This is the information page about the shipwreck London, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.059 N,0 50.234 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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.

 

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3. Argo
4. Blue ballard
5. Burgos
6. Capitaine edmond laborie
7. Carrier
8. Catford
9. Cecil (possibly)
10. Chatwood (possibly)
11. Chelsea (possibly)
12. Clavis
13. Corland
14. Cormarsh
15. Deodata
16. Egret
17. Empire newcomen
18. Euterpe (probably)
19. Fane
20. Fermain (possibly)
21. Fireglow
22. Fittonia (possibly)
23. Flashlight (probably)
24. Freidig (possibly)
25. Gluckauf (possibly)
26. Harden
27. Heimland
28. Hms cap d'antifer
29. Hms cape spartel (probably)
30. Hms cobra
31. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
32. Hms linsdell
33. Hms pintail
34. Hms queenworth
35. Hms speedy (probably)
36. Hms st donats
37. Hms warland (possibly)
38. Homer
39. Inge marguerite (possibly)
40. Jersey (probably)
41. Keynes
42. Konstantinos hadjipateras
43. La combattante (stern section)
44. Lancaster (possibly)
45. Larchwood (possibly)
46. Lightship no 83
47. Lindy sue
48. Magnolia
49. Marie dawn
50. Matanuska (probably)
51. Nieuwland
52. Norfolk (possibly)
53. Norman
54. Ogono
55. Onesta
56. Petroswift
57. Pilsudski
58. Polzella (possibly)
59. Rado (possibly)
60. Rebono (probably)
61. Revigo (possibly)
62. Royal scott
63. Royston
64. Schieland
65. Schieland (possibly)
66. Scotia (possibly)
67. Scotia (possibly)
68. Sea gem
69. Sea pearl
70. Shepherd lad
71. Sioux (probably)
72. Siri maria
73. Trignac (possibly)
74. Vechstroom
75. Vereingte (possibly)
76. Victoria
77. Virginian
78. Welsh prince
79. William balls (probably)
80. Zor

 

Name: London

Length 74.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1556 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex heinrich. built in 1911 by flensburger shiffsb. owned at time of loss by john kelly. triple expansion engine of 186nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for amsterdam. cargo coal. sprang a leak and foundered.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 292 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20191022

Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 27M EAST OF SPURN LTV. (DOD). H5970/69 14.9.82 WK LOCATED SEPT 1982 IN 533203N, 005022E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. LARGE VESSEL UPSIDE DOWN. HULL COLLAPSED AROUND ENGINE ROOM LEAVING ENGINES PROTRUDING ABOVE SEABED ABOUT 6MTRS. CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS ROUND WK. (HMS IVESTON, HN 9.9.82). WZ 519 ISSUED. NCA YET. 28.9.82 NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. (CAPT HOOKWAY/RNW, TELECON). H5970/69 11.10.82 LOCATED BY THV MERMAID IN 533150N, 005012E [OGB] USING DECCA. CLEARANCE DEPTH OF 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19.2MTRS OBTAINED. (TH, 8.10.82). ACCEPT TH DEPTH IN IVESTON'S POSN.

- NM 2603/82. H4465/81 22.11.82 EXAM'D 21.7.82 IN 533203N, 005021E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.8, FOUL AT 15.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. LYING 140/320DEGS. WRECKAGE SCATTERED IN VICINITY OF WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). BR STD. HH100/351/05 7.7.92 LARGE STEEL SS LOCATED 25.6.92 IN 533203N, 005021E [WGD] USING GPS. ABOUT 4-5000TONS. TWO BOILERS. LEAST DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. (LINDA O'CARROLL, 27.6.92). NCA. HH100/351/20 5.9.03 DURING 1996 LOCAL DIVERS RECOVERED A SHIP'S BELL WITH "LONDON" ON IT FROM WK IN 5332.07N, 0050.20E. REPORTED BY S OLD, B WOOLFORD. (S OLD, E-MAIL DTD 16.7.03) NCA. SEP 2020/000235095 7.10.20 EXAM'D BY BDC 23.9.20 IN 5332.059N, 0050.234E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.63MTRS. LENGTH 92.40MTRS, WIDTH 18.79MTRS, HT 4.71MTRS. ORIENTATION 292/112 DEGS. NFS. (UKHO-BDC & TRITON KNOLL OFFSHORE WIND LTD SURVEY 23.7.18-22.10.19). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, COLLAPSED, ENGINES HIGHEST POINT

Position: 53 32.059 N,0 50.234 E

 

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