This is the information page about the shipwreck Lusitania, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.945 N,1 18.99 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Belford
11. Blanc nez
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Brendonia
16. Cabo espartel
17. Cachalot
18. Carmen
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dorothy j (possibly)
30. Dotterel
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Electra
35. Eleonora
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Excellence pleske
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Harmatris
59. Henry moon
60. Heron
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aries (possibly)
66. Hms artic trapper
67. Hms blackwater
68. Hms brazen
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms glen boyne
76. Hms kingston galena
77. Hms lord grey
78. Hms lydian
79. Hms marcella
80. Hms napia
81. Hms niger (possibly)
82. Hms northumberland (probably)
83. Hms othello ii
84. Hms peridot
85. Hms restoration (possibly)
86. Hms rodino
87. Hms stirling castle (probably)
88. Hms torbay ii (probably)
89. Hms tranquil
90. Hms war sepoy
91. Hms weigelia
92. Hmsm b2
93. Holland
94. Hundvaag
95. Hydaspes (possibly)
96. Ilaro
97. Iltis (possibly)
98. Ines
99. Ira (possibly)
100. Jacob luckenbach
101. James harrod
102. Jokai
103. Josephine willis
104. Kabinda
105. Kadru
106. Katharina kolkmann
107. Kielce
108. Kirsten skou
109. Koenigshaven
110. L'armandeche
111. La fleche
112. Lady stella
113. Latona
114. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
115. Le pelerin de la mer
116. Le tregor
117. Leicester
118. Leila najia
119. Leo
120. Lighter 83
121. Lizzonia
122. Loanda
123. Lord hamilton (possibly)
124. Luray victory
125. Lusitania
126. Mahratta
127. Mahratta ii
128. Maloja 1
129. Malta (probably)
130. Marie-ange loic
131. Mercator
132. Merel (part of)(possibly)
133. Mersey
134. Moise
135. Monarch
136. Moorside (probably)
137. Mrav
138. Murillo
139. Nancy moran
140. Naranco
141. Negrier
142. Newcastle
143. Nicolaw
144. Niki
145. Norman
146. North eastern victory
147. Northfleet
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Nunima
150. Ocean king (possibly)
151. Ousel (probably)
152. Phoenix
153. Polgrange
154. Portslade (possibly)
155. Preussen
156. Pulborough
157. River levan
158. Rochester castle (possibly)
159. Rooswijk
160. Rydal force
161. Rynanna
162. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
163. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
164. Sabac
165. Saint ronan (possibly)
166. Saint ronan (possibly)
167. Salbya (possibly)
168. Sambut
169. Samida
170. Santagata
171. Santagata (?part of)
172. Sea serpent
173. Seine
174. Shenandoah
175. Sir russell
176. Spanish prince
177. St cecilia
178. St claire (possibly)
179. Strathclyde
180. Teeswood
181. Texaco caribbean (after section)
182. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
183. The queen
184. Toromoree
185. Toward
186. Traquair (probably)
187. Tusnastabb (possibly)
188. U 11 (possibly)
189. U 16 (possibly)
190. U 48
191. U 8
192. Ub 103 (possibly)
193. Ub 108 (possibly)
194. Ub 109
195. Ub 12 (possibly)
196. Ub 31 ?
197. Ub 38
198. Ub 55 (probably)
199. Ub 56 (possibly)
200. Ub 58 (possibly)
201. Ub 78
202. Ub-33 (probably)
203. Uc 46
204. Uc 46 (possibly)
205. Uc 63
206. Uc 77 (possibly)
207. Uc 78 or uc 79
208. Unity
209. Virgo sancta
210. Vittoria claudia
211. W a scholten
212. Wheatman (possibly)
213. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: LUSITANIA

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1834 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: sunk by mine 1m e of folkestone whilst en route from london to cadiz. (ll ww1). sunk by mine 1m e from folkestone gate. (ww1sl). built in 1834 by blyth sb co. ltd., blyth, was mined while on passage london to lisbon. minefield had been laid by german submarine uc-5. 7 lives lost. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 174 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20160910

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 510240N, 011940E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 393/15. H3849/18 3.3.18 WK IN 510240N, 011940E. NOT VISIBLE. (VA DOVER). H2318/19 INS AS WK 8FMS (1915). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD.. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT. (HMS SCOTT, 20.5.60). H2118/61 8.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 43, FOUL AT 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 78 -80FT. SCOUR DEPTH 86FT. A SECOND, SMALL WK, CLEAR AT 45FT, WAS FOUND APPROX 600FT E OF MAIN WK. (HMS SCOTT, 24.4.61). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT WITH G CAN, GPFL(2)G, CLOSE E.

- NM 1176/61. H2698/62 25.3.63 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 1FT, WITH BUOY. NC 1892. H2118/61 26.8.63 CONTRACT PLACED TO DISPERSE WK TO LEAST DEPTH 55FT. (TH, 1.8.63). H2118/61 25.9.63 DISPERSAL OPS IN HAND. (UNDERWATER WELDERS & REPAIRERS LTD, 13.9.63). H2118/61 3.12.63 AMEND TO SW 9FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2417/63. 7.9.73 AMEND TO SW 16MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 22.8.78 EXAM'D 25.10.77 IN 510255N, 011905E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS, LENGTH 84MTRS. LIES 165/345DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H4199/78 12.1.79 LOCATED DURING HYDROSEARCH TRIAL 10/11.10.78 IN 510254.9N, 011904.5E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. SONAR HT 8.82MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS, BEAM 13MTRS APPROX. LIES 172/352DEGS WITH BOW N. (HMS BULLDOG, 14 6.12.78). AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS.

- NM 240/79. 23.8.83 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'LUSITANIA' FROM MAKER'S PLATE. LIES UPRIGHT WITH MUCH OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND DECKS COLLAPSED. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.8.83). 25.9.86 THIS WK THOUGHT TO BE HAPAG-LLOYD SS PATRIA! PLATE RECOVERED. (MR O'RILEY, TELECON). HH090/711/01/24 24.1.97 EXAM'D 2.8.96 IN 510257N, 011859E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.8, FOUL AT 17.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 23.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. ONE DISTINCT PIECE, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). LEAST E/S DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091760 12.01.17 EXAM'D 10.09.16; IN 5102.945N, 0118.990E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HEIGHT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 174/354 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 35MTRS, 1MTR DEEP, TOWARDS 040 DEGS. WRECK PARTIALLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 2.945 N,1 18.99 E

 

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