This is the information page about the shipwreck Lorle (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 45.304 N,5 20.177 W (49.755067, -5.336283)

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: LORLE (PROBABLY)

Length 95.1 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2686 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built in 1896 by irvine & co., west hartlepool and owned at the time of loss by alexander shipping co., was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub-103 12m ssw of the lizard whilst en route from bilbao to heysham. 19 lives lost. (ll ww1, dods & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 62 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: 17.6.18 17.6.18 SANK 12 MILES SSW OF THE LIZARD. (RA FALMOUTH, AP REPORT). H3895/74 2.12.74 H3895/74 2.12.74 LOCATED 7.5.74 IN 494511N, 052007W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77 IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT AND ORIENTATED 080/260DEGS. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). INS AS WK 77MTRS.

- NM 169/75. H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 494523N, 052010W. REPD AS LARGE WK. (E GILES, 29.1.76). H1310/85/42 27.11.85 H1310/85/42 27.11.85 LARGE SHIPS WHEEL AND 12PDR GUNSIGHT DATED 1.8.17 RECOVERED FROM WK. (C HEDGER). H1310/85/16 30.5.85 H1310/85/16 30.5.85 DIVED ON WK IN 494542N, 052010W. SITS UPRIGHT BUT MUCH FLATTENED BY TIME AND WAVE ACTION. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83MTRS. TWO BOILERS SIDE BY SIDE - 3MTRS HIGH. LYING ON HEADING 246DEGS. AFTER HOLDS FULL OF ORE, APPARENTLY IRON. (SEASALVE MARINE, 28.5.85). H6501/87/2 8.3.89 H6501/87/2 8.3.89 EXAM'D 13.10.88 IN 494516N, 052007W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77.2 IN GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.7MTRS, SHADOW HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 062/242DEGS, PARTIALLY BROKEN-UP, WITH BOWS ENE AND HIGH POINT NEAR STERN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL FLATTENED

Position: 49 45.304 N,5 20.177 W

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