This is the information page about the shipwreck Lyminge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.669 N,5 36.051 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Congener
28. Conqueror
29. Corvus
30. Courtown
31. Dageid
32. Denebola
33. Depois
34. Devon
35. Dunaskin
36. Dundee (probably)
37. Dux (possibly)
38. Emblem
39. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
40. Empire kingsley
41. Enrico parodi
42. Facto
43. Fanny lambert
44. Gallier (possibly)
45. Garthclyde (possibly)
46. Gemini
47. Genevieve (possibly)
48. Glamorgan coast
49. Glendale
50. Gleno
51. Hampshire
52. Helene (probably)
53. Hellopes
54. Hms anson
55. Hms royalo
56. Hms warspite
57. Hms warspite (part of)
58. Hms warwick
59. Hmy viva 2
60. Hockwold
61. Holland xix
62. Hopeful (possibly)
63. Iona
64. J duncan
65. Jose de aramburu
66. Joshua nicholson
67. Juan ferrer
68. Juanita
69. Kate thomas (possibly)
70. Kildonan ?
71. Kilmaho
72. Kintuck
73. Lake grafton
74. Lake grafton (possibly)
75. Liberty
76. Lincoln
77. Luna
78. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
79. Luxembourg (probably)
80. Lyminge
81. Madeline
82. Maria de larrinaga
83. Marie roberts
84. Maroc
85. Mervyn (possibly)
86. Moorview
87. Mystique (possibly)
88. Nanna (possibly)
89. New pioneer
90. Nile
91. Noya (possibly)
92. Ocean harvest
93. Onega
94. Orion
95. Oriskany
96. Pacific reliance
97. Peer gynt (possibly)
98. Petersham
99. Phoenix 202
100. Phoenix 203
101. Pioneer (possibly)
102. Polesley (possibly)
103. Ponthieu
104. Primo ?
105. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
106. Princess royal
107. Quarnero
108. Regency (probably)
109. Reidar (possibly)
110. Rms mulheim
111. Saint guenole
112. Saxon briton
113. Sea viper
114. Secil japan (bow section)
115. Secil japan (stern section)
116. Setubel(probably)
117. Shanes castle
118. Sirius (possibly)
119. St chamond
120. St george
121. St george (possibly)
122. Stabil (possibly)
123. Sten (possibly)
124. Sylvia-mary z-525
125. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
126. Traute sarnow
127. Tungufoss
128. Tyrhaug
129. U 1018
130. U 1209 (possibly)
131. U 247 (possibly)
132. U 399
133. Umbre
134. Underwood
135. Union crystal (possibly)
136. Union star (parts of)(probably)
137. Veghtstroom (possibly)
138. Vesuvius
139. Vigrid (possibly)
140. Vine branch (possibly)
141. Vinovia
142. War baron (probably)
143. Westwood (possibly)
144. Wild boar
145. William cory
146. Yewcroft
147. Zone (probably)

 

Name: LYMINGE

Length 79.4 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1757 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-lady rhondda. built in 1918 by wood, skinner & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by constants (south wales). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 207 nhp, single shaft. machinery by j dickinson ltd, sunderland. passage cardiff for oporto. ran ashore in fog off gurnards head on ebal rock. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter

Known since: 1931, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H6659/31 21.9.31 H6659/31 21.9.31 SUNK IN 501140N, 053600W. (LL). 20.7.70 20.7.70 LATEST REPORTS STATE THAT WRECK IS VERY BROKEN UP CLOSE TO EBAL RK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2326/75 22.9.76 H2326/75 22.9.76 WK LOCATED IN 501142.90N, 053750.73W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1976). 4.5.78 4.5.78 CHARTED AS USC 20MTRS IN 501143N, 053751W. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1178. H1310/83/9 3.2.83 H1310/83/9 3.2.83 CHARTED POSN CORRECT. VERY LITTLE REMAINS, OTHER THAN BOILERS, WHICH LIE BETWEEN EBAL RK AND GURNARDS HEAD. (A JENNIONS, 18.1.83). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH100/351/15 17.9.99 HH100/351/15 17.9.99 DIVED IN 5011.669N, 0536.051W [WGD] USING DGPS. PREVIOUSLY LISTED LONGITUDE IN ERROR. PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION CORRECT. WRECK EXTREMELY BROKEN AND JAMMED UNDER AND BETWEEN ROCKS. NO PART OF THE WRECKAGE IS HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL UNDERWATER TOPOGRAPHY. SEABED OF HUGE BOULDERS, ROCK OUTCROPS AND SANDY GULLIES. (G J LOCKETT, 17.9.99). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.12.11 13.12.11 NOT LOCATED 6.12.10 USING M/B & MAGNETOMETER. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). RETAIN FOUL. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY BOILERS REMAIN

Position: 50 11.669 N,5 36.051 W

 

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