This is the information page about the shipwreck Lutha, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.033 N,0 13.509 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: LUTHA
Length 21.3 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 3
Load: fertiliser: natural and products
Cause: Built of wood. owned at time of loss by mrs c tredewen, padstow, cornwall. passage dublin for scarbrough. stranded s of saltfleet in high winds.
Year of registration: 1883
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1883, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/87/8 5.3.87 WK OF WOODEN SS, LOWER PART OF HULL, RIBS AND BOILER ONLY, RECENTLY EXPOSED BY MOVEMENT OF SAND. SHOWS AT LW, PROTRUDING ABOUT 4FT OUT OF THE SAND, AT SALTFLEET. (M A CHAPMAN, PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED). POSN 532500N, 001300E FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/16/35 14.11.00 NAME GIVEN AS LUTHA. WK SIGHTED 6.6.2000 BY B HILL. (K SMITH, 7.11.00). HH242/570/07 3.1.01 WK EXAMINED ON 25.11.00 IN 5325.033N, 0013.509E [WGD] USING GPS. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 0.5MTRS. WK HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR LAST 18 MONTHS AT LW SPRINGS, LIES E/W WITH BOWS W. ON PORT BEAM. BOILER AND TANK VISIBLE. (K SMITH & B HILL, 2.12.00). INS AS ST.
- NM 451/01.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT BEAM, BOWS W, BOILER AND TANK VISIBLE
Position: 53 25.033 N,0 13.509 E