This is the information page about the shipwreck Luxor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.894 N,1 36.588 W (50.5655, -1.5311833333333)

 

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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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5. Albert c field (probably)
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7. Ashanti (possibly)
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Badger (probably)
11. Baron garioch
12. Borgny
13. Borgsten (probably)
14. Braat ii
15. Braedale (probably)
16. Brestois
17. Britannia (probably)
18. Charles rogers (probably)
19. Clarinda
20. Cleddy (probably)
21. Coquetdale (probably)
22. Cuba
23. Dumfries
24. Dungrange
25. El kahira
26. Empire crusader
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Eugene schneider (probably)
30. Eugene schneider (probably)
31. Everleigh
32. Fluent
33. Guernsey coast
34. Hartley (possibly)
35. Hms acheron (bow section)
36. Hms acheron (stern section)
37. Hms crestflower
38. Hms eleanor (probably)
39. Hms john mitchell
40. Hms listrac (probably)
41. Hms michael clements
42. Hms sargasso
43. Hms tiger
44. Hms warwick deeping
45. Hms waterlily
46. Hmsm swordfish
47. Hmsm upstart
48. Iduna
49. Indutionmare
50. Ioannis fafalios
51. Kong guttorm (probably)
52. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
53. Londonier
54. Luxor
55. Mendi
56. Messina
57. Molina
58. Myrtlegrove (probably)
59. Neree (possibly)
60. Nurnberg
61. Oiekast (probably)
62. Pangani
63. Pool fisher
64. Redesmere
65. Rosehill (probably)
66. Simla
67. Smyrna
68. Sphene
69. Start
70. Terlings
71. Tweed
72. U 122 (possibly)
73. U 123
74. U 152
75. U 480
76. Ub 122 (possibly)
77. Ub 37 (probably)
78. Volkerak
79. Waitara
80. Westville

 

Name: LUXOR

Length 108.5 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3571 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1918 by j blumer & co. home port liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 394nhp, single shaft. passage cherbourg for barry. torpedoed on stbd side aft of engine room by ub-57 and sank in five minutes. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 305 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 20210303

Details measurements/cartography: HH09/962/01 13.12.02 EXAM'D 27.6.02 IN 5016.895N, 0136.590W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.0 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DSC3 HT 5.6MTRS. SECOND PART LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS LIES 50MTRS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). ?INTACT WK WITH CENTRE COVERED BY PEBBLE RIDGE. INS WK 47MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 9.10.03 DIVED IN 8.2003. A WELL BROKEN WK WITH INTACT AND INVERTED BOW SECTION LYING CLOSE TO A ROCK OUTCROP. AT THE CENTRE OF THE WK THE MACHINERY IS UPRIGHT AND CONSISTS OF A DONKEY BOILER AND TWO MAIN BOILERS. THERE IS A 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE. FROM THE ENGINE THE SHAFT TUNNEL RUNS GENTLY DOWNHILL TO END AT A SANDBANK AT 61MTRS. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). NCA. 13.5.05 THIS IS LUXOR. IDENTIFIED BY CROCKERY. (D C WENDES). 30.9.14 THE MAIN WK IS VERY COLLAPSED EXCEPT FOR THE BOILERS AND ENGINE, WHICH STAND 8MTRS HIGH OR SO. (D C WENDES). SEP2020/000273534 9.8.21 EXAM'D 03.03.21; IN 5016.894N, 0136.588W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.80MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS, LENGTH 51.3MTRS, WIDTH 15.6MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 305/125 DEGS. WRECK INTACT, TWO CLEAR PIECES. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1595-H525-61767). RETAIN NDW 47MTR IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 16.894 N,1 36.588 W

 

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