This is the information page about the shipwreck Lincairn (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.323 N,1 42.537 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LINCAIRN (POSSIBLY)
Length 107.6 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3638 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1904 by furness, withy & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by hopeside steam shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 292hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for gibraltar. cargo 5300 tons coal. struck a mine laid by uc-10.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 93 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 8 MILES N BY E FROM SHIPWASH LTV. (WW1SL). H3328/16 POSN 520836N, 014228E APPROX. - FNM 272/16. H4092/16 LIES IN 520810N, 014210E. NOT VISIBLE. BUOY SE OF WRECK. - FNM 326/16. 1923 AMEND TO DW. DELETE BUOY. H3273/61 31.7.61 LOCATED IN TWO PARTS (A) 520815N, 014236E; (B) 520817N, 014238E. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR (A) 52FT (B) 46FT; FOUL (B) 49FT. LEAST E/S (A) 65FT (B) 52FT IN 85/90FT. SCOUR (A) 90FT (B) NONE. (HMS SCOTT, 23.5.61). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. H4629/71 21.12.72 LYING ON PORT SIDE WITH HOLE, STB SIDE MIDSHIPS, 12FT WIDE FROM KEEL TO GUNW'LE. BOWS EAST. LYING E/W. STRUCTURE VERY STRONG & WILL NOT COLLAPSE IN FORESEEABLE FUTURE. LITTLE SCOUR IN HARD GRAVEL SEABED. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 13.7.72). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 29.3.85 EXAM'D 1.10.84 IN 520818N, 014239E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5 TO 27.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.5 TO 33MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.3 TO 15.4MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, APPROX. LYING 100/280 DEG. LONG SCOUR EXTENDS 3 CABLES TO NE. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5208.323N, 0142.537E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 96.4MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HEIGHT 13.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 093/273 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 314.85MTRS, 7.04MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 027 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 8.323 N,1 42.537 E