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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Carolus
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Centurion (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hanover
56. Hansy
57. Happy returns (possibly)
58. Hera
59. Hmcs trentonian
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms comet
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms javelin (stern section)
68. Hms kurd
69. Hms lady of the isles
70. Hms primrose
71. Hms rinovia
72. Hms roche bonne
73. Hms torrent
74. Hmy sappho (possibly)
75. Hnlms brielle
76. Ilston
77. Jersey queen (possibly)
78. John
79. Jolie mouette
80. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. King harry (probably)
85. Kremsertor
86. Krosfond
87. Kwester
88. La suippe
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lucent (possibly)
97. Lydie
98. Merle
99. Mina cantiquin
100. Mitera marigo
101. Mohegan
102. Mosel
103. Mountby
104. Mourne (probably)
105. N g petersen
106. Normand
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Penelope jane (possibly)
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Prestige
120. Queen (possibly)
121. Rigmor (possibly)
122. Robert
123. Rock island bridge
124. Royal anne galley
125. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
126. Schiedam
127. Shoal fisher
128. Spital
129. Spyridion vagliano
130. St anthony (possibly)
131. Stanwood
132. Twilight water
133. U 95
134. Ub 106 (possibly)
135. Ub 112 (possibly)
136. Ub 113
137. Ub 128 (possibly)
138. Ub 86 (possibly)
139. Ub 97 (possibly)
140. Uc 66
141. Ula
142. Veritas
143. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
144. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
145. Violet
146. Volnay
147. War tune
148. Wyndcliffe
149. Zebra

 

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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