198. Ville de llanes
199. W.m.j
200. Walter dean
201. Weazel
202. William rawcliffe
203. Woodville
204. Ystroom (probably)
205. Zealandia

 

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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