This is the information page about the shipwreck London ii (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.665 N,4 20.061 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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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29. Ss hornet
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Name: LONDON II (POSSIBLY)

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 1260 ton
Load: scrap metal,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: ex-london '40. built in 1924 by howaldtswerke, keil. british flagged. home port london. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage manchester for cardiff. cargo steel billets and scrap. bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 136 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20230212

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/41 SUNK IN 512330N, 043000W, APPROX. 6.10.72 INS AS USCPA 11FMS. NE 1179 & 1178. 9.4.74 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 1076. H3804/72 20.3.78 NOT FOUND DURING MAIN AREA DCS3 SEARCH. (HMS HI 41/77). DELETED. BR STD. H4467/81 28.10.82 NOT FOUND DURING 2.5MILE RADIUS DISPROVING SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70E). H3840/86 16.2.89 WK EXAM'D 21.6.88 IN 512338N, 041949W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.7 IN GEN DEPTH 37-38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS, LENGTH 40 TO 50MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). BR STD. SEP 2013/000174975 29.9.13 LOCATED IN 5123.663N, 0420.055W [WGD]. LENGTH 51.7MTRS, WIDTH 9.6TRS, HT 3.6MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY FOR CHANNEL ENERGY LTD, ATLANTIC ARRAY OFSHORE WINDFARM ROS DTD 3.2010 - 5.2010). RETAIN WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2023000182713 4.9.23 EXAM’D 12.02.23 IN 5123.665N, 0420.061W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 60.2MTRS, WIDTH 13.7MTRS, HT 3.33MTRS. ORIENTATION 136/316 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED WITH BOILER VISIBLE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1723). AMEND NDW 34.57 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED WITH BOILER VISIBLE

Position: 51 23.665 N,4 20.061 W

 

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