This is the information page about the shipwreck Linaria (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.789 N,0 14.58 W (54.2798167, -0.243)

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: LINARIA (PROBABLY)

Length 101 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 3081 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1911 by w dobson sb co of newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by stag line ltd, north shields. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engineering co, sunderland. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. struck a mine thought to have been laid by the german light cruiser kolberg. crew recovered by ss victoria.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 38 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 20160223

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2.5 MILES NNE OF FILEY. POSN 541500N, 001500W FOR FILING ONLY. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK DIVED IN 541648N, 001432W USING RADAR. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS AT HWS. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 28MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/34 18.12.86 DIVED IN WK IN 541645N, 001431W. THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE LEANDER FROM BEAM MEASUREMENT AND ENGINE DETAILS. BOILERS UNFORTUNATELY WERE COVERED AND SO COULD NOT BE CHECKED. BOWS STAND 7MTRS HIGH AND LIST TO PORT. MIDSHIPS SECTION PARTIALLY COLLAPSED TO PORT, WITH BOILER PROTRUDING THROUGH SIDE OF HULL. STERN LISTS TO STBD AND STANDS 8MTRS HIGH. LEAST DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS [MHWS]. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 5.3.93 LOCATED IN 541644N, 001441W USING RADAR. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NCA. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 5.7.97 IN 541646.1N, 001436.4W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.7 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. WELL DEFINED, UPRIGHT. BROKEN INTO THREE DISTINCT PARTS. AREA OF DEBRIS SOME 45 BY 10MTRS ADJACENT TO WK ON E SIDE. NOT SWEPT DUE TO SUBSURFACE FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 BEAM MEASUREMENTS AND ENGINE DETAILS ARE CORRECT FOR LINARIA. IDENTITY BY ELIMINATION AS LEANDER HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 23.02.16 IN 5416.789N, 0014.580W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 109.9MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HT 9.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 038/218. SCOUR LENGTH 108.1MTRS, 1.1MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 224. WK PARTIALLY INTACT, SPLIT INTO 3 SECTIONS. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk partially intact, split into three sections.

Position: 54 16.789 N,0 14.58 W

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