This is the information page about the shipwreck Luis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.48 N,1 10.012 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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Angry fish
6. Armenier
7. Asborg
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Braat ii
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Castle crag
20. Cleddy (probably)
21. Cuba
22. Cuba
23. Daylesford
24. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
25. Duddon (probably)
26. Elford
27. Empire crusader
28. Empress queen
29. Excelsior
30. Faith
31. Fallodon
32. Flag theofano
33. Fort yale
34. Fpt iv
35. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
36. G-cbpt
37. Gerarda
38. Glen (possibly)
39. Grace dieu
40. Grip fast
41. Harry sharman
42. Hauler
43. Highland brigade
44. Hm lct 427 (after part)
45. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
46. Hms apley (possibly)
47. Hms boxer
48. Hms crestflower
49. Hms hazard
50. Hms hazardous
51. Hms insolent
52. Hms invincible
53. Hms listrac (probably)
54. Hms p12 (stern section).
55. Hms prince leopold
56. Hms undine
57. Hms velox
58. Hms warwick deeping
59. Hmsm a1
60. Hmsm swordfish
61. Iduna
62. Indutionmare
63. Inger
64. Irishman
65. Island mist
66. Isleworth
67. Joannis millas
68. Kurland
69. Lct 1068
70. Lct 757 (possibly)
71. Leon
72. Londonier
73. Luciston
74. Luis
75. Margaret smith
76. Mary rose
77. Meandros (possibly)
78. Mendi
79. Minca 35
80. Minerva (possibly)
81. Montecrana (possibly)
82. Moonraker (probably)
83. Neath (possibly)
84. Oriflamme
85. Orion
86. Pearl (probably)
87. Pool fisher
88. Ps ryde
89. Redesmere
90. Roway
91. Rtc no.9
92. Simla
93. Sinah
94. Spearfish
95. Stokes bay pier (remains)
96. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
97. Tweed
98. U 1195
99. U 90
100. Ub 21
101. Ub 81
102. Vadne
103. Vanessa (probably)
104. Venus
105. Volkerak
106. Wapello
107. Weston maid (possibly)
108. Withern
109. Woodham

 

Name: LUIS

Length 115.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4284 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,timber,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1916 by w grey & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by c neilson & sons. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 421hp, single shaft. passage in convoy st john, new brunswick, for portsmouth. torpedoed by uc 71. sank during an attempt to beach her in sandown bay. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 18.4.18 18.4.18 SUNK IN POSN - ST.CATHERINE'S PT BRG NNW [MAG], 4 MILES. (DOCKET M19855). 18.4.18 18.4.18 SANK 3.5 MILES SSE [MAG] OF ST CATHERINES PT. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3263/21 28.5.21 H3263/21 28.5.21 LOCATED IN 503627N, 010955W. TWO MASTS SHOW ABOVE WATER. (HMS FLINDERS). CHART AS WK (MASTS) (1918).

- NM ACTION. H7530/21 8.12.21 H7530/21 8.12.21 FOREMAST CARRIED AWAY AND HAS DISAPPEARED. NO PART OF WK NOW VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. MARKED BY A G CONL BUOY. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM ACTION. H2523/23 7.4.23 H2523/23 7.4.23 WK ABOUT TO BE DISPERSED. (DIO PORTSMOUTH, NID 6729/23, 31.3.23). H3442/23 14.5.23 H3442/23 14.5.23 WK DISPERSED. LEAST DEPTH NOW 27FT [LWST]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH, 14.5.23). AMEND TO WK 4.5FMS, DELETE BUOY.

- NM ACTION. 28.3.72 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8.2MTRS. NC 2045. 18.1.82 18.1.82 REMAINS OF STERN STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTHS 15-18MTRS. MANY LIVE SHELLS LIE IN BOXES WITHIN WKGE. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL.4). NCA YET. H1310/85/3 17.1.85 H1310/85/3 17.1.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. HIGHEST PARTS ARE THE STERN AND THE TWO BOILERS, WHICH STAND 3 TO 4MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. LARGE AMOUNTS OF AMMUNITION LIE WITHIN THE WRECKAGE. (M PRITCHARD, 7.1.85). PORTSMOUTH CDT INFORMED. 29.1.85 29.1.85 PORTSMOUTH CDT WILL DIVE ON WK, AS TIDAL CONDITIONS PERMIT, TO CLEAR AMMUNITION FROM SITE. (PORTSMOUTH CDT, TELECON). HH100/351/03 31.8.90 HH100/351/03 31.8.90 DIVED ON IN 503622N, 011004W [OGB]. STERN AND BOILERS ARE HIGHEST PART. STILL MANY LOOSE AND BOXED SHELLS ON THIS WK. (D C FOX). 18.3.94 18.3.94 LIES WITH BOW NE. BOILERS STAND ABOUT 15FT HIGH. (M WOODWARD). HH100/351/16 13.10.00 HH100/351/16 13.10.00 WK IS UPRIGHT ON CHALK ROCK BOTTOM. STERN AREA STANDING. TWO BOILERS ARE UPRIGHT AND INTACT. ONLY STERN TO BOILERS DIVED. (T JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA. HH090/962 2.12.02 HH090/962.01 2.12.02 EXAM'D 12.7.02 IN 5036.480N, 0110.012W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.8 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 020 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 962). BR STD. 16.6.11 16.6.11 CONFIRMED IN 5036.481N, 0110.015W [WGD]. (FATHOM LTD, HI 1316). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, TWO BOILERS IN PLACE, BOWS NNE

Position: 50 36.48 N,1 10.012 W

 

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