This is the information page about the shipwreck Lst 420 (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.467 N,2 40.754 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. A 10 (possibly)
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Aloha
4. Anton hammerbacher
5. Apache
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Bourrasque
9. Bowsprite (bow section)
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bramden (possibly)
12. Clan macalister
13. Clan macneil (possibly)
14. Cmb 1
15. Cmb 71a
16. Croxteth hall
17. Dageraad
18. Dawdon
19. De wandilaar
20. Dortmund
21. Douaisien (possibly)
22. Emeraude
23. Empire path
24. Etendard
25. Fl5
26. Floride (probably)
27. G 96
28. Gold shell
29. Halo (probably)
30. Heinkel 111
31. Hm motor launch 561
32. Hms basilisk
33. Hms brilliant
34. Hms colsay
35. Hms gracie fields
36. Hms grafton
37. Hms grafton
38. Hms hayburn wyke
39. Hms keith
40. Hms plumpton (probably)
41. Hms polly johnson
42. Hms sirius
43. Hms skipjack
44. Hms st abbs
45. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
46. Hms wakeful
47. Hms waverley
48. Hms whitley
49. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
50. Horst
51. Jaguar
52. John mahn
53. Kap arkona
54. Kestrel
55. Keulse vaart iv
56. Kilmore
57. Laura
58. Lct(r) 457
59. Lorina
60. Lorina (possibly)
61. Lst 420 (bow section)
62. Lst 420 (stern section)
63. Lucy jenny ii
64. M 3610
65. Marie
66. Mariner (possibly)
67. Maurice
68. Mona's queen
69. Mont louis
70. Msc alyssa
71. Nashaba
72. Nautica ena
73. P 319
74. Putten
75. Queen of the channel (possibly)
76. Quo vadis
77. Ra.2 (possibly)
78. Rita
79. Robert l vann
80. Robert-clara
81. S 168
82. S 220
83. S.192 (possibly)
84. Sabrina
85. Saint therese de jesus
86. Sampa
87. Sea hunter
88. Senator holthusen
89. Senator sthamer
90. Sigurds faulbaums
91. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
92. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
93. St fagan
94. Sterre der zee
95. Torpilleur branlebas
96. Tringa
97. U 11
98. Ub 13
99. Ub29
100. Uc 1
101. V 201 (possibly)
102. Vlaanderen (probably)
103. West-hinder
104. Wielingen ii (possibly)
105. Wielingen ltv
106. Wolf
107. Zeester

 

Name: LST 420 (STERN SECTION)

Length 99.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1625 ton

Cause: mined. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H03799/44 16.2.45 POSN 511524N, 024106E. MAST VISIBLE 15FT AT LWST. (TH 28.12.44). INS AS DWPA MAST WITH G CAN, GPFL(2)G 10SEC, CLOSE SW.

- NM 69/45. H03799/44 18.4.56 BUOY 220 DEG 150YDS FROM WRECK TEMPORARILY REMOVED. (OSTEND NM 71/56). H2305/59 6.3.63 AMEND TO DW, WITH G CAN GP FL(2)G 10SEC, RAREFL & BELL, 1.7 C SW.

- NM 473/63 16.11.64 POSN 511522N, 024106E [EUR]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 3.8MTRS. (OSTEND NM 20/150/65). NC 125. 12.1.77 SHOWN WITH 'LST 420' W CARD BUOY, Q(9) 15S, 200MTRS W IALA NE 125. H1310/81/29 13.11.81 WK NOT FOUND DURING DIVING INVESTIGATION TO E OF WK. LOCAL FISHERMAN MAINTAIN THAT IT IS TO SW OF 'LST 420' W CARD LIGHT BUOY, Q(9)W 15S. (J COULON, 3.11.81). NCA. H1310/83/8 2.2.83 LOCATED 040DEGS, 1.7C FROM BUOY. BADLY BROKEN UP. CONTAINS REMAINS OF VEHICLES. 20MM AMMO SEEN ON WK. (J COULON, 8.1.83). NCA. H1310/88/28 20.6.88 LOCATED IN 511532N, 024047E [EUR]. STERN SECTION ONLY VISIBLE ABOVE SEABED, FOR'D SECTION BURIED. LIES IN A HOLLOW WITH STERN SSW AND DEEP SCOUR OF 14MTRS. ON AN EVEN KEEL AND STILL IN REASONABLE CONDITION. CARGO OF LORRIES, MOST WHEELS UP, LIE SCATTERED AROUND AND WK OF SMALL TRAWLER - DECKHOUSE AND STERN GALLOWS ONLY VISIBLE, LIES CLOSE ALONGSIDE. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). NCA. H2731/85 13.10.88 H2731/85 13.10.88 NOW SW 6.4MTRS IN 511531N, 024050E [EUR]. BUOY NOW IN 511530N, 024045E. (OSTEND NM 116 & 117/88).

- NM 3420/88. HH100/351/04 28.3.91 BOW SECTION, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE WK IN 510504N, 024153E, WAS REMOVED BY BELGIAN AUTHORITIES DURING THE SUMMER OF 1990. (J COULON, 11.3.91). SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 6.3MTRS [LAT] IN 5115.467N, 0240.754E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN PART ONLY, UPRIGHT

Position: 51 15.467 N,2 40.754 E

 

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