This is the information page about the shipwreck Lowtyne (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.706 N,0 26.308 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athos
12. Aucuba (possibly)
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Berwick (possibly)
21. Black prince (possibly)
22. Bonhomme richard
23. Botha (possibly)
24. Brentwood
25. Bur
26. Cap palos (part of)
27. Castleford (probably)
28. Commercial
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Defiant
35. Deptford
36. Disperser
37. Doris burton (probably)
38. Eaglescliffe (probably)
39. Earl percy
40. Eli
41. Ellida (probably)
42. Erich lea
43. Ferruccio
44. Florence (possibly)
45. Florentia
46. Fred everard
47. Garthwaite
48. Gem (bow section)
49. Gem (stern section)
50. Gimle
51. Glamorganbrook
52. Glengarry (probably)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Glow (part of) (possibly)
55. Gwalia (possibly)
56. Hannah
57. Harrow (probably)
58. Hercules
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms banyers
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms garmo (probably)
66. Hms locheil
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hornsund (probably)
71. Houghton
72. Hurstwood
73. Jane
74. Jerv
75. Lady ann
76. Lady helen
77. Lampada (probably)
78. Lanthorn
79. Leersum (probably)
80. Lerwick (probably)
81. Linaria (probably)
82. London
83. Lowtyne (possibly)
84. Lucy
85. M c holm
86. Madame renee
87. Manx queen
88. Marchioness of londonderry
89. Marie stuart
90. Martina
91. Melanie (probably)
92. Membland (possibly)
93. Merrie islington
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Mongolian
96. Moorlands
97. Moorwood (possibly)
98. Namorado field jacket
99. Norenda (possibly)
100. Norhilda
101. Novillo
102. Oakwell
103. Onslow
104. Pandora
105. Paul
106. Phare (probably)
107. Philander (probably)
108. Polanna
109. Polruan
110. Princess olga (possibly)
111. Quaggy (probably)
112. Rema
113. Rikard nordraak
114. Runswick
115. Rutil
116. Saint ninian
117. Sapphire (probably)
118. Sarah thinnesen
119. Scotia
120. Seistan
121. Sir francis
122. Sixty-six
123. Skane
124. Sna ii
125. Southborough
126. Springhill
127. Sumus (probably)
128. Suntrap (probably)
129. Tangistan
130. Taurus (probably)
131. Trelyon
132. Ub 30
133. Ub 41
134. Ub 75
135. Uc 70
136. Vaaren
137. Vaaren (possibly)
138. Victo (bow section)
139. Victo (stern section)
140. Victoria (probably)
141. Wallsend
142. Westowrie
143. Woodstock (bow section)
144. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: LOWTYNE (POSSIBLY)

Length 98.1 meter, width: 12.6 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 3231 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: steel ss built in 1892 by ropner & sons, stockton on tees. owned at time of loss by lowlands steam shipping co. machinery by blair & co ltd, stocton on tees. 2 boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. 270 ihp. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 34 while on passage south shields to the nore. sank in four minutes. four crew killed.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3.5 MILES ESE FROM WHITBY. (BMVS). 22.6.18 M011438 22.6.18 POSN 542800N, 002800W. (VAEC, AP REPORT). H4368/18 15.8.18 POSN 543030N, 012800W IN 26FMS. (VAEC WK REPORT, 15.8.18). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (PA) (1918) IN 542800N, 002800W. BR STD. 28.8.83 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT FOUND DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETE. H6331/87 26.1.89 WK EXAM'D 8.7.88 IN 542841N, 002611W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. BROKEN UP AND COVERING AREA 50 X 12MTRS, ORIENTATED 135/315 DEG, WITH HIGH POINT AT NW END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS AS WK 46MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 3.5.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16; IN 5428.706N, 0026.308W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS, LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HEIGHT 4.39MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE INTACT AND IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. (MMT, HI 1490). AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 54 28.706 N,0 26.308 W

 

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