This is the information page about the shipwreck Lighter 83, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.808 N,1 12.503 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Avoca
9. Bobby
10. Brandenburg
11. Bravore
12. Brendonia
13. Cabo espartel
14. Charente
15. Christianssund
16. City of dresden (possibly)
17. Colbert
18. Constanzia
19. Corhaven
20. De fontaine
21. Dinard
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Efford
24. Eidsiva (probably)
25. Electra
26. Eleonora
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Excellence pleske
34. Falcon (probably)
35. Fearless
36. Flachsee
37. Flandres
38. Francesco ciampa
39. G-asad
40. Gad 23
41. Grit (probably)
42. Grosser kurfurst
43. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
44. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
45. Halcyon
46. Harcalo
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
50. Hmhs anglia
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aragonite (part of)
53. Hms aries (possibly)
54. Hms artic trapper
55. Hms blackwater
56. Hms brazen
57. Hms carlton
58. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
59. Hms city of dundee
60. Hms cleon
61. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
62. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
63. Hms glen boyne
64. Hms kingston galena
65. Hms lydian
66. Hms marcella
67. Hms myrmidon
68. Hms napia
69. Hms niger (possibly)
70. Hms northumberland (probably)
71. Hms othello ii
72. Hms peridot
73. Hms receptive
74. Hms restoration (possibly)
75. Hms rodino
76. Hms stirling castle (probably)
77. Hms torbay ii (probably)
78. Hms tranquil
79. Hms war sepoy
80. Hms weigelia
81. Hmsm b2
82. Hmt gullfoss
83. Holland
84. Hundvaag
85. Hydaspes (possibly)
86. Ilaro
87. Jacob luckenbach
88. James harrod
89. Jokai
90. Josephine willis
91. Kabinda
92. Kadru
93. Katharina kolkmann
94. Kielce
95. Kirsten skou
96. Koenigshaven
97. L'armandeche
98. La somme (probably)
99. Lady stella
100. Latona
101. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
102. Le tregor
103. Leicester
104. Leila najia
105. Leo
106. Lighter 83
107. Lizzonia
108. Loanda
109. Lolworth
110. Lusitania
111. Mahratta
112. Mahratta ii
113. Maloja 1
114. Malta (probably)
115. Merel (part of)(possibly)
116. Mersey
117. Milbanke (probably)
118. Monarch
119. Mrav
120. Murillo
121. Nancy moran
122. Naranco
123. Negrier
124. Newcastle
125. Niki
126. Norman
127. Northfleet
128. Nunima
129. Ocean king (possibly)
130. Ousel (probably)
131. Polgrange
132. Portslade (possibly)
133. Preussen
134. Pulborough
135. Revenge
136. River levan
137. Rochester castle (possibly)
138. Roode zee (possibly)
139. Roseburn
140. Rydal force
141. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
142. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
143. Sabac
144. Saint ronan (possibly)
145. Salbya (possibly)
146. Samida
147. Sea serpent
148. Seine
149. Shenandoah
150. Sierra bravia
151. Sir russell
152. Spanish prince
153. St cecilia
154. St claire (possibly)
155. Strathclyde
156. T s webb
157. Teeswood
158. Texaco caribbean (after section)
159. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
160. The queen
161. Tokufuku maru
162. Toromoree
163. Toward
164. Traquair (probably)
165. Trooper
166. U 11 (possibly)
167. U 16 (possibly)
168. U 8
169. Ub 103 (possibly)
170. Ub 108 (possibly)
171. Ub 109
172. Ub 12 (possibly)
173. Ub 31 ?
174. Ub 38
175. Ub 55 (probably)
176. Ub 56 (possibly)
177. Ub 58 (possibly)
178. Ub 78
179. Ub-33 (probably)
180. Uc 46 (possibly)
181. Uc 63
182. Uc 77 (possibly)
183. Unity
184. Vittoria claudia
185. W a scholten
186. Welsh belle
187. Wheatman (possibly)
188. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: LIGHTER 83

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H680/44 11.4.44 POSN REPD AS 510448N, 011237E, OR 062.5DEGS, 5.9C FROM GPFL LT ON FOLKSTONE BN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - PNM ISSUED. H06080/44 26.9.44 INS AS DW IN 510448N, 011237E.

- NM 2070/44. H0680/44 14.9.55 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 22FT, 063DEGS, 5.9C FROM FOLKESTONE PIER PIER LT. (SCES). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2178/55. H1804/56 AMEND TO SW 6.0MTRS. NC 1991 [PLAN: FOLKESTONE HARBOUR]. H4453/72 10.2.78 EXAM'D 21.7.77 IN 510447.7N, 011238E [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.6 IN GEN DEPTH 9.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPEARS TO BE LYING N/S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 40/77). AMEND TO WK 6.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5104.808N, 0112.503E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.85MTRS. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 0.3MTR. MAINLY BURIED WITH SOME SMALL WRECKAGE EVIDENTLY STILL UNCOVERED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). AMEND FOUL 7.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BURIED, SOME WRECKAGE UNCOVERED

Position: 51 4.808 N,1 12.503 E

 

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