This is the information page about the shipwreck Lst 507 (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.158 N,2 43.659 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Baygitano
11. Bayonne
12. Berar
13. Black hawk (aft section)
14. Bokn (possibly)
15. Borgund i (possibly)
16. Britannia (possibly)
17. Broomhill (probably)
18. Chateau yqem
19. Countess of erne
20. Franziska
21. Frogner ?
22. Gibel-hamam
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greta c
26. Gripfast
27. Hartlepool (part of)
28. Hartlepool (part of)
29. Heroine (probably)
30. Himalaya
31. Hms amazon
32. Hms bittern
33. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
34. Hms boadicea
35. Hms buccaneer
36. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
37. Hms fisgard ii
38. Hms harstad
39. Hms hickory
40. Hms james fennel
41. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
42. Hms landrail (probably)
43. Hms manor
44. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
45. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
46. Hms remindo (possibly)
47. Hmsm l24
48. Hmsm m2
49. Hmsm p555
50. Hmsm sidon
51. Inisinver
52. K m b (possibly)
53. Kongshaug (probably)
54. L h carl
55. Lct 381
56. Longsand
57. Lst 507 (bow section)
58. Lst 507 (stern section)
59. Lst 531
60. Lucinda (possibly)
61. Majorca
62. Marguerite (possibly)
63. Marie therese
64. Martha
65. Memnon
66. Merchant royal
67. Minerva (probably)
68. Modavia
69. Moidart
70. Netley abbey (possibly)
71. Nyasaland
72. Ocean vagabond
73. Onward (probably)
74. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
75. Pas (c.182)
76. Pergo
77. Pomella
78. Pomeranian
79. Reggestroom (probably)
80. Romsdalen (probably)
81. Rosten (possibly)
82. Rotorua
83. Royal adelaide
84. Salsette ii
85. Scaldis
86. Siren
87. Sparkling foam (possibly)
88. St dunstan
89. Stancrest
90. Sudon (possibly)
91. Tandil (probably)
92. Thera (possibly)
93. Tracy
94. Trito
95. U 322 (possibly)
96. Ub 74
97. Ull (probably)
98. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: LST 507 (Bow section)

Length 99.4 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1652 ton
Load: vehicles,personnel

Cause: sunk by german e-boats while on exercise 'tiger', a rehearsal for the d-day landings. total of 434 men lost.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2923/83 4.1.85 WK LOCATED & EXAM'D 30.7.84 IN 502707N, 024335W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 39.4, FOUL AT 40.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.7 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 80MTRS. LYING N/S, APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). LIES V CLOSE NW OF WK [18566]. CHART AS SW 39MTRS. 22.10.86 REPD TO BE A LARGE LST, LYING UPSIDE DOWN, WITH BOW DOOR/RAMP TO THE W. SMALLER PIECE WRECKAGE LIES CLOSE E & MAY BE PART OF THE SAME WK. (LOCAL DIVING BOAT SKIPPER. M SKELSEY). COULD BE LST 507 OR 531, SUNK IN 1944. [SEE WK NOS. 18554 & 18566]. 26.4.94 CONFIRMED AS BOW SECTION OF LST. PROBABLY BOW OF WK CLOSE BY [18566]. 20MM CANNON SHELLS RECOVERED MARKED 1943. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 18.12.03 EXAM'D 9.5.03 IN 5027.159N, 0243.658W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.6 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 173/353 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK [18566] LIES 180MTRS SE. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 40MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 15.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.91MTRS IN 5027.158N, 0243.659W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 47MTRS. LENGTH 63.7MTRS, WIDTH 21.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. BOW ONLY, UPSIDE DOWN, MOSTLY BURIED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 20.8.20 USS LST-507 (Bow section) LOCATED IN 5027.158N, 0243.659W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 29/4/2020. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1463496. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS, REST'D Zone radius 50m.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW ONLY, UPSIDE DOWN, MOSTLY BURIED. Rest'D AREA RADIUS 50m.

Position: 50 27.158 N,2 43.659 W

 

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