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 (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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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2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Barbara (possibly)
10. Borgsten (probably)
11. Braat ii
12. Brestois
13. Campen
14. Camswan
15. Carbon
16. Castle crag
17. Ceres (possibly)
18. Clarinda
19. Cleddy (probably)
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Duddon (probably)
23. Dulce t
24. Empire crusader
25. Ernest lagouve
26. Espagne
27. Faith
28. Fallodon
29. Fenna (probably)
30. G-cbpt
31. Glen (possibly)
32. Gorizont
33. Grip fast
34. Harry sharman
35. Hauler
36. Highland brigade
37. Hms acheron (bow section)
38. Hms acheron (stern section)
39. Hms albion ii
40. Hms assurance
41. Hms boxer
42. Hms crestflower
43. Hms eleanor (probably)
44. Hms listrac (probably)
45. Hms michael clements
46. Hms new dawn
47. Hms p12 (stern section).
48. Hms pomone
49. Hms tiger
50. Hms warwick deeping
51. Hmsm swordfish
52. Hmsm upstart
53. Iduna
54. Indutionmare
55. Inger
56. Irex
57. Isleworth
58. Jgena (possibly)
59. Joannis millas
60. Juno
61. Kong guttorm (probably)
62. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
63. Lct 1068
64. Lct 809
65. Londonier
66. Luis
67. Luxor
68. Margaret smith
69. Mary rose
70. Meandros (possibly)
71. Mechanician
72. Mendi
73. Millmer
74. Minerva (possibly)
75. Molina
76. Moonraker (probably)
77. Myrtlegrove (probably)
78. Neath (possibly)
79. Nichola (probably)
80. Nw68
81. Nw96
82. Oriflamme
83. Pool fisher
84. Ps ryde
85. Redesmere
86. Reindeer
87. Rosehill (probably)
88. Rtc no.9
89. Sally jane
90. Serrana (bow section)
91. Serrana (stern part)
92. Simla
93. Smyrna
94. Spyros (possibly)
95. Stokes bay pier (remains)
96. Teamwork
97. Terlings
98. Tweed
99. U 122 (possibly)
100. U 123
101. U 152
102. U 153 (possibly)
103. U 90
104. Ub 122 (possibly)
105. Ub 37 (probably)
106. Vanessa (probably)
107. Vari solo sailor
108. Varvassi
109. Volkerak
110. War knight
111. Weston maid (possibly)
112. Westville
113. Witte zee
114. Woodham
115. Y48

 

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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