This is the information page about the shipwreck Lugano, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 16.814 N,6 17.598 W (55.417466666667, -6.4078833333333)

 

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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. Berry bretagne
3. City of bristol
4. Clementine
5. Cumberland
6. Diamond
7. Eileen m
8. Ella hewett
9. Ellida (possibly)
10. Erlo hills
11. Girona
12. Girvan
13. Glentow
14. Harald
15. Her majesty
16. Hinde
17. Hms brisk (bow section)
18. Hms calgarian
19. Hms drake
20. Hms duchess (probably)
21. James stewart
22. Kestiel (possibly)
23. Knightsgarth
24. Lindron
25. Lochgarry
26. Lord rank
27. Lugano
28. Milewater
29. Minerva (poss)
30. Pattersonian
31. Pintail
32. Raven (poss)
33. Saint ronaig
34. Santa maria
35. Shackleton
36. Taymouth castle
37. Templemore
38. Tuscania (probably)
39. U 245 (probably)
40. U 680 (probably)
41. U 968

 

Name: LUGANO

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3810 ton
Load: chemicals,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built 1917 by irvine's shipbuilding & dry dock co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by gulf line ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 301hp, single shaft. machinery by westgarth & co ltd, hartlepool. passage newport news, virginia for liverpool. mined 2m sw of bull point, rathlin. no lives lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 SUNK 2M SW OF BULL PT, RATHLIN IN 551600N, 061830W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 8.6.69 INS AS NDW PA. NC 2723 & NC 2724. 11.10.72 AMEND TO WK PA 11FMS. NE 2723. 31.10.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 11FMS. NE 2723. 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 2978. H3740/69 16.10.74 POSN 551600N, 061830W REPORTED. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE). H3740/69 25.4.80 WK LOCATED 6.3.80 IN 551648N, 061742W [OGB]. POSN BY RADAR AND COMPASS BNG. ACCURACY 50YDS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. (HMS SHERATON, HN 14.4.80). AMEND TO WK 73MTRS. BR STD. H1310/85/35 10.10.85 REPD TO LIE 200DEG [T], 8.5C FROM BULL POINT. (W F TODD, HN 2.10.85). NCA. 20.11.04 STATED TO BE UPRIGHT, STANDING 10MTRS OFF SEABED. (SII) NCA. 20.11.04 EUT POSN: 5516.800N, 0617.750W. NC 2494. HH091/240/01 - SEP 2009/000038475 13.5.09 LOCATED 16.6.08 IN 5516.814N, 0617.598W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.72 IN GEN DEPTH 83.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 10.1MTRS. LIES 097/277 DEGS WITH BOWS W. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1240). INTACT, UPRIGHT. RETAIN WK 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS W

Position: 55 16.814 N,6 17.598 W

 

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