This is the information page about the shipwreck Longbenton (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.115 N,0 0.4 W (53.88525, -0.0066667)

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.

Name: LONGBENTON (PROBABLY)

Length 64.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 924 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed & sunk by submarine 12 miles s by w from flamborough hd.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 357 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200918

Details measurements/cartography: 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. H4523/26 16.10.26 AMEND TO NDWPA. 20.3.72 AMEND TO NDW. NC 121. 18.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 7FMS. NE 1190. 9.5.74 AMEND TO USCPA 13MTRS. NC 121. H1942/76 9.3.81 EXAM'D 29.7.80 IN 535307N, 000018W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.0MTRS, FOUL AT 9.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 160MTRS, BEAM 22MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS ON E.SIDE. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE SUPERSTRUCTURE/MAST AT N END. (SOISS, HI 65/80). AMEND TO SW 9MTRS.

- NM 655/81. SEP 2021/000166150 20.8.20 EXAM?D 18.9.20 IN 5353.115N, 0000.400W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 60.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 357/177 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 15.9MTRS, WIDTH 34.6MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 148 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). DEGRADED WITH BOILER AND MAST VISIBLE. AMEND DW 9.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED, WITH BOILER AND MAST VISIBLE

Position: 53 53.115 N,0 0.4 W

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