This is the information page about the shipwreck Londoner (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 56.721 N,1 32.093 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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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: LONDONER (PROBABLY)
Length 82.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1513 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1891 by schlesinger davis & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by tyne steam shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 450nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage london for newcastle-upon-tyne. sank following collision with ss sheffield. one passenger lost. (sibi, dods & wreck returns 1892-1893).
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm
Known since: 1968, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H3550/68 2.4.68 WRECK LOCATED IN 525641N, 013209E DURING SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR SHELL UK EXPRO LTD, LOWESTOFT. EXISTENCE OF WRECK PROVED BY FOULING IT DURING PIPE-LAYING OPS. IN 1967. (BROWN AND ROOT (UK) LTD., 21.3.68) CHART AS DW.
- NM 656/68. H1952/80 26.1.83 EXAM'D 24.6.81 IN 525642N, 013211E USING HF6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.8, FOUL AT 17.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.5 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING E/W. (SOISS, HI 22, WK 53)
- NM 708/83. 21.9.87 RECENTLY DIVED ON. APPARENTLY THE STERN HALF, MIDSHIP ACCOMMODATION TO STERN, OF A VESSEL OF SOME 1500 GRT. SINGLE SCREW, IRON SHIP, WELL COLLAPSED WITH ENGINE REMAINING AS PROMINENT PART. (F WATSON, TELECON). 6.9.90 SILVER JUG WITH INSCRIPTION 'TSS COY' FOUND ON WK IN 525639N, 013206E. (MIKE MARSH, TELECON WITH LIBRARIAN). 23.8.01 WK LOCATED IN 5256.709N, 0132.161E [UND]. MAKERS PLATE WITH DATE 1891 & NUMBER 161 RECOVERED. WK BELIEVED TO BE 'LONDONER'. (M MARSH/J DILLON. TELECON 23.8.01). NCA. SEP 2015/000041896 22.5.15 EXAM'D 5.10.14 IN 5256.721N, 0132.093E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.96MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR, EXTENDS 45MTRS TOWARDS 305 DEGREES. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 280/100 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 16.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED.
Position: 52 56.721 N,1 32.093 E