Wreck: Luxembourg (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Luxembourg (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.115 N,5 40.273 W (50.185250, -5.671217)
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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: LUXEMBOURG (PROBABLY)
Length 71.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1417 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel
Cause: built in 1910 by clyde shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by leith, hull and hamburg steam packet co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 142 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. passage le havre for newport. struck mine fwd and sank. crew recovered by ss celte. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2009
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter
Known since: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2009/000188817 14.12.09 DIVED 3.8.09 IN 5011.115N, 0540.273W [WGD] USING GPS. ESTIMATED LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND MEASUREMENT. WK RETAINS OVERALL SHAPE BUT IS COLLAPSED TO A GENERAL HT OF 1MTR ABOVE SEABED. ENGINE, DRIVE SHAFT AND 4 BLADED PROP ALL CORRECTLY ALIGNED. STEERING QUADRANT UPRIGHT. MAIN BOILER ALONGSIDE WK IS THE HIGHEST POINT AND HAS A SMALLER BOILER ATTACHED TO IT, POSSIBLY A DONKEY BOILER. CONSIDERED TO BE LUXEMBOURG AS VESSEL WAS CONFIRMED BY DEPT OF TRANSPORT AS CARRING USED 18PDR CARTRIDGE CASES FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. A NUMBER OF THESE EMPTY CASES ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE WK. THE REMAINDER WERE SALVAGED IN THE 1970S/80S. (G J LOCKETT, REPORT DTD 13.8.09). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 50 11.115 N,5 40.273 W
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