Wreck: Libourne (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Libourne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 47.537 N,5 10.061 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: LIBOURNE

Length 75 meter, width: 12 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1219 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: liquid,wine

Cause: built in 1918 by clyde shipbuilding & engineering co ltd. owned at time of loss by moss ss co, liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 217 nhp, single shaft. passage bordeaux for liverpool. torpedoed by u-54. 3 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 10M S 3/4 W OF THE LIZARD. (LL WW1). SUNK 10M S FROM THE LIZARD. (WW1SL). 1.10.18 SUNK IN 494730N, 051000W. (SNO PENZANCE). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 7.10.18 SUNK IN 494600N, 051400W. (ADMIRAL'S SUMMARY, AP REPORT, RA FALMOUTH). NCA. 7.10.18 SUNK IN 494800N, 051000W. (CAPT OF PATROL, AP REPORT). NCA. 18.6.08 WK HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 4946.915N, 0510.859W. (M TUCK, TELECON 18.6.08). WAIT FURTHER. NCA. 23.5.12 [65683] COULD BE LIBOURNE. (G POUND, TELECON 23.5.12). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 47.537 N,5 10.061 W

 

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