This is the information page about the shipwreck Lowlands, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 48.14 N,1 0.11 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alberta
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Aridity (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Baltrader
10. Blue mermaid
11. Bradglen
12. British oak
13. C 128
14. Dela
15. Delce
16. Duluth
17. E oaze light vessel
18. Empire ghyll
19. Erins isle (possibly)
20. Fox
21. Georgia
22. Ghc (possibly)
23. Harcourt
24. Hawnby
25. Hibernia
26. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
27. Hms aisha
28. Hms amethyst
29. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
30. Hms ash
31. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
32. Hms conquistador
33. Hms desiree
34. Hms drummer
35. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
36. Hms london
37. Hms london
38. Hms marsa
39. Hms oriana
40. Hms reed (possibly)
41. Hms stella orion
42. Hms venetia
43. Holba
44. Honiton
45. Intrepid
46. Lady jane
47. Lca 551
48. Lowlands
49. Main topman
50. Maplin light house
51. Margam abbey
52. Mercy
53. Mi amigo
54. Molliette
55. Nass beacon (ruins)
56. Neptune (possibly)
57. Norman
58. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
59. Pallieter (possibly)
60. Pinto
61. Pisces
62. Radiant
63. Restless wave (possibly)
64. Ryal
65. Selnes
66. Strathearn
67. Strom trooper
68. Sun vii
69. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
70. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
71. Tay bar
72. Treport
73. Vera
74. Wardie
75. Winifred
76. Winkfield
77. Yassou

 

Name: LOWLANDS

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1789 ton
Load: timber

Cause: Built in 1888 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by lowlands steam shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156nhp, single shaft. passage from hull. possiby struck a mine laid by uc-7 or possibly was torpedoed. remained afloat on her cargo and was towed to be beached, first at mucking flats and later in the r colne, where she slid partially into the channel. (sea breezes, dec 1978; lloyds war losses & sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H6102/19 11.8.19 WK [OLD SYMBOL] SHOWN IN 514808N, 010013E ON SURVEY [C 7835] DTD 11.8.19. 15.10.23 [NO DATE] AMEND TO DW (1921). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 3741. H6345/26 4.11.26 AMEND TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. H333/26 14.1.26 WRECK REFERRED TO AS 'LOWLANDS'. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H8203/19 [NO DATE] GIVES DATE OF SINKING, DIMENSIONS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H6174/39 31.8.39 NOW DW WITH LT 2 F.G (HOR). (B O T).

- NM ACTION. H407/52 7.3.52 AMEND LT TO GPFL(2)G.5.5S. (TH).

- NM 496/52. H2266/54 20.12.55 AMEND TO DW, WITH GPFL(2)G.5S.10FT, IN NEW POSN. (HMS SHACKLETON SURVEY [K 1089]). BR STD. 13.2.57 SHOWN ON NC 3741 [AND PLAN] WITH A G CAN CLOSE E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H2101/74 3.6.74 FIXED IN 607091.0E, 215 778.3N [OGB] USING THEODOLITE INTERSECTIONS. DRIES 2.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5-7MTRS. NO SCOUR. (ISS, 1974). INS AS ST WITH LT BN IN 514806N, 010014E. BR STD. H3119/77 10.8.77 AMEND BUOY TO R CAN. LT ON BN TO GPFL(2)R.5S. (TH, 22.6.77).

- NM 1633/77. H3119/77 21.1.80 LIGHT ON BN NOW FL.R.5S. (TH, LTR DTD 4.1.80). BR STD. H3119/77 10.7.74 AMEND TO ST, D 2.1MTRS, WITH LT GPFL(2)R.5S. (ISS, 1974; AIRPHOTO 10.7.74). BR STD. H1270/80 3.6.85 LIGHT ON WK HAS BEEN Q.R FOR SOME YEARS. (M A G BURCH, HN 25.5.85).

- NM 2242/85. H3119/77 5.9.85 CONFIRMED LT ON WK IS Q.R. (BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER, HBR & NAV DEPT). 18.7.86 SHOWN ON HMS HECATE AERIAL PHOTO 11/81. (PHOTOPLOT PG 1765). H1270/80 14.11.86 BEACON ON WK IS NOW STRUCTURALLY UNSTABLE. LT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND STRUCTURE LEFT STANDING. BUOY, FL(2)R.5S, HAS BEEN LAID AT SEAWARD END OF WK. (COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL, HN 19.9.86). BUOY IS R PORT HAND CAN. (TELECON COLCHESTER A/HBR MASTER). DELETE BN. AMEND BUOY TO R CAN, FL(2)R.5S.

- NM 3555/86. HH242/354/01 21.3.91 BN UNLIT. FL.R LT ON R CAN BUOY CLOSE E. (CDR R H MACKMAN, HN 12.2.91). NFA. SEP 2007000091088 8.1.08 CAN LT BUOY, CLOSE NE OF SS LOWLANDS, EXHIBITS A FL.R.5S LT. (B HETHERINGTON, BRIGHTLINGSEA HBR MASTER, E-MAIL DTD 11.10.07)

- NM BLOCK /08. RSDRA2018000114333 11.5.18 EXAM'D IN 5148.140N, 0100.110E, SS LOWLANDS COLLAPSED AND NO LONGER SEEN AT HW. (D BOUGHTON, BRIGHTLINGSEA DEPUTY HARBOUR MASTER, E-MAIL DTD 3.5.18). E CARDINAL MARK, ATTACHED TO EASTERN EDGE OF SS LOWLANDS IN 5148.1400N, 0100.1100E. AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2018000114333 A RE-EVALUATION OF SOURCE RSDRA2018000114333 SHOWS THAT THE WRECK STILL SHOWS PART OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOVE THE WATER AT CERTAIN TIDES. AMEND TO ST.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3262/18

Position: 51 48.14 N,1 0.11 E

 

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