This is the information page about the shipwreck Luciston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 48.012 N,1 18.142 W (50.800200, -1.302367)

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: LUCISTON

Length 96.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 2877 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: ex-lucincita. built in 1890 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by luciston ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 256nhp, single shaft. passage southampton for boulogne. torpedoed by ub 74 then beached. later dispersed. (ww1sl, ll ww1, dive wight & hampshire).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H350/22 17.2.22 H350/22 17.2.22 PORTION FROM STERN TO BOILER ROOM BLOWN AWAY, BEING REMOVED. REST OF WK IS STILL FAST EMBEDDED WITH 20FT OF WATER OVER IT AT LW IN 504800N, 011800W. (SOUTHAMPTON HARBOUR BOARD, 30.1.22 & 10.2.22). CHART AS DWP 3.25FMS MARKED BY LT BARGE WITH 3 BLACK BALLS & 3 FW LTS CLOSE E.

- NM 320/22. H8739/23 31.12.23 H8739/23 31.12.23 WK IN 504758N, 011756W. LEAST DEPTH AFTER DISPERSAL AT SHOREWARD END 29FT AND 54FT AT AFTER END AT LWST. LIGHT BARGE REMOVED. (SOUTHAMPTON NOTICES NO.1 13/12, NO.2 22/12, HYDRO 27/12 & TRINITY HO 22.12.23). AMENDED TO DWP WITH DEPTHS 4.75FMS ON FORE END [N] OF WK & 9FM ON AFTER [S] END OF WK, & DELETED LT BARGE.

- NM 34/24. H6723/51 1.10.51 H6723/51 1.10.51 DISPERSAL OPS TO TAKE PLACE 170DEGS, 7650FT FROM CALSHOT CASTLE DURING NOV '51 & AUG '52. (SOUTHAMPTON HARBOUR BOARD). NCA. H6723/51 H6723/51 DIVING TOOK PLACE WITH VIEW TO FUTURE DREDGING CONTRACT. (SOUTHAMPTON HBR BOARD). NO DATES GIVEN. NCA. H6723/51 21.8.63 H6723/51 21.8.63 DISPERSAL OPS BY DIVING CRAFT 'WILBETTIE', 170DEGS, 7500FT FROM CALSHOT CASTLE, IN 504757N, 011803W. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3FMS 5FT [7MTRS] [LAT]. (SOUTHAMPTON HBR BOARD, 20.6.63). BR STD. HH091/090/01 20.6.05 HH091/090/01 20.6.05 LOCATED 1.10.04 BY DCS3 IN 5047.989N, 0118.119W [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT SEEN ON MBES OR E/S. NO SCOUR. GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. DCS3 1.7MTRS. LIES 135/335 DEGS. NFS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1090). RETAIN WK 7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.3.14 17.3.14 LOCATED IN 5048.012N, 0118.142W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.98MTRS. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LIES NE/SW. (HMSML GLEANER, ROS FOR HI 1378). AMEND WK 7.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 4.4.14 4.4.14 UPRIGHT, LIES 144/324 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STANDS 2.5 - 3.0MTRS HIGH ALONG WHOLE LENGTH. (SDC BATHY, HI 1378). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DISPERSED, BOWS SE

Position: 50 48.012 N,1 18.142 W

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