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, 2.5103667)

 

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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.

 

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2. Apache
3. Ardmount
4. Auretta
5. Bourrasque
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Cmb 1
11. Cmb 71a
12. Dawdon
13. Dortmund
14. Douaisien (possibly)
15. Emeraude
16. Empire path
17. Etendard
18. Fl5
19. Floride (probably)
20. G 96
21. Heinkel 111
22. Hm motor launch 561
23. Hms basilisk
24. Hms brilliant
25. Hms colsay
26. Hms gracie fields
27. Hms grafton
28. Hms grafton
29. Hms keith
30. Hms plumpton (probably)
31. Hms sirius
32. Hms skipjack
33. Hms st abbs
34. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
35. Hms wakeful
36. Hms waverley
37. Hms whitley
38. Horst
39. Jaguar
40. John mahn
41. Kestrel
42. Keulse vaart iv
43. Kilmore
44. Laura
45. Lct(r) 457
46. Lorina
47. Lorina (possibly)
48. Lst 420 (stern section)
49. M 3610
50. Mariner (possibly)
51. Maurice
52. Mona's queen
53. Mont louis
54. Nashaba
55. Nautica ena
56. P 319
57. Putten
58. Queen of the channel (possibly)
59. Quo vadis
60. Ra.2 (possibly)
61. Rita
62. Robert l vann
63. S 168
64. Sabrina
65. Sampa
66. Senator holthusen
67. Sigurds faulbaums
68. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
69. St fagan
70. Sterre der zee
71. Torpilleur branlebas
72. Tringa
73. U 11
74. Ub 13
75. Ub 29
76. Ub29
77. Uc 1
78. V 201 (possibly)
79. Vlaanderen (probably)
80. West-hinder
81. Wielingen ii (possibly)
82. Wielingen ltv
83. Wolf
84. 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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