This is the information page about the shipwreck Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.023 N,1 19.37 W (54.900383, -1.322833)

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.

Name: LONCLARA (EX-PLA HOPPER NO 20)

Length 65.5 meter, width: 10.8 meter, tonnage 1126 ton

Cause: built of sttel in 1911 by ropner & sons ltd, stockton. launched as port of london authority hopper no 20. steam powered. renamed lonclara and fitted out for cargo service. struck mine laid by uc-31 and sank. (r young).

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/796/01 12.1.99 EXAM'D 11.8.98 IN 545401.6N, 011923.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.5, FOUL 11.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 134/314 DEGS. BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES. LARGEST SECTION IS RELATIVELY INTACT WITH VISIBLE SUPERSTRUCTURE. DEBRIS PRESENT WITHIN THE SURROUNDING AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS SW 11.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 26.5.05 INFORMED THAT BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM WK JUST OFF HENDON ROCK IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NAME ON BELL IS: HOPPER NO 5. POSN 5454.091N, 0119.391W. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 25.5.05). PROBABLY THIS WK. NCA. 24.6.05 BELL WAS INSCRIBED: 'PLA HOPPER 24'. THERE IS A DATE BUT DIVER COULD ONLY REMEMBER THAT IT WAS PROBABLY DURING WW2. (R YOUNG). NCA. 13.12.07 BELL INCRIPTION NOW CONFIRMED AS ' PLA HOPPER 20'. VESSEL CONFIRMED AS BEING 'LONCLARA' AT TIME OF LOSS. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 20.3.19 EXAM’D 20.3.19 IN 5454.023N, 0119.370W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 39.4MTRS, WIDTH 19.3MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/290DEGS. 3 MAIN SECTIONS, NO DISCERNIBLE OUTLINE, VARIOUS LINEAR DEBRIS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 3 MAIN SECTIONS, NO DISCERNIBLE OUTLINE

Position: 54 54.023 N,1 19.37 W

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