Wreck: Londonier (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Londonier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.588 N,1 23.076 W (50.476467, -1.384600)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LONDONIER
Length 85 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1870 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-vrijhandel. built in 1911 by irvine's shipbuilding & dry dock co, west hartlepool. owned at the time of loss by lloyd royal belge, antwerp. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 175nhp, single shaft. passage calais for the bristol channel. torpedoed by uc 71. no lives lost. (dods, der krieg zur see & sibi).
Year of registration: 1955
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm
Known since: 1955, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 7.1.56 NSC IN 502820N, 012242W [OGB]. PERSISTENT ECHO, CONTACTED ON 164DEGS, 177DEGS & 224DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY 1955). HH090/962/01 13.12.02 EXAM'D 23.7.02 IN 5028.580N, 0123.111W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.1 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP EXTENDS 42MTRS TOWARDS 000 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS INTACT & UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 30.3, FOUL 30.6MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. 13.5.05 THIS IS 'LONDONIER'. IDENTIFIED BY CROCKERY AND NAMEPLATE ON THE GUN. (D C WENDES). SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 9.10.20 IN 5028.588N, 0123.076W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.71MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED
Position: 50 28.588 N,1 23.076 W
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