This is the information page about the shipwreck Lisbon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.255 N,0 32.206 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: LISBON
Length 70.4 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1203 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1910. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 6 pdr gun. passage newhaven for boulogne. believed to have struck a mine. one man lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150628
Details measurements/cartography: H3411/17 SUNK 8 MILES ESE OF ROYAL SOVEREIGN LTV. (HMBT). SANK 5 MILE S OF LTV. (MATE). CHART AS WK PA IN 504100N, 003235E. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMEND TO NDW. (HYDRO). H( 10.6.55 POSN CONFIRMED USING ASDIC. (HMS SAINTES, 1955). 31.1.73 AMEND TO USC 18MTRS IN 504100N, 003235E. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 536. H4959/73 3.4.75 EXAM'D 28.10.74 IN 504113N, 003220E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 LENGTH 150FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4121/76 3.8.76 EXAM'D 28.5.76 IN LISTED POSN. DIVERS REPORT WK OF A FREIGHTER OF APPROX 1600-1800GRT. LIES UPRIGHT WITH THE BOW TO ENE. LENGTH 350FT, APPROX, BEAM 40FT. STANDS 30-35FT HIGH. NO GUN. WINCHES SEEN FORE AND AFT. ANCHORS (1917) STILL SECURED. WHEELHOUSE AMIDSHIPS AND ENGINEROOM AFT. CARGO HATCHES OFF AND HOLDS EMPTY. NO SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). NCA. 4.11.91 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF SS 'LISBON' - BELL RECOVERED. (N BLAKE, TELECON). HH100/351/04 13.11.91 DIVED ON. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'LISBON'. BOW HAS BROKEN OFF AND LIES ON STBD SIDE, 10MTRS AWAY FROM MAIN PART OF WK. (T W BENNETTO, 2.11.91). SEP 2015/000083465 26.11.15 EXAM'D 28.06.15, WK SHOWN IN 5041.255N, 0032.206E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.4MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 3.3MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW BROKEN OFF
Position: 50 41.255 N,0 32.206 E