This is the information page about the shipwreck Lst 507 (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.093 N,2 43.561 W (50.451550, -2.726017)

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.

Name: LST 507 (Stern 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: 135 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3971/52 3.7.52 EXAM'D 5.6.52 IN 502706N, 024336W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20FMS, FOUL AT 21FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 128FT IN GEN DEPTH 26FMS. EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 500FT IN A NW/SE DIRECTION. SHOALEST PART AT SOUTHERN END, BUT THERE IS A 21FM PEAK NEAR THE NORTHERN END. GOOD ALL ROUND A/S TARGET. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 5.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). BR STD. H5982/82 25.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502705N, 024324W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982]. NCA. H2923/83 21.12.84 EXAM'D 28.7.84 IN 502704N, 024330W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.5, FOUL AT 39MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.1 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS, WITH A LARGER WK CLOSE NW. SEE [18725]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). CHART AS SW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 27.4.94 CONFIRMED AS STERN SECTION OF WRECK CLOSE NW [18725]. REPORTED TO BE LESS THAN 50% OF VESSEL. UPSIDE DOWN AND QUITE INTACT, BOTH PROPS IN SITU. ONE SMALL BOAT UNDER THE HULL, THIS ALSO HAS A PROP. BELIEVED TO BE LST 507. (N CHIPCHASE, DTD 26.4.94). HH090/961/01 2.12.03 EXAM'D 8.6.03 IN 5027.093N, 0243.558W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 40.0MTRS, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.0 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 174/354 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND SW 40MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 15.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.94MTRS IN 5027.093N, 0243.561W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 47MTRS. LENGTH 34.5MTRS, WIDTH 17.6MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. UPSIDE DOWN AND INTACT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 20.8.20 USS LST-507 (Stern section) LOCATED IN 5027.093N, 0243.561W [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: UPSIDE DOWN & INTACT. Rest'D area radius 50m.

Position: 50 27.093 N,2 43.561 W

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