This is the information page about the shipwreck Lowland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 50.987 N,1 29.66 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Ability
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Afrin (probably)
4. Agamemnon
5. Aircraft
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Albion (probably)
8. Ambient (probably)
9. Annie
10. Atlanticos
11. Balgownie (probably)
12. Baltrader
13. Bella donna
14. Blackhill
15. Bonnington court
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Cerne
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Coalgas
24. Corcrest
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Coureur des mers
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denise germaine (possibly)
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Drofli
32. Dulwich
33. Dynamo
34. Empire bridge
35. Empire ghyll
36. Erins isle (possibly)
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. European gateway (part of)
40. Excelsior
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Fleurita
44. Flores (probably)
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Franz fischer (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gerhard
52. Ghc (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grisdeale
56. Groeswen (probably)
57. Hardingham (probably)
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Harriet
61. Hawksdale
62. Hawnby
63. Hebe
64. Heworth
65. Hibernia
66. Highwave (probably)
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
69. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
70. Hm torpedo boat no.12
71. Hmml 127 (possibly)
72. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
73. Hms arethusa
74. Hms coquette
75. Hms donna nook
76. Hms duchess of hamilton
77. Hms dundalk
78. Hms eros (possibly)
79. Hms forward iii
80. Hms franc tireur
81. Hms hastfen
82. Hms hirose (probably)
83. Hms japan
84. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
85. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
86. Hms leandros
87. Hms lord airedale
88. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
89. Hms ludlow
90. Hms marconi
91. Hms marsa
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms oriana
95. Hms reed (possibly)
96. Hms resono (possibly)
97. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
98. Hms sisapon
99. Hms sisters melville
100. Hms st seiriol
101. Hms tervani
102. Hms tunisian
103. Hms velia (possibly)
104. Hms william wesney
105. Hmsm e6
106. Hmtb 10
107. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
108. Hnlms 227
109. Ingi
110. Iris (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Janny
113. Josefina thorden (after part)
114. Kankakee
115. Khartoum (possibly)
116. Knarsdale
117. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
118. Koningen emma (possibly)
119. Kwasind
120. Lady salisbury
121. Lincairn (possibly)
122. Lindfar
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lonhelen (possibly)
126. Lowland
127. Mac 5 (possibly)
128. Mahseer
129. Main topman
130. Marie leonhardt (probably)
131. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
132. Mexico
133. Mi amigo
134. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
135. Morar
136. Neptune (possibly)
137. Nereus
138. Nico
139. Nicolaos piangos
140. Niore
141. Norhauk
142. Norwich trader
143. Ocean lassie
144. Old charlton
145. Pallieter (possibly)
146. Paullette
147. Peik
148. Persistant whisper
149. Pescado
150. Peter hamre
151. Phryne
152. Polgarth
153. Port dalhousie (possibly)
154. Prince igor (probably)
155. Princess juliana
156. Profit
157. Protinus (possibly)
158. Quickstep
159. Ravenscraig (possibly)
160. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
161. Resolute
162. Rumania
163. Salerno (possibly)
164. Salerno (possibly)
165. Savona (probably)
166. Second chance (possibly)
167. Sheaf field
168. Simon bolivar
169. Spaarndem
170. Stad maastricht
171. Storm
172. Sunbeam
173. Sunk beacon (remains)
174. Sunk head tower
175. Sweep ii
176. Tay bar
177. Telegraaf xviii
178. Terukuni maru
179. The sultan
180. Thornaby (possibly)
181. Thyra
182. Torchbearer
183. Uc 11 (possibly)
184. Uc 72 (possibly)
185. Ursus (part)
186. Vancouver
187. Volante (possibly)
188. Volscian (possibly)
189. Walsingham
190. Wearside
191. White ghost
192. Wychwood (possibly)
193. Yampa (part of)
194. Yampa (part of)
195. Yampa (part of)
196. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
197. Yassou
198. Ypapanti

 

Name: LOWLAND

Length 65.8 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 975 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-noord holland. built in 1911 by rijkee & co, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by the shipping & coal co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 164nhp, single shaft. passage blythe for london. cargo coal. struck mine laid by german submarine. (sibi, ww2sl & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161026

Details measurements/cartography: H0175/39 16.4.40 DW IN 515030N, 012915E. (NID & ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 2666/39 & NM 947/40. H01079/40 20.1.41 POSN NOW 515054N, 012949E, 187DEGS 4C FROM CHARTED POSN. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 42/41. H01079/40 17.10.41 G CAN BUOY LAID 125DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. (TH). - TFNM 157/41, FNM 2447/41. H0334/40 7.10.43 BUOY NOW G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S 115DEGS, 0.75C FROM WK. (FOIC HARWICH, 27.9.43).

- NM 2121/43. 26.10.49 DISPERSED TO 2-3FT ABOVE HARD SEABED. GEN DEPTH 41FT. (C INC NORE, 19.10.49). H0334/40 17.10.50 SWEPT CLEAR 32FT, FOUL 33FT. SEABED 38FT. POSN 515058N, 013003E. (HMS SCOTT 1950 & TH).

- NM 2027/50. H0334/40 7.4.59 EXAM'D IN 515058N, 012948E [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 32FT, FOUL 33FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. SCOUR 52FT. (ECES, 29.10.58). H2764/60 13.12.68 LOCATED IN 515038N, 012949E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. A POOR SONAR CONTACT BUT EASY TO FIND FROM THE HUGE SCOUR. WRECK LARGELY LIES IN OWN SCOUR. LEAST E/S 34 IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. SCOUR 54FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 45/68). H3180/74 17.9.75 EXAM'D 5.3.75 IN 515058N, 012952E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.4 MTRS. LYING IN SCOUR IN A N/S DIRN AND APPEARS TO BE BELOW GENERAL LEVEL OF SEABED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 11/75). NCA. H2044/81 18.1.83 EXAM'D 15.9.82 IN 515057N, 012951E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15MTRS. WELL DISPERSED WK GIVING NO SIGNIFICANT SONAR SHADOW. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (SOISS, HI 80). BR STD. H4024/86 12.2.88 EXAM'D 27.8.87 IN 515057N, 012948E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. WELL BROKEN UP BUT IN TWO PORTIONS. THE MAIN EASTERLY PART HAS LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2MTRS; THE OTHER, 75MTRS TO W, 11.4MTRS. GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR 15.6MTRS. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 50 TO 70 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 373).

- NM 768/88. HH090/575/01 4.10.94 EXAM'D 21.8.94 IN 515057N, 012946E USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 11.1, FOUL 11.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. SCOUR DEPTH 13.7MTRS. COVERS 55 BY 32MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 575). SEP 2016/000181430 26.10.16 EXAM'D 26.10.16; IN 5150.987N, 0129.660E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 119.1MTRS, WIDTH 50.6MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 086/266 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 112.6MTRS, 2.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 064 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD TOWARDS 088 DEGS. WK MAINLY BROKEN UP. (EGS, HI 1522, RRS TE8). AMEND TO DW 10.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 50.987 N,1 29.66 E

 

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