Wreck: Lynburn (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Lynburn (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 53.15 N,5 49.06 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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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: LYNBURN (PROBABLY)
Length 50.6 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 587 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: built in 1917 by r williamson & sons, workington. owned at time of loss by saninburn ss co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 87 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by w beardmore & co ltd, glasgow. passage cork for whitehaven. struck contact mine probably laid by uc-75 and sank in 3 minutes. 8 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: MINED 0.5M SE OF N ARKLOW LTV. (BMVS). INS ON CHARTS 1787 & 1824A. (DATE AND SYMBOL NOT NOTED). AMEND SYMBOL TO NDW. (DATE NOT NOTED). H5141/53 14.8.53 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1411. H5141/53 4.4.55 DELETED FROM 1824A.
- NM 764/55. 13.11.78 AMEND TO USCPA 18 MTRS. NC 1211. H1935/80 8.10.82 EXAM'D 18.10.81 IN 525308N, 054859W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 30MTRS. LYING NW/SE, APPARENTLY INTACT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). AMEND WK 32MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5253.136N, 0549.065W. SEP 2012/000216082 1.11.12 EXAM'D 13.10.11 IN 5253.150N, 0549.060W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.43 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 159/339 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. NO DEBRIS. (GSI SURVEY CV11_03). AMEND WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR NE & SW
Position: 52 53.15 N,5 49.06 W
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