This is the information page about the shipwreck Lochwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.184 N,4 4.875 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. August conseil (possibly)
4. Australbush (possibly)
5. Bell virtue
6. Birgitte
7. Catherine allen
8. Charlwood
9. Cheapside (possibly)
10. Chelydra (possibly)
11. City of antwerp
12. Claverley (possibly)
13. Dartmeet
14. Dirigo (possibly)
15. Duguesclin
16. East point
17. Eastern prince
18. Edam ii
19. Elizabeth caroline
20. Exploiter
21. Flying enterprise
22. Flying foam (possibly)
23. Halfdan (possibly)
24. Hms lord stonehaven
25. Hms stockforce (possibly)
26. Hms ullswater
27. Hmsm h 52
28. Hmsm m1
29. Juno
30. Koningin der engelen (probably)
31. La belle poule
32. La negra
33. Lab
34. Liberta
35. Lochwood
36. Merc enterprise (probably)
37. Sabrina
38. Skaala
39. Soudan
40. Spyros
41. St katharine (probably)
42. Tasmania (possibly)
43. Ternefjell
44. Torridge (probably)
45. U 1063
46. Uskmoor (probably)
47. Woodburn
48. Wreathier
49. Yewforest

 

Name: LOCHWOOD

Length 88.1 meter, width: 13.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2042 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1900 by craig, taylor & co, stockton-on-tees. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 208hp, single shaft. passage from barry. cargo coal. torpedoed by u-24. 25m sw from start point. (ll ww1, ww1sl, naval staff monographs vol.13 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495530N, 040449W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495530N, 040530W. (AUBD 302/17). H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 WK LOCATED IN 495407.6N, 040448.8W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR CONACT. BOTTOM COARSE SAND, SMALL GRAVEL AND BROKEN SHELL. (HMS HECATE, 1972). BR STD. H4514/76 21.9.76 H4514/76 21.9.76 WK LOCATED 22.5.76 IN 495413.75N, 040448.79W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35FMS (UNCORRECTED) IN GEN DEPTH 40FMS. (T ALLEN, PLYMOUTH, 9.9.76). AMEND TO WK 60.0MTRS IN PREVIOUS POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN 4954.136N, 0404.815W [OGB]. LENGTH 80MTRS, STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED GRAVEL. UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED TO SKELETON LAYOUT. FROM BOW THE PORT HULL RISES TO POSSIBLY 8MTRS (SIC) FROM THE SEABED. TWO SCOTCH BOILERS LIE IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE WHICH LIES ON ITS STBD SIDE. COAL SCATTERED AMONGS THE REMAINS OF THE HOLDS. SPARE PROP ABAFT THE ENGINE. BRIDGE AREA COULD BE MISSING. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 28.4.05 HH091/059/01 28.4.05 EXAM'D 5.7.04 IN 4954.184N, 0404.875W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.1 IN GEN DEPTH 72.4MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 254 DEGS. LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 030 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 66MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED

Position: 49 54.184 N,4 4.875 W

 

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