Wreck: Lornaston (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Lornaston (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.91 N,0 2.378 W (50.5985, -0.0396333)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LORNASTON (POSSIBLY)
Length 124.1 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4934 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u 275. was on passage blyth for casablanca.
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20150921
Details measurements/cartography: H01575/45 8.3.45 SUNK IN 503440N, 000320W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 8.3.45). H01575/45 12.3.45 SUNK IN 503536N, 000412W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 12.3.45). INS AS WK. 23.7.71 INS AS USCPA 28MTRS. NC 1652. H1965/76 26.11.80 EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 503550N, 000222W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 126MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LYING 045/225DEGS, BOWS SW, UPRIGHT. BOWS APPEAR BROKEN OFF. CENTRAL PORTION SHOALEST. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 17.2.87 LOCATED 28.7.86. POSN CONFIRMED. NFS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). 18.7.88 WK THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE A PRE-WWI VESSEL - THE 'GLENCOE'. POTTERY FOUND WITH THIS NAME AND 'GLEN LINE' INSIGNIA. (MR GIBSON, TELECON). HH100/351/05 22.6.92 WK IN 503539N, 000221W [OGB]. POSN FROM DECCA. LISTED AS THE 'HOLM FORCE' [SEE 20378]. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 21.09.15 IN 5035.910N, 0002.378W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52.18MTRS. LENGTH 122MTRS, HT 8MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 50MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND NDW 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT
Position: 50 35.91 N,0 2.378 W
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