This is the information page about the shipwreck Lightstone (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.917 N,4 27.186 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Cambank
12. Captain mclintock
13. Castilian
14. Clwyd (probably)
15. Cognac
16. Cork
17. Dagmar
18. Dakota
19. Derbent
20. Excel
21. Fairisle
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Guillermo
25. Harold
26. Herbert
27. Hildena
28. Hindlea
29. Hms campina
30. Hms conway
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hyacinth
33. Kimya
34. Kirkmichael
35. La plata (possibly)
36. La rochelle (possibly)
37. Lightstone (probably)
38. Lilly (possibly)
39. Liverpool
40. Loweswater
41. Maarten cornelis
42. Marquess of bute (possibly)
43. Mary
44. Mary coles (possibly)
45. Meath
46. Minerva
47. Miriam thomas
48. Missouri
49. Oria
50. Osseo
51. Pacific (possibly)
52. Pamela
53. Pegasus (possibly)
54. President harbitz
55. Rhyl
56. River humber
57. Saint olaf
58. Seagull
59. Sonia
60. Theme
61. Town of wexford (possibly)
62. Treveal
63. Vigsnes
64. Wern (possibly)
65. Westward ho

 

Name: LIGHTSTONE (PROBABLY)

Length 18.3 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 119 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: vessel, built 1892 by mcclew. a wooden brigantine registered in ardrossan. bound from liverpool to dublin with a cargo of iron rails. disappeared on passage. (authority not stated).

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 266 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 20210805

Details measurements/cartography: H3838/86 5.4.88 EXAM'D 22.3.87 IN 532754N, 042708W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.0 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.1MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (HMS FOX, HI 357). BR STD. HH100/351/08 8.9.94 WK IS REMAINS OF WOODEN BARQUE OR SCHOONER. THE ONLY TIMBERS REMAINING STICK OUT FROM UNDER THE CARGO OF RAILWAY LINES, STILL STACKED UP NEATLY AND ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH. WK IS SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS FIELD OF COAL AND HULL FITTINGS. ORIENTATION SEEMS TO BE N/S WITH A LARGE ANCHOR IN THE S SECTION (BOWS). (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 11.8.94). HH100/351/10 17.10.95 APPEARS TO BE A WOODEN BARGE WITH BOW & STERN BURIED. CARGO OF RAILWAY LINES & PIPES IN A COMPACT PILE ABOUT 20MTRS BY 10MTRS. HIGHEST POINT IS A WINDLASS 3.5MTRS ABOVE THE SEA BED. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 5.10.95). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 05.08.2021; IN 5327.917N, 0427.186W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 14.5MTRS, WIDTH 8.7MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 266/086 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7446). AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Well degraded wreck

Position: 53 27.917 N,4 27.186 W

 

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