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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
16. Cachalot
17. Carmen
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dotterel
29. E goodwin ltv
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Electra
33. Eleonora
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. Empire lough (probably)
37. Empress of fort william (probably)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Excellence pleske
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Gad 23
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grit (probably)
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
54. Halcyon
55. Harcalo
56. Harmatris
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms aragonite (part of)
62. Hms aries (possibly)
63. Hms artic trapper
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lord grey
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms marcella
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Iltis (possibly)
95. Ines
96. Ira (possibly)
97. Jacob luckenbach
98. James harrod
99. Jokai
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Katharina kolkmann
104. Kielce
105. Kirsten skou
106. Koenigshaven
107. L'armandeche
108. La fleche
109. Lady stella
110. Latona
111. Le pelerin de la mer
112. Le tregor
113. Leicester
114. Leila najia
115. Leo
116. Lizzonia
117. Loanda
118. Lord hamilton (possibly)
119. Luray victory
120. Lusitania
121. Mahratta
122. Mahratta ii
123. Maloja 1
124. Malta (probably)
125. Marie-ange loic
126. Mercator
127. Merel (part of)(possibly)
128. Mersey
129. Moise
130. Monarch
131. Moorside (probably)
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Nicolaw
139. Niki
140. Norman
141. North eastern victory
142. Northfleet
143. Notre dame des trois epis
144. Nunima
145. Ousel (probably)
146. Phoenix
147. Polgrange
148. Portslade (possibly)
149. Preussen
150. Pulborough
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Rydal force
154. Rynanna
155. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
156. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
157. Sabac
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Salbya (possibly)
161. Sambut
162. Samida
163. Santagata
164. Santagata (?part of)
165. Sea serpent
166. Seine
167. Shenandoah
168. Sir russell
169. St cecilia
170. Strathclyde
171. Teeswood
172. Texaco caribbean (after section)
173. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
174. The queen
175. Toward
176. Traquair (probably)
177. Tusnastabb (possibly)
178. U 11 (possibly)
179. U 16 (possibly)
180. U 48
181. U 8
182. Ub 103 (possibly)
183. Ub 108 (possibly)
184. Ub 109
185. Ub 31 ?
186. Ub 38
187. Ub 55 (probably)
188. Ub 56 (possibly)
189. Ub 58 (possibly)
190. Ub 78
191. Ub-33 (probably)
192. Uc 46
193. Uc 46 (possibly)
194. Uc 63
195. Uc 77 (possibly)
196. Uc 78 or uc 79
197. Unity
198. Virgo sancta
199. Vittoria claudia
200. W a scholten
201. Wheatman (possibly)
202. 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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