This is the information page about the shipwreck Louis shied, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.716 N,3 51.775 W (50.261933, -3.862917)

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: LOUIS SHIED

Length 127.4 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5945 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,grain

Cause: ran aground while on passage buenos aires to antwerp, while trying to evade german submarine u 47. (dive south devon & diver magazine, april 1999).

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1100/62 16.4.62 WRECKAGE LOCATED ABOUT 2C E OF WARREN POINT. IT COVERS AT ABOUT HALF TIDE AND IS VERY BROKEN UP. CLOSE INSHORE AND NO HAZARD TO SHIPPING. (HMS MEDUSA, MAY 1961). NCA. WRECK REPORTED PURCHASED BY MR STEVENS. H1270/77 2.4.82 LIES ABOUT 150MTRS FROM ROCKS AT S END LEASEFOOT BEACH. VERY BROKEN, BUT LARGE SECTIONS REMAIN. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. BOILERS SHOW ABOVE SURFACE 2 HRS EITHER SIDE OF LOW WATER IN 501548N, 035212W. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL II). R/P. HH232/354/02 19.9.91 CORRECT POSN FOR WK IS 501542N, 031545W. (DR T STRATON, 6.9.91). BR STD. HH090/594/01 17.1.95 MAST VISIBLE AT HALF TIDE, RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). NCA. 23.4.99 NAME GIVEN AS 'LOUIS SHEID'. BROKEN BY STORM AND SALVAGE. STEM POST SHOWS AT LOW WATER. MUCH PLATE AMONG KELP. PART OF BOW OFF SOUTH SIDE OF LEAS FOOT BAY. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 1999). SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5015.716N, 0351.775W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 1.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. LENGTH 60.9MTRS, WIDTH 18.2MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS. ORIENTATION 087/267 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP, UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-18110). AMEND ST DRIES 1.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BUT LARGE SECTIONS REMAIN

Position: 50 15.716 N,3 51.775 W

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