This is the information page about the shipwreck Lionel george, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.798 N,3 3.731 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: LIONEL GEORGE
Length 32.3 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 137 ton
Cause: caught fire & was abandoned. drove on shore on crosby beach at high water.
Year of registration: 1888
Water depth above wreck: -4 meter
Known since: 1888, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: ENTIRELY DESTROYED BY FIRE. HT ABOVE LBD UNKNOWN. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 26.3.75 NOT SHOWN K3500/10. 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL IN 532947N, 030339W. NE 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL
Position: 53 29.798 N,3 3.731 W