This is the information page about the shipwreck Lowmount, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.79 N,0 50.408 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Atlas (probably)
8. Axwell
9. Basil-2
10. Bettann (bow section)
11. Cambrian princess (probably)
12. Carbineer
13. Cuba
14. Donegal (possibly)
15. Elford
16. Flag theofano
17. Fort yale
18. Fpt iv
19. Gartland
20. Gascony
21. Gerarda
22. Germa geisha
23. Glenlee
24. Hedwig lunstedt
25. Highland corrie
26. Hms apley (possibly)
27. Hms evadne (possibly)
28. Hms hazardous
29. Hms implacable
30. Hms northcoates
31. Hms pine
32. Hms prince leopold
33. Hms sapper
34. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
35. Hmsm a1
36. Lightfoot (possibly)
37. Lola (possibly)
38. Lowmount
39. Montecrana (possibly)
40. Polandia (possibly)
41. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
42. Saint andre (probably)
43. Shirala
44. Sines (possibly)
45. Spearfish
46. Teelin head
47. U 1195
48. U 86 (formerly)
49. U 86 (possibly)
50. Ub 81
51. Vigda
52. War helmet
53. Zaanstroom

 

Name: LOWMOUNT

Length 86 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2070 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Ex-orca. built in 1888 by s p austin & son, sunderland. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 204 nhp, single shaft. passazge bilbao for stockton. struck mine laid by uc-70. 5 emn lost. dispersed in 1992 and again in 1923. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 202 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20181004

Details measurements/cartography: H4115/17 SUNK WITH MASTS VISIBLE IN POSN 4 MILES SE FROM NAB LTV. (WW1SL). CHART AS ST (MASTS) IN 503946N, 005024W MARKED BY LT BUOY. - FNM 412/17 & 357/18. H5583/22 31.8.22 DISPERSED. CLEAR TO 36FT [LWST]. (TRINITY HO). AMEND TO WK 6FMS & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1442/22. H5781/23 22.8.23 OBSTN 095DEGS, 3.75 MILES FROM NAB TR IN 503930N, 005130W. (ADMIRAL, PORTSMOUTH, 21.8.23). H5781/23 10.9.23 LOCATED BY DIVER IN 503940N, 005022W. LEAST DEPTH 4.5FMS [MLWS]. (SURVEY [C9193]). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN, MARKED BY LIT CONL BUOY GPFL(3)G 10S.

- NM ACTION. H7021/25 21.10.25 DISPERSAL OPS AGAIN IN PROGRESS.

- NM 1679(T)/25. H7003/26 28.10.26 LEAST DEPTH NOW 32FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND TO WK 5.25FMS & DELETE BUOY. H6319/48 5.10.48 AMEND POSN TO 503946N, 005024W. (SCES).

- NM 2183/48. H6319/48 14.2.49 INS G SPH BUOY CLOSE W OF WK. (TH).

- NM 299/49. H6319/48 5.5.51 EXAM'D APRIL 1951 IN 503946N, 005018W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 26, FOUL 27FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33FT. SCOUR 43FT. (SML 325, 11.11.59). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. BR STD. H6319/48 16.7.52 SWEPT JUNE 1952 IN 503946N, 005024W USING HSA AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 39FT. STANDS 8FT ABOVE SEABED IN A SMALL BUT PRONOUNCED SCOUR 3FT DEEP. ONLY A SMALL PART OF WK IS PROUD OF SEABED AND WAS ONLY FOUND ONCE ON E/S. AREA SWEPT COVERED RADIUS OF 400FT FROM WK. WK BUOY BEARS 091DEGS, 900FT FROM WK. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.7.52). AMEND TO WK 5FMS.

- NM 1512/52. H6319/48 BUOY NOW G CONL INT QKFL G. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 978/53. H6319/48 19.1.65 SWEPT CLEAR AT 38FT IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 39FT. (TRINITY HOUSE, 1964). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 136/65. WZ 537 & NAVEAM 7823 ISSUED. 16.2.68 ONE PART OF WK STANDS 6FT ABOVE SEABED. (BSAC). H2214/70 23.1.70 NOT LOCATED DESPITE INTENSIVE SEARCH USING TRANSIT AND FISHERMAN'S SONAR. (SCES, ROS DTD 4.3.70). RETAIN AS CHARTED. 29.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 11.5MTRS. NC 2045.NOW CHARTED AS SW 11.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 2045. H2318/74 28.4.76 FOUND BY TRANSIT SONAR IN 1973. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7MTRS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM EASTWARD. (SCES, HI 62/75). AMEND TO WK 10.7MTRS.

- NM BLOCK 980/76. H3847/86 21.3.89 AREA EXAM'D 8.12.88 USING TRISPONDER AND DCS3. NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE FOUND. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). NCA. SEP 2019/000094901 19.05.19 EXAM'D 8.4.19 IN 5039.790N, 0050.408W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH (DEBRIS AREA) 68MTRS, WIDTH (DEBRIS AREA)22MTRS, HEIGHT 1.08MTRS, ORIENTATION 022/202 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1561). AMEND DW TO 10.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 39.79 N,0 50.408 W

 

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