This is the information page about the shipwreck Lola (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.154 N,0 39.99 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: LOLA (POSSIBLY)
Length 48.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 458 ton
Cause: Built in 1897 by s mcknight & co ltd, ayr. owned at time of loss by the lola ss co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 54hp, single shaft. passage porthoustock for london. cargo tarmacadam. foundered.
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 32 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 13.1.77 WRECK LOCATED 18.8.76 IN 503403N, 003952W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTRS. SEABED REGULAR & SEDIMENTARY. DCS3 HEIGHT 7.65MTRS, LENGTH 14MTRS. LYING NE/SW. WK POSSIBLY BROKEN UP. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 18.3MTRS.
- NM 492/77. H2318/74 5.6.79 SWEPT 2.11.78 IN 503407.4N, 003954W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR 17.4MTRS, FOUL 18.6MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37B/77). AMEND TO SW 17.4MTRS IN 503407N, 003954W [OGB].
- NM 1491/79. 1.10.86 NOT FOUND. (A RIGGALL, TELECON). NCA YET. HH091/002/01 29.10.02 EXAM'D 14.7.02 IN 5034.159N, 0039.990W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.7, FOUL 18.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POORLY DEFINED. APPEARS AS A DEBRIS FIELD. (NP 1016, HI 1002). BR STD. HH091/003/01 30.9.03 EXAM'D 12.6.03 IN 5034.154N, 0039.989W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.0, FOUL 17.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 070 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. LOWER STRUCTURE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF BURIAL. (NP 1016, HI 1003A). AMEND TO SW 17.0MTRS. HH226/410/07 6.10.03 AMEND BY NM.
- NM 5174/03. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 12.01.18; IN 5034.154N, 0039.990W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 60.7MTRS, WIDTH 37.8MTRS, HEIGHT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 212/032 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP WITH ONLY THE AFT VISIBLE.(MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 17.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 3.8.21 LARGE WK HAS TWO BOILERS AND POSSIBLY A CONDENSER, BSAC MEMBERS CONFIRMED CONFIRMED ONLY STREN SECTION VISIBLE. (WORTHING BSAC, DARREN McDONAGH, DTD 2020). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP. ENGINE SITS BEHIND TWO BOILERS, LEADING INTO PROP SHAFT.
Position: 50 34.154 N,0 39.99 W