This is the information page about the shipwreck Lydie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.721 N,5 1.077 W (50.028683, -5.017950)

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.

Name: LYDIE

Length 95.4 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2559 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built by richardson duck & co, stockton on tees. onwed at time of loss by burdick & cook ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 281nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for brest. torpedoed by u-53. at time of loss was acting as non-commissioned auxiliary on naval service as a collier. 2 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 141 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK 1M E FROM MANACLES BUOY. (DOCKET M7968). 10.2.18 SINKING POSN 500300N, 050040W. (DOCKETS M06371 & M7343). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H4417/71 24.9.71 WK LOCATED IN 500143N, 050106W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] OR 130DEGS, 2.05M FROM MANACLES CG STN (+/- 20MTRS) DURING TRIALS WITH VICKERS VENTURER/PISCES. (DECCA SURVEY, 15.9.71) CHART AS NDW. NC 154. 2.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 154. H4239/73 15.8.74 LOCATED IN 500141N, 050102W OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. NOT EXAM'D. APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR WK AND NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED FURTHER. (HMS HECATE, 1974). NCA YET. 15.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 2565. HH090/521/01 27.1.92 EXAM'D 19.7.91 IN 500141N, 050100W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT WITH NO SCATTERED WRECKAGE. LIES 340/160 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). BR STD. 28.6.99 DIVED 27.6.99 IN 5001.736N, 0501.078W [WGD] USING GPS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED FROM BOSS ON WHEEL INSCRIBED 'LYDIE, LONDON'. (G POUND, TELECON 28.6.99). NCA. HH100/351/16 28.7.00 DIVED IN 5001.697N, 0501.030W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. SEABED SAND AND SILT. INTACT BUT SLOWLY BREAKING UP. FOUR BOILERS SLOWLY SINKING INTO SEABED. HULL PLATES LYING HORIZONTALLY. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH232/420/06 15.12.04 EXAM'D IN 5001.713N, 0501.070W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.0MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS. LIES NW/SE. (RESON/FATHOMS SURVEY DTD 18.10.03). BR STD. 26.4.13 EXAM'D 28.2.13 IN 5001.721N, 0501.077W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.49 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 105.2MTRS, WIDTH 34.7MTRS, HT 6.51MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). BOWS NW & COLLAPSED. UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5001.720N, 0501.079W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.9 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 101MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 141/321 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (MMT, HI 1455). AMEND WK 59MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NW & COLLAPSED

Position: 50 1.721 N,5 1.077 W

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