This is the information page about the shipwreck Leysian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.764 N,5 8.022 W (51.962733, -5.133700)

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: LEYSIAN

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4703 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: foundered 7m n of strumble hd. (lloyds) on voyage belfast to barry. ran off course in heavy fog & foundered on rocks, (welsh shipwrecks vol. 1, t. bennett) leyland line vessel, wrecked 7m off strumble hd, whilst en-route belfast to cardiff. (pembrokeshire shipwrecks)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200730

Details measurements/cartography: 16.7.82 RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS AT ABERCASTLE, ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT FAILED. FINALLY BROKE UP AND SANK FOLLOWING A FIERCE GALE IN OCT'17. DIAGRAM SHOWING POSN OF WK AND QUOTING POSN AS 515720N, 050801W. (WELSH SHIPWRECKS, VOL.1 P.45/46 & 54, T. BENNETT) QUOTED POSN PLOTS ON LAND, POSN FROM DIAGRAM GIVES 515745N, 050800W. NCA. SEP 2021/000284268 29.10.21 EXAM'D 30.7.20 IN 5157.764N, 0508.022W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.96MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 9.4MTRS, LENGTH 63.3MTRS, WIDTH 21.3MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 044/224DEGS. DEBRS FIELD DIMENSIONS LENGTH 100.9MTRS, TOWARD 307DEGS. DEBRIS SURROUNDING WK AND SPREAD ALONG CLIFFS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1677). INS NDW 5.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 57.764 N,5 8.022 W

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