This is the information page about the shipwreck Luray victory, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 11.055 N,1 31.539 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Advent
6. Africa
7. Agen
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Atlantic (possibly)
15. Avon
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Cathay (part of)
23. Cedrington court
24. Colbert
25. Colbert (possibly)
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Correct
29. Costas michalos (fwd part)
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Dartmore
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Emile deschamps
44. Emma
45. Emma (possibly)
46. Empire lough (probably)
47. Empress of fort william (probably)
48. Empress of midland (possibly)
49. En avant
50. Falcon (probably)
51. Fearless
52. Filleigh
53. Flachsee
54. Flandres
55. Francesco ciampa
56. Fred everard
57. Frons olivae (probably)
58. G 85 (possibly)
59. G-42 (possibly)
60. Gad 23
61. Genimar
62. Halcyon
63. Harcalo
64. Henry b plant
65. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
66. Hmhs anglia
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms brazen
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms carlton
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms city of dundee
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms flirt
80. Hms glen boyne
81. Hms guardsman
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms myrtle
87. Hms napia
88. Hms niger (possibly)
89. Hms northumberland (probably)
90. Hms othello ii
91. Hms peridot
92. Hms pyrope
93. Hms restoration (possibly)
94. Hms rodino
95. Hms stirling castle (probably)
96. Hms tamarisk
97. Hms torbay ii (probably)
98. Hms tourmaline
99. Hms tranquil
100. Hms war sepoy
101. Hms weigelia
102. Hms wessex
103. Hmsm b2
104. Hundvaag
105. Ilaro
106. Ira (possibly)
107. Jacob luckenbach
108. James harrod
109. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
110. Kabinda
111. Kadru
112. Karmt
113. Katharina kolkmann
114. Kielce
115. Kirsten skou
116. Koenigshaven
117. L'armandeche
118. La fleche
119. Lady stella
120. Latona
121. Laurl coin
122. Lbv (m)396
123. Le pelerin de la mer
124. Leicester
125. Leo
126. Lisbeth m
127. Loanda
128. Lord hamilton (possibly)
129. Luray victory
130. Lusitania
131. Mahratta
132. Mahratta ii
133. Maloja 1
134. Malta (probably)
135. Mariner moon
136. Menapier
137. Merel (part of)(possibly)
138. Mersey
139. Monarch
140. Munificent
141. Murillo
142. Nancy moran
143. Newlands
144. Niendorf (possibly)
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Ocean hound
150. Opal
151. Ousel (probably)
152. Pallieter
153. Paros isle
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Ponzano
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Quentovic
160. Rio parana
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saidieh
167. Saint michael veillez sur nous
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. Santagata
172. Santagata (?part of)
173. Selma (possibly)
174. Smarapaan
175. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
176. Strathclyde
177. Surrey
178. Tbd 317
179. Teeswood
180. Texaco caribbean (after section)
181. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
182. The queen
183. Tina primo
184. Tongue sand tower (remains)
185. Toornvliet (probably)
186. Toward
187. Traquair (probably)
188. U 11 (possibly)
189. U 16 (possibly)
190. U 48
191. U 8
192. Ub 108 (possibly)
193. Ub 109
194. Ub 38
195. Ub 55 (probably)
196. Ub 56 (possibly)
197. Ub 78
198. Ub-33 (probably)
199. Uc 26
200. Uc 46
201. Uc 46 (possibly)
202. Uc 77 (possibly)
203. Uc 78 or uc 79
204. Unity
205. Velocitas
206. Virginie
207. W a scholten
208. Westerley star
209. Wheatman (possibly)
210. Will and maggie (probably)
211. Woodtown (possibly)
212. Xanthence

 

Name: LURAY VICTORY

Length 138.7 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 11.6, tonnage 7612 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1944 by california ship building corporation. owned at time of loss by us shipping controller. two boilers, steam turbine of 8500 shp, single shaft. passage from baltimore for bremerhaven. stranded and broke in two. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 225 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 20210930

Details measurements/cartography: H927/59 3.10.60 COXSWAIN OF RAMSGATE LIFEBOAT STATES THAT WK LYING IN 511057N, 013136E IS THE 'LURAY VICTORY'. (ECES, DTD 1959). CHART AS ST (2 MASTS). BR STD. H2421/62 24.3.62 ORIENTATED 142/322DEGS. ONE MAST STANDS 9FT ABOVE MHWS & THE OTHER (EASTERN) DRIES 16FT. (HMS ECHO, DTD 20.3.62). H1889/66 27.11.67 AMEND TO ST, MAST 6FT HIGH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HN).

- NM ACTION. H3890/68 19.3.68 ONLY TWO SAMPSON POSTS, WITH TOPMASTS, ARE VISIBLE AT LW. ONE OF THE TOPMASTS IS 6FT HIGH AT MHWS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 28/67). 26.6.68 NOW CHARTED AS DW, MAST 6FT HIGH. NE 1828. H4667/70 30.12.70 EXAM'D IN 511107N, 013136E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. TWO WOODEN POLE MASTS, ABOUT 10MTRS APART & 2.6MTRS HIGH [MHWS], WITH A SMALL FUNNEL, DIAM 1MTR APPROX, AWASH. GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR, DEPTH 19MTRS, TO W AND NW OF WK. LEAST DEPTH ALONGSIDE 3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 4/70). 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS DW, MAST 2.6MTRS HIGH. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 EXAM'D IN 511102N, 013137E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. IN BOAT ALONGSIDE MAST DRYING 7.2MTRS (0.8MTRS HIGH) IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.5MTRS. EXAM'D AT LW BY BOAT ON CALM DAY. LIES UPRIGHT ON EDGE OF BANK ORIENTATED E/W. THE SECOND MAST IS VISIBLE AT LW. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO DW, MAST, H1MTR. NE 1828. H1283/76/118 9.9.76 CONFIRMED 'LURAY VICTORY' SUNK IN 511102N, 013137E. (R A LEE). H1938/78 19.3.81 VISUALLY EXAM'D 25.11.80 IN 511103N, 013138E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SAMPSON POST WITH TOPMAST IN FIXED POSN - HT 1.3MTRS ABOVE MHWS. SECOND SAMPSON POST WITHOUT TOPMAST, ABOUT 20FT TO THE E, DRIES 1.2MTRS. FIXED BY SHIP STATIONS. HEIGHT ESTIMATED. WK IS UPRIGHT LYING E/W WITH MAIN PART COVERED BY SAND. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO DW, MAST H1.3MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 ONLY BASE OF MASTS NOW TO BE SEEN ABOVE SEABED. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). H2336/86 23.10.86 HIGHEST PORTION OF SAMSON POST WAS OBSERVED 19.6.86 TO BE 2MTRS (+/- 0.5MTR) ABOVE SEA LEVEL. TIDAL HEIGHT 3.7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 300B). AMEND TO DW, MASTS, DRIES 5.7MTRS. BR STD. HH090/511/01 12.2.91 EXAM'D 20.10.90 IN 511103N, 013138E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES WK PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND. HEIGHT OF MAST CONFIRMED. (NP 1016, HI 511). NCA. HH090/738/01 22.7.97 EXAM'D 9.6.97 IN 511101.6N, 013137.9E [OGD] USING DGPS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. GEN DEPTH DRIES 1.5MTRS. ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED WITH ONLY 2 SAMPSON POSTS STANDING PROUD OF THE SEABED. WESTERN POST IS TOPPED WITH A SECTION OF MAST & IS 2MTRS SQUARE. VISUAL ESTIMATE IS DRIES 5.5MTRS (+/- 0.5MTR). SECOND POST IS 20MTRS TO THE E AND DRIES 1.3MRS (+/- 0.5MTR). POSN FROM DCS3. (NP 1016, HI 738). BR STD. 16.12.97 AMENDED TO WK MASTS, DRIES 5.5MTRS AS WK IS ON DRYING BANK & NO PORTION OF HULL OR SUPERSTRUCTURE SHOWS. BR STD. HH091/294/01 / SEP 2010/000060716 23.3.10 EXAM'D 17.8.10 IN 5111.055N, 0131.540E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.73 IN GEN DEPTH 17.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 14.0MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. PROBABLY ONLY ONE SECTION OF TWO VISIBLE. SECTION APPEARS TO BE RELATIVELY INTACT WITH A MAST EVIDENT, WHICH MAY BE SHOALER THAT THE LEAST DEPTH. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). RETAIN WK MASTS DRIES 5.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.2.13 LOCATED 16.12.12 IN 5111.064N, 0131.538E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.41 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 103.5MTRS, WIDTH 29.7MTRS, HT 17.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW. MAST NOT VISIBLE IN DATA. (NETSURVEY, HI 1399). NO VISUAL CONFIRMATION THAT MAST DOES NOT EXIST. NCA. SEP 2015/000083470 7.1.16 EXAM'D 13.9.15 IN 5111.059N, 0131.535E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH DRIES 2.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 23.8MTRS. LENGTH 82.3MTRS, WIDTH 30.9MTRS, HEIGHT 29.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 224.4DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 15.62MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 315.5DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO WK MASTS DRIES 2.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 30.09.2021; IN 5111.055N, 0131.539E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 88.2MTRS, WIDTH 43.21MTRS, HEIGHT 23.48MTRS, ORIENTATION 225/045 DEGS. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY INTACT, SURROUNDED BY SCOUR, DEEPEST TO NE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13726). AMEND DW 0.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY INTACT, SURROUNDED BY SCOUR, DEEPEST TO NE

Position: 51 11.055 N,1 31.539 E

 

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