This is the information page about the shipwreck Lord bute, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 0.068 N,2 2.453 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ambient (probably)
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. British captain
6. Brixton
7. Cedarwood (possibly)
8. Cormorant
9. Dagmar (probably)
10. Denewood
11. Django
12. Dolfijn (probably)
13. Duke of york (bows)
14. Edernian
15. El argentino
16. Ellewoutsdijk
17. Farmatyr
18. Firth
19. Forth
20. Gannet (possibly)
21. Gena
22. Gerhard
23. Gipsy (possibly)
24. Grenadier (probably)
25. Harriet
26. Hebe
27. Hendon hall
28. Hillglen
29. Hms adonis (possibly)
30. Hms donside (possibly)
31. Hms eros (possibly)
32. Hms forward iii
33. Hms holdene
34. Hms jessie nutten
35. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
36. Hms monarch
37. Hms moravia (possibly)
38. Hms new comet (possibly)
39. Hms river clyde (possibly)
40. Hms river clyde (possibly)
41. Hms sisters melville
42. Hms waveflower
43. Hornchurch
44. Ingi
45. Ionian (possibly)
46. Jamesina
47. Janny
48. Kenneth hawksfield
49. Khartoum (possibly)
50. Kwasind
51. La flandre (possibly)
52. Lapwing
53. Lisette
54. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
55. Lord bute
56. Mascotte
57. Mecklenburg
58. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
59. Moidart
60. Newhaven (possibly)
61. Nico
62. Ostprussen (possibly)
63. Palembang (probably)
64. Petshenga (possibly)
65. Plawsworth (possibly)
66. Rhenas (possibly)
67. Scimitar
68. Shardana
69. Southford
70. Tergestea
71. Texel
72. Thornaby (possibly)
73. Vae victis
74. Victorious
75. Warrenpoint
76. Willy
77. Wychwood (possibly)
78. Wyetown
79. Yarmouth
80. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: LORD BUTE

Length 61 meter, width: 8.5 meter
Load: coal

Cause: Sank while on passage from shields to spain. cargo coal.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: H4139/76 22.12.76 H4139/76 22.12.76 WRECK EXAM'D 4.8.76 IN 520003.6N, 020232.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3MTRS, FOUL 22.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. A MEDIUM WK SOME 80MTRS X 30MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW IN ONE PIECE. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). INS AS SW 22MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 15.12.95 HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 12.7.95 IN 520004.06N, 020227.15E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.8, FOUL 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.9 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE AND UPRIGHT. NO SCOUR. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/11 26.3.96 HH100/351/11 26.3.96 SMALL WRECK POSITIVELY IDENTIFITED AS 'LORD BUTE'. SANK IN 1881 WHILE PASSAGE SHIELDS TO SPAIN. AN IRON BUILT STEAMSHIP. LENGTH 200 FEET, BEAM 28 FEET. HOLDS FULL OF COAL. DETAILS FROM LLOYDS REGISTER 1891. (R HICKINBOTTOM).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 52 0.068 N,2 2.453 E

 

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