This is the information page about the shipwreck Longwy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3.281 N,5 10.595 W (54.773133333333, -4.8705833333333)

 

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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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Name: LONGWY

Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2315 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1903 in nantes by schneider & co of creusot, 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. was en-route clyde to bilbao.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 334 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20170210

Details measurements/cartography: H6598/17 5.11.17 POSN 2.75M NORTH FROM CORSEWALL PT, OR 550310N, 051030W. MAST UPRIGHT & DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. LT BUOY, OCC 8SECS, ESTAB'D 500FT SEAWARD OF WK. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 672/17 & 706/17.H7392/19 25.9.19 STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ASCERTAIN IF WK STILL CONSTITUTES A DANGER TO NAVIGATION, WITH A VIEW TO WITHDRAWING THE LT BUOY. (NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD). HH7392/19 10.10.19 WK HAS LEAST DEPTH OF 8FMS 3FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NLHB).

- NM 1844/19. H3671/72 20.7.72 FOUND IN 550317N, 051032W USING HF. LEAST DEPTH 17.8MTRS [58FT] IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS [80FT]. TO BE SWEPT. (HMS FOX, HN 12/72). H3671/72 13.9.72 EXAM'D 17.7.72 IN 550317N, 051032W [OGB] USING HFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.3MTRS, FOUL AT 14.9MTRS. NEGLIGIBLE SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHELL. LYING 325/145DEG. ABOUT 230FT LONG WITH ONE HIGH SPOT 3MTRS HIGHER THAN REST OF WRECKAGE. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). BR STD. H1310/87/11 11.3.87 LOCATED 25.1.87 IN 550323N, 051034W, USING DECCA. (P SHARPLES, 4.3.87). H1310/87/39 20.10.87 REGULARLY DIVED ON. WK HAS COLLAPSED. HIGHEST POINTS ARE TWIN BOILERS AND SOME FRAMES ON PORT SIDE OF THE ENGINE ROOM. AT THE STERN A FAIRLY NARROW COLUMN OF STEEL, AROUND THE STEERING QUADRANT, EXTENDS SOME 8MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. THERE ARE SEVERAL NETS ON THE WK. (G JONES, STRANRAER SAC, 8.10.87). 25.4.00 DECK AND SIDES OF HULL COLLAPSED, MOST STANDING 1-2MTRS OFF SEABED. BOILERS AND ENGINE ARE HIGHEST POINTS OF WK. WHOLE STRUCTURE OF WK COLLAPSED TO PORT. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAY'00). SEP 2017/000036782 27.6.17 EXAM'D 10.2.17 IN 5503.281N, 0510.595W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 99.6MTRS, WIDTH 28.5MTRS, HEIGHT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 334/154 DEGS. LARGE WRECK IS UPRIGHT BUT HAS COLLAPSED ON THE PORT SIDE. BOW IS MOSTLY DISINTEGRATED. PROMINENT FEATURES ARE THE BOILERS, ENGINE BLOCK AND VERTICAL STRCUTURE ON THE STERN SECTION. (MMT, HI1509). AMEND DW 17.1MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 3.281 N,5 10.595 W

 

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