This is the information page about the shipwreck Leven (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 46.135 N,0 4.004 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

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2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bettann (bow section)
18. Blanefield
19. Branksome chine (possibly)
20. Braunton
21. Cairndhu
22. Cambrian princess (probably)
23. Candia
24. Carbineer
25. Carrie dingle
26. Celtic
27. Charles m
28. City of brisbane
29. Clan macmillan
30. Cuba
31. D144 (possibly).
32. Del rio
33. Devon coast
34. Duke of buccleuch
35. Eduard (possibly)
36. Elford
37. F/v joanna c
38. Fife coast (possibly)
39. Flag theofano
40. Fpt iv
41. Frode
42. Fulham vii (probably)
43. Gartland
44. Gascony
45. George sutton
46. Gerarda
47. Germa geisha
48. Glenlee
49. Harold
50. Hedwig lunstedt
51. Highland corrie
52. Hms apley (possibly)
53. Hms avanturine
54. Hms borneo
55. Hms evadne (possibly)
56. Hms hazardous
57. Hms implacable
58. Hms lancer ii
59. Hms northcoates
60. Hms ocean sunlight
61. Hms pine
62. Hms prince leopold
63. Hms sapper
64. Hms taipo
65. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
66. Hmsm a1
67. Holme force (possibly)
68. Indiana
69. Inger (possibly)
70. Jaffa
71. Joseph roberts (possibly)
72. Lalen mendi
73. Leven (possibly)
74. Lightfoot (possibly)
75. Lola (possibly)
76. London trader (possibly)
77. Lowmount
78. Lulonga (possibly)
79. Marie marguerite (possibly)
80. Mill gate (probably)
81. Miown
82. Mira
83. Mohlenpris (possibly)
84. Molesey (possibly)
85. Montecrana (possibly)
86. Mount stuart
87. Mv adur valley?
88. Newent
89. Ny-eeasteyr
90. Nyon
91. Pentyrch
92. Porthkerry
93. Quail
94. Ramsgarth
95. Ramsholm (possibly)
96. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
97. Saint ronaig
98. Seven seas (possibly)
99. Shirala
100. Stanhope
101. Stanwold
102. Stavros (possibly)
103. T r thompson
104. U 1195
105. U 275 (probably)
106. U 40 (possibly)
107. U 86 (possibly)
108. Ub 130
109. Ub 81
110. Vasco
111. Venus
112. Vesuvio (possibly)
113. Vigda
114. War helmet
115. Zaanstroom

 

Name: LEVEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 56.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 775 ton

Cause: Mined. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150811

Details measurements/cartography: H1019/17 WK 2.25FMS IN 504554N, 000405E, WITH LT BUOY CLOSE S. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 233/18 & FNM 258/17. H566/24 22.1.24 FOUL LOCATED 1924 IN 504600N, 000400E, APPROX 7C S OF NEWHAVEN BREAKWATER LT. (HM NEWHAVEN, 8.2.24). AMENDED TO F (1924) IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 308/24. H5707/36 3.9.36 LOCATED 262.5DEGS, 1.34M FROM SEAFORD CHURCH. LEAST DEPTH 19FT. TRACING HELD. (HMS FLINDERS, 29.8.46). AMENDED TO WK 3.25FMS.

- NM 1746/36. H0574/40 18.6.47 FOUL AT 30FT CLEAR AT 28FT GENERAL DEPTH 38FT IN POSN 142.75DEGS, 5.2C FROM NEWHAVEN LT. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, 26.3.47). AMENDED TO WK 4.5FMS.

- NM 1576/47. H0574/40 10.4.51 G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G, BELL ESTABLISHED CLOSE S OF WK. (NAVEAM 3434/51).

- NM 669/51. H0574/40 12.12.51 DIVING SURVEY SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1951. LOCATED 155DEGS, 8.24C FROM WEST PIER LT. WK HAS BEEN WELL DEMOLISHED BY EXPLOSIVES PRESUMABLY IN ATTEMPTING DISPERSAL OF 'OCEAN SUNLIGHT'. NO PART STANDS MORE THAN 8FT ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH 34FT, SURROUNDING DEPTH 42FT. (DIRECTOR OF BOOM DEFENCE & MARINE SALVAGE, 6.12.51). H0574/40 23.5.52 SWEPT IN POSN 144DEGS, 5.2C FROM NEWHAVEN LT. CLEAR AT 32FT, FOUL AT 33FT IN GEN DEPTH 37FT. TRACING HELD. (SML 324 REPORT DTD 30.4.52). AMENDED TO WK 5.25FMS IN 504603N, 000408E, WITH BUOY CLOSE S.

- NM 936/52. H0574/40 1.7.54 BUOY DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1495/54. 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 9.8MTRS. NC 536. 7.4.72 AMENDED TO SW 9.4MTRS [LAT]. NC'S 536 & 1652. HH090/960/01 3.11.04 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (NP 1016, HI 960). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 11.08.15 IN 5046.135N, 0004.004E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11.2MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 55MTRS, HT 0.5MTRS, WIDTH 44MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 9.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 46.135 N,0 4.004 E

 

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