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 (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Ajax
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Asborg
5. Bettann (stern section)
6. Braat ii
7. Camberwell
8. Cambrian
9. Cambrian (part of)
10. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
11. Campen
12. Camswan
13. Capable
14. Carbon
15. Castle crag
16. Ceres (possibly)
17. Cleddy (probably)
18. Cuba
19. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
20. Duddon (probably)
21. Dulce t
22. Empress queen
23. Ernest lagouve
24. Excelsior
25. Flag theofano
26. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
27. G-cbpt
28. Glen (possibly)
29. Grace dieu
30. Grip fast
31. Harry sharman
32. Hauler
33. Highland brigade
34. Hm lct 427 (after part)
35. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
36. Hms acheron (bow section)
37. Hms acheron (stern section)
38. Hms albion ii
39. Hms assurance
40. Hms boxer
41. Hms hazard
42. Hms insolent
43. Hms invincible
44. Hms new dawn
45. Hms p12 (stern section).
46. Hms pomone
47. Hms undine
48. Hms velox
49. Hms warwick deeping
50. Hmsm upstart
51. Indutionmare
52. Irex
53. Irishman
54. Island mist
55. Isleworth
56. Joannis millas
57. Juno
58. Kurland
59. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
60. Lct 1068
61. Lct 809
62. Leon
63. Luciston
64. Luis
65. Margaret smith
66. Mary rose
67. Mechanician
68. Millmer
69. Minca 35
70. Minerva (possibly)
71. Molina
72. Moonraker (probably)
73. Neath (possibly)
74. Nichola (probably)
75. Nw68
76. Nw96
77. Oriflamme
78. Orion
79. Pearl (probably)
80. Ps ryde
81. Reindeer
82. Roway
83. Rtc no.9
84. Serrana (bow section)
85. Serrana (stern part)
86. Simla
87. Sinah
88. Spyros (possibly)
89. Stokes bay pier (remains)
90. Teamwork
91. U 90
92. Ub 21
93. Vadne
94. Vanessa (probably)
95. Varvassi
96. Venus
97. Volkerak
98. Wapello
99. War knight
100. Weston maid (possibly)
101. Westville
102. Withern
103. Witte zee
104. Woodham

 

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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