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 (52.027483333333, -4.9751833333333)

 

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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. Alaric (possibly)
3. Albion
4. Atlas rose
5. Bangarth
6. Baron carnegie
7. Behar
8. Boscastle (possibly)
9. Burry
10. Celtic revenge (possibly)
11. Clydesdale
12. Colonian
13. Concha
14. Dakotian
15. Dan beard (fwd part)
16. Drina (probably)
17. Empire gunner (possibly)
18. Englishman
19. Ethel
20. Faraday
21. Four winds
22. Gerard
23. Gisella (possibly)
24. Glenisla (possibly)
25. Graffoe
26. Gramsbergen
27. Gresham (possibly)
28. Helene
29. Hematite
30. Highland home (probably)
31. Hms caroline (aft part)
32. Hms leda (probably)
33. Hms minicoy
34. Hms pilot vessel no.10
35. Hmsm e39
36. Hurst
37. Inishowen head (?inneshowen head)
38. Kassanga (possibly)
39. Kingstown (probably)
40. Lcg 15
41. Lcg no.16
42. Leysian
43. Little wing
44. Loch shiel
45. Lucy
46. Mandala
47. Margaretha
48. Matronna
49. Morna
50. Morning star
51. Moyallon
52. Norfolk coast
53. Olive branch
54. Pauline elizabeth
55. Plm 21
56. Port townsville (probably)
57. Portland (possibly)
58. Prince cadwgan (probably)
59. Queen
60. Rasona
61. Rosylin
62. Shamrock
63. St george
64. Summertime
65. Suzanne boulet (possibly)
66. Szent istvan
67. Thor
68. Venture
69. Vernicos alexia
70. Vernicos barbara iv
71. Vernicos giorgis
72. Whitehaven
73. Wiema
74. William rhodes moorhouse

 

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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