This is the information page about the shipwreck Lindisfarne (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.469 N,2 4.824 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: LINDISFARNE (PROBABLY)
Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 999 ton
Cause: Torpedoed by e boat. 16 killed.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 172 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20170312
Details measurements/cartography: H04114/42 20.12.42 TORPEDOED POSN 523418N, 020505E. (HMS VALESCA, 19.12.42). H0853/41 14.7.49 LOCATED 523424N, 020503E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT MLWS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79FT IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.7.49). INS AS WK 7FMS 4FT.
- NM 1603/49. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 523432N, 020454E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65FT IN GEN DEPTH 96FT. SCOUR 102FT. SEABED OF FLAT SAND. LIES N/S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI.38/68). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 5FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523431N, 020454E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.0MTRS, FOUL AT 20MTRS LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 21.9MTRS IN 30.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. WRECKAGE ABOUT 250FT LONG, LYING NNE/SSW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 15.30.6.71). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 21.11.72 SHOWN IN 523418N, 020500E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 19.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 24.10.94 EXAM'D 3.7.94 IN 523426.4N, 020456.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.4, FOUL 22.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.7 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. INTACT AND SITTING UPRIGHT. UPPER DECK DETAIL ON SONAR RECORD. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 12.3.17 EXAM'D 12.3.17: WRECK IN 5234.469N, 0204.824E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 68.9MTRS, WIDTH 15.4MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 30.6MTRS, 1.93MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 133 DEGS. WK INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 34.469 N,2 4.824 E