This is the information page about the shipwreck Llwyngwair (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 49.424 N,1 9.465 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
26. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
27. Eagle iii
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Eston
31. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fenella
37. Ferryhill
38. Fervent
39. Firelight (possibly)
40. Gateshead (possibly)
41. General havelock
42. Gran
43. Grit
44. H a brightman
45. H c flood (possibly)
46. H c flood (probably)
47. Hans hoth (probably)
48. Harraton
49. Hartley
50. Harvest
51. Hawkwood
52. Hebble (probably)
53. Heckler
54. Hekla (possibly)
55. Helvetia (possibly)
56. Hendrika
57. Hercules
58. Hmms 180
59. Hms ben ardna (probably)
60. Hms elise
61. Hms elise (possibly)
62. Hms ethel taylor
63. Hms euston
64. Hms fairplay 2
65. Hms james ludford
66. Hms loch naver
67. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
68. Hms ruthin castle
69. Hms snaefell (probably)
70. Hms southsea
71. Hms star of devoran
72. Hms summer rose
73. Hms william hallet (possibly)
74. Hms witherington
75. Hogarth
76. Humber
77. Ida duncan
78. Ilios (possibly)
79. Ilious
80. Intent
81. Inverlane (part of)
82. Inverlane (stern section)
83. Jenny m (possibly)
84. John m smart (possibly).
85. John miles
86. Jolly girls
87. Jolly girls (possibly)
88. Jonkoping i (possibly)
89. Kalua
90. Kamma
91. Kasko
92. Kilkis (possibly)
93. King james (possibly)
94. La basiase (la bastaise)
95. Linden (probably)
96. Llwyngwair (possibly)
97. Loch-na-gar (probably)
98. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
99. Longbird
100. Lucida
101. Lyng
102. Maggie mcleman ii
103. Maindy bridge (possibly)
104. Marcheller (possibly)
105. Margaret sutton
106. Marne (part of)(possibly)
107. Mars
108. Mayoress pelican
109. Mile end (possibly)
110. Montauban
111. Narcissus (possibly)
112. Nordheim (possibly)
113. Nyula
114. Ocean
115. Orion (probably)
116. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
117. Ottoland (possibly)
118. Pathfinder
119. Patria
120. Pitwines (probably)
121. Polleon (possibly)
122. Poltava (possibly)
123. Povena
124. Presto (possibly)
125. Presto (possibly)
126. Protector (possibly)
127. Providence
128. Prunelle
129. Quillota
130. Ragni (probably)
131. Ravensbourne (possibly)
132. Ravnanger (probably)
133. Renen
134. Rfa creosol
135. Richard de larrinaga
136. Rio colorado
137. Rising sun (part of)
138. Rising sun (part of)
139. Rosa (possibly)
140. Rosella (probably)
141. Rotha
142. S t wallsend
143. Saga (possibly)
144. Sargasso (possibly)
145. Scott miller
146. Snowdrop (possibly)
147. Spray
148. Stag 5 (probably)
149. Staithes (possibly)
150. Stangate
151. Stora-korsnas-link i
152. Strinheim
153. Suavity
154. Sunniva (possibly)
155. Swiftly
156. Talisman (possibly)
157. Tatiana (possibly)
158. Teal (probably)
159. Teesdale (possibly)
160. Thames (probably)
161. The stewarts court (probably)
162. Triumph
163. Uc 32 (probably)
164. Vestra
165. Vianna (possibly)
166. Vianna (probably)
167. Victory
168. Wayside flower
169. Winga
170. Winga (possibly)
171. X.l.
172. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: LLWYNGWAIR (POSSIBLY)

Length 69.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1304 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1913 by antwerprn engineering co ltd, hoboken. owned at time of loss by harries bros & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156hp, single shaft. passage dunkirk for newcastle-upon-tyne. torpedoed and sunk by uc 64.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H2395 1918 SUNK ABOUT 4M SE FROM SEAHAM. H2395 27.4.18 SUNK NEAR 'N' BUOY. (SNO TYNE). POSN 544930N, 011000W APPROX. 2.5.18 SANK ABOUT 3M E OF SEAHAM. (BOT, 2ND MATE). 3.5.18 POSN 544900N, 010900W. (AP REPORT-VAEC). SUNK 5M SSE FROM SEAHAM HARBOUR. (DOD & WW1SL). POSN 544930N, 011000W APPROX. H4214/26 1.7.26 INS NDW PA (1918) IN 544930N, 010922W. NC 3104. H2433/71 22.4.71 H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, HI 9/70). H2189/71 22.5.71 H2189/71 22.5.71 POSSIBLE CONTACT ABOUT 4C SE. NOT YET INVESTIGATED. (ISS, 1971). 18.5.73 18.5.73 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 152. H6330/87 7.11.88 H6330/87 7.11.88 EXAM'D 6.8.88 IN 544925N, 010922W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.4, FOUL AT 37.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.1 IN GEN DEPTH 42.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 43MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 74MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. APPARENTLY CONSISTS OF PARTIALLY BURIED DEBRIS LYING 155/335 DEG. GIVES GOOD SONAR RETURN. HAS SEVERAL HIGH POINTS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A).

- NM 3636/88. HH100/351/08 11.3.94 HH100/351/08 11.3.94 WK 545003.6N, 011114.4W IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LLWYNGWAIR. (K A LAWRENCE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED DEBRIS

Position: 54 49.424 N,1 9.465 W

 

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