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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Ada (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Arab
5. Ardgarry
6. Arvor
7. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Atlantis (possibly)
10. Ballarat
11. Bamse (probably)
12. Bellucia
13. Bjornvik (possibly)
14. Brest
15. Briagha mara
16. Brigamara
17. Cape finisterre (probably)
18. Carmarthen
19. Caroline
20. Carpo (possibly)
21. Catena
22. Chattahoochee (possibly)
23. Cieszyn
24. Citrine
25. City of corinth (possibly)
26. City of ghent
27. Clan apline
28. Clan malcolm
29. Congener
30. Corvus
31. Cromdale
32. Cyrenian
33. Czar
34. Dispatch (possibly)
35. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
36. Erato
37. Eva (possibly)
38. Facto
39. Forde
40. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
41. Gap
42. Godolphin
43. Graziella
44. Grip (part of)
45. Gunvor
46. Hansy
47. Happy returns (possibly)
48. Henley (possibly)
49. Hms brandlebas
50. Hms gloaming
51. Hms kurd
52. Hms mourne (possibly)
53. Hms primrose
54. Hms roche bonne
55. Hmy sappho (possibly)
56. Hnlms brielle
57. Hockwold
58. Holland xix
59. Ilston
60. John
61. Juan ferrer
62. Juno
63. Kalibia (possibly)
64. Karen marie
65. Kerris reed
66. Kilmaho
67. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
68. Krosfond
69. Lady cory-wright
70. Lady dalhousie
71. Le vieux tigre
72. Leander
73. Libourne
74. Lincoln
75. Loe bar wk
76. Lorle (probably)
77. Lovat
78. Madame midas (possibly)
79. Maidag (possibly)
80. Merle
81. Mervyn (possibly)
82. Mina cantiquin
83. Mohegan
84. Mosel
85. Mystique (possibly)
86. Nanna (possibly)
87. New pioneer
88. Normand
89. Noya (possibly)
90. Nyassa
91. Ocean harvest
92. Ocklinge
93. Omer denise
94. Ospra
95. Pearl (possibly)
96. Phoenix 203
97. Pindos
98. Plantaganet
99. Poljames
100. Poljames
101. Port chalmers
102. Reidar (possibly)
103. Robert
104. Royal anne galley
105. Sabre of newquay
106. Saint guenole
107. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
108. Schiedam
109. Spyridion vagliano
110. St anthony (possibly)
111. U 1018
112. U 399
113. U 95
114. Uc 66
115. Underwood
116. Union star (parts of)(probably)
117. Veritas
118. Vigrid (possibly)
119. Vinovia
120. Violet
121. War tune
122. Westwood (possibly)
123. Wyndcliffe
124. Zebra

 

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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