This is the information page about the shipwreck Lyng, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 1.515 N,1 18.918 W (55.025250, -1.315300)

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: LYNG

Length 63.2 meter, width: 10.2 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 953 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-maindy transport, ex-livonia '36, ex-ambleside '33. built as ambleside in 1920 by the rennie, richie & newport shipbuilding co, wivenhoe. owned at time of loss by a/r jotun. registered in bergen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 106 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by plenty & son ltd, newbury. single deck, rear bridge. two forward holds. two masts, one fwd and one fwd of the bridge. foundered after a collison 2.5 miles e of the tyne. (r young).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4871/68 4.7.68 EXAM'D 31.10.67 IN 550140N, 011852W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 103FT IN GEN DEPTH 128FT. SCOUR DEPTH 130FT. LENGTH 150-200FT. LIES NEARLY N/S. POSSIBLY U-BOAT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SUNK IN THIS VICINITY. (HMS MYRMIDON, HI 355/67). INS AS WK 17FMS. BR STD. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH HI9/70. (ISS 1970). H2189/71 22.5.72 SONAR CONTACT, NOT YET INVESTIGATED 1971. (ISS 1971). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 31MTRS. NC 152. HH090/796/01 6.1.99 EXAM'D 22.7.98 IN 550131.0N, 011856.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.7, FOUL 32.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.8 IN GEN DEPTH 39-40MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. BADLY BROKEN UP IN MIDSHIPS SECTION. BOW AND STERN IN REASONABLE CONDITION. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 27.9.99 LIES ON A SANDSTONE SEABED. NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BUT SIZE AND POSN ARE CORRECT. UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT THE BRIDGE DECK STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED DOWN, EXPOSING THE ENGINE AND BOILERS. THESE ARE SURROUNDED BY A MOUND OF TWISTED AND BENT STEEL PLATES WITH LARGE COPPER PIPES INTERMINGLED. SUBSTANTIAL WK. (R YOUNG). NCA. HH100/351/15 14.3.00 LIES E/S ON SEABED OF DIRTY SAND & STONE. STANDS OVER 7MTRS HIGH AT THE STERN SECTION, BUT THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED, EXPOSING THE ENGINE AND BOILER. MIDSHIPS, HOLD SECTION, COLLAPSED BUT BOWS AND STERN ARE REASONABLY INTACT. IDENTIFIED BY SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE BRASS, PEDESTAL MOUNTED, STEERING HELM. (R YOUNG). NCA. HH091/177/01 2.7.07 EXAM'D 18.2.07 IN 5501.514N, 0118.918W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.59 IN GEN DEPTH 39.5MTRS. LENGTH 72.8MTRS, WIDTH 11.8MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. BROKEN JUST AFT OF THE BOWS. BOW AND STERN SECTIONS REMAIN PROMINENT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1177). RETAIN SW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.7.12 LOCATED 15.7.12 IN 5501.510N, 0118.910W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.65 IN GEN DEPTH 39.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS W. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1359). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 28.2.19 EXAM’D 28.2.19 IN 5501.515N, 0118.918W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 75.6MTRS, WIDTH 17.7MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 095/275DEGS. LARGELY BROKEN UP, SPLIT IN MIDSHIPS REGION. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY BROKEN UP, SPLIT IN MIDSHIPS REGION

Position: 55 1.515 N,1 18.918 W

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