Wreck: Lulonga (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Lulonga (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.852 N,0 17.142 W (50.6642, -0.2857)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LULONGA (POSSIBLY)
Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.9 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 821 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-brabo, ex-knottingly. built in 1907 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by hook ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 99 nhp, single shaft. passage goole for shoreham-by-sea. torpedoed by e-boat. 1 man lost. (sibi, ww2sl & ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 26.7.40 SUNK 10MILES S OF SHOREHAM. (MERCHANT AND FISHING VESSELS LISTS OF LOSSES, 26.7.40). H01001/40 9.1.41 REPD POSN 503945N, 001115W. (ADMIRALTY). NCA. 7.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 503945N, 001115W ON NC F6841. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 18MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1652. H1965/76 1.12.80 NOTHING FOUND DURING INTENSIVE SEARCH, WITHIN 400MTRS OF 503945N, 001115W. WK LOCATED IN 503949N, 001703W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER & EXAM'D 12.2.80. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.4 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 38MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LYING, ALMOST ENTIRELY COVERED BY SAND, 065/245DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18
Position: 50 39.852 N,0 17.142 W
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