This is the information page about the shipwreck Lincoln, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.788 N,5 35.602 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: LINCOLN
Length 60.4 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 4.4, tonnage 624 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1865 by humber iron works, kingston-upon-hull. two boilers, 4 cylinder compound engine, single screw. machinery by humphrys & co, hull. passage cardiff for plymouth. cargo coal. struck the runnelstone and later sank about half a mile offshore. crew landed by boat.
Year of registration: 2000
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/16 28.12.00 HH100/351/16 28.12.00 DIVED IN 5002.788N, 0535.602W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES N/S WITH BOWS N. NO SCOUR. LIES ON AN INCLINE WITH STERN ON FLAT, SANDY SEABED AND THE BOWS ON A ROCK REEF. WRECK IS OPEN BUT SPREAD AROUND A QUITE SMALL AREA. ENGINE IS LARGEST PART. SPARE IRON PROP NEAR BOWS. COAL BLOCKS STILL IN WRECKAGE. (G LOCKETT, 18.12.00). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/18 27.2.02 HH100/351/18 27.2.02 LIES IN 5002.784N, 0535.561W [WGD]. (J ROSEVEARE, EMAIL 20.2.02). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON INCLINED BOTTOM, BOWS N, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 50 2.788 N,5 35.602 W