This is the information page about the shipwreck Lismore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.499 N,0 37.124 E (53.6809167, 0.8108)
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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: LISMORE
Length 43.9 meter, tonnage 198 ton
Cause: Built of iron in 1900. owned at time of loss by linsey steam fishing co, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage grimsby for fishing and return. sank following collision with norwegian ss eva in good weather conditions. (grimsby loss list & sibi)
Year of registration: 1920
Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1920, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: 4.8.72 4.8.72 IN COLLISION ABOUT 20M NE 1/2 E OF SPURN POINT. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST) POSN 534700N, 003300E FOR FILING ONLY H4064/85 22.8.86 H4064/85 22.8.86 EXAM'D IN 535429N, 003714E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 35.8MTRS, FOUL AT 36.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.4MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 13MTRS. LYING 150/330DEG. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A). INS AS WK SW 35MTRS. BR STD. H4064/85 13.1.87 H4064/85 13.1.87 EXAM'D 19.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. (UDI, H525A). NFA. 6.5.04 6.5.04 EUT POSN: 5354.499N, 0037.124E. NE 121. 15.9.09 15.9.09 WK IN 5354.502N, 0037.141E [WGD] DIVED 12.9.09. BELL RECOVERED FROM SILT INSCRIBED LISMORE 1900 GRIMSBY, PHOTOS PROVIDED. WK SITS UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STARBOARD ON SEABED OF FINE SAND, SILT WITH SHINGLE AND A FEW SCATTERED SMALL ROCKS/BOULDERS. BOWS N TO NW. WK IS REASONABLY INTACTBUT TORN OPEN AT TOP OF BOW. STANDS 4-5MTRS AT BOW, & 5-6MTRS AT STERN. 1 BOILER AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE IN SITU. LARGE WINCH FORWARD OF BOILER. DEPTH OF SEABED 47MTRS AT STERN OF WK ON HW SLACK 12.9.09. (ANDY DOWSLAND, E-MAIL 14.9.09) IDENTITY AMENDED FROM LAUREL POSSIBLY [NOW SEE 9056] TO LISMORE, NO CHART ACTION REQUIRED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 54.499 N,0 37.124 E