This is the information page about the shipwreck Lyra (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.813 N,0 7.334 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Acklamd (possibly)
4. Adela (possibly)
5. Adgillus
6. Admiral nelson
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Alarm
10. Albanian
11. Albion (probably)
12. Alhambra
13. Alice
14. Alliance
15. Amber rose
16. Amenity
17. Amlwch rose
18. Anatolian
19. Angola
20. Angola (part of)(possibly)
21. Ann sumner
22. Anne elizabeth
23. Apapa
24. Ardbeg (probably)
25. Ardlough
26. Ariel (possibly)
27. Aris
28. Armagh
29. Arno mendi
30. Atika
31. Auchenarden
32. Audacity
33. Aurora
34. Auspicious
35. Avalon
36. Avon
37. Azalea
38. B o borjesson
39. Barrister
40. Bassa
41. Be ready (probably)
42. Beachy
43. Bella
44. Bellerophon
45. Ben cruachan
46. Ben rein (ex-starling)
47. Benaiah
48. Bengollyun
49. Benholm
50. Berwyn
51. Bessie
52. Bijou
53. Blairnevis
54. Blanche (possibly)
55. Boston
56. Box hill
57. Boy stephen
58. Bradda
59. Braeglen
60. Braganza
61. Brazilian
62. Breitenburg
63. Brema
64. Briar
65. British councillor
66. British prince
67. British viscount
68. Briton (possibly)
69. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
70. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
71. Burbo tower (remains)
72. Burbo tower (remains)
73. Burbo tower (remains)
74. Burbo tower (remains)
75. Burgedin
76. C s parnell
77. Cadmus
78. Cairnross
79. Calderon
80. Calista (probably)
81. Cambank
82. Cameronian
83. Canada
84. Cardea
85. Carley marie
86. Carmelite (possibly)
87. Caroline
88. Carson
89. Casanare
90. Cascapedia
91. Chacabuco (possibly)
92. Chagres
93. Chant 63
94. Chase
95. Chloris (possibly)
96. Christina shearer
97. Chrysopolis
98. City of birmingham
99. City of brussels
100. City of st andrews
101. Clwyd (probably)
102. Clytie
103. Cognac
104. Colin russell
105. Colombus
106. Colorado
107. Conargo
108. Concord
109. Conisbro castle
110. Coniston (probably)
111. Connemara
112. Conovium (probably)
113. Constance
114. Cook s26
115. Coral bank
116. Corinth (possibly)
117. Cork
118. Corrientes
119. Counsellor iii
120. Countess of devon
121. County of lancaster
122. Cramlington (possibly)
123. Cressado
124. Cressida
125. Cresswell (probably)
126. Croydon
127. Crusader (possibly)
128. Cumbrae
129. Cyclope
130. Dalewood (probably)
131. Dana (possibly)
132. Daphne ii
133. Dayrian
134. Deerpool (after section)
135. Deerpool (for'd section)
136. Delfina
137. Denbigh coast
138. Denham
139. Derbent
140. Diana
141. Diana
142. Dido
143. Doris b
144. Downshire (possibly)
145. Downshire (probably)
146. Dryade
147. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
148. Dublin
149. Dunavil forth (possibly)
150. Dundalk
151. Dunmail
152. Dunsany
153. Dunvegan castle
154. Ebeneezer
155. Edward finch
156. Eilean glas
157. El oso
158. Elephant
159. Elizabeth
160. Elizabeth lathom
161. Ellan vannin
162. Ellen sarah
163. Ellen southwold
164. Embassage
165. Emelie
166. Emerald dawn
167. Empire airman
168. Empire of peace
169. Empire wind
170. Empress (probably)
171. Empress eugenie
172. Endymion
173. Eros
174. Ethel (possibly)
175. Eurymedon
176. Eversfield
177. Excel
178. Exmoor
179. Fairearn (probably)
180. Fairy
181. Faunus
182. Fb 110 (possibly)
183. Fb 112 (possibly)
184. Fb 116 (possibly)
185. Fb 118 (possibly)
186. Fb 265 (possibly)
187. Fb 267 (possibly)
188. Fb 275 (possibly)
189. Fb 278 (possibly)
190. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
191. Fb 295 (possibly)
192. Fb 296 (possibly)
193. Fb 297 (possibly)
194. Fb 300 (possibly)
195. Fb 43 (possibly)
196. Fb 47 (possibly)
197. Fb 56 (possibly)
198. Fb 72 (possibly)
199. Fb 83 (possibly)
200. Fb 86 (possibly)
201. Fb 98 (probably)
202. Feltre
203. Femke
204. Fenella ann
205. Fermo
206. Fin-ar-bed
207. Flamingo
208. Florence
209. Flying meteor
210. Forest queen
211. Fowberry tower (part)
212. Fowberry tower (part)
213. Francis
214. Frolic
215. G-azjy
216. Gannochy
217. Geofredo (part of)
218. Geofredo (part of)
219. Geofredo (part of)
220. Georgie
221. Georgios
222. Gerhardt (possibly)
223. Germania
224. Ginette michel
225. Girl kitty (possibly)
226. Girl sylvia
227. Giuseppe
228. Glencona
229. Glenford
230. Globe trotter
231. Gorsethorn
232. Gothic
233. Gratitude
234. Grinder
235. Guillermo
236. Hannah
237. Hannah landles
238. Harlech
239. Harnis (probably)
240. Hebe
241. Hebe (possibly)
242. Heemskerk
243. Helmsman (probably)
244. Henry j smith
245. Herbert
246. Herbie
247. Herlief
248. Hero
249. Hibernian
250. Hildena
251. Hms benvolio
252. Hms calverton
253. Hms cochrane
254. Hms corfield
255. Hms cortina
256. Hms dervish
257. Hms egret
258. Hms fairy
259. Hms falcon (stern section)
260. Hms lormont
261. Hms manners (stern section)
262. Hms mistletoe
263. Hms othello
264. Hms princess victoria
265. Hms racehorse
266. Hms remillo
267. Hms silicia
268. Hms st cyrus
269. Hms strathborve (part)
270. Hms susarion
271. Hms westphalia (possibly)
272. Hms yorkshire belle
273. Horsted
274. Hugh taylor
275. Hvideorn
276. Hyacinth
277. Ibis
278. Ida
279. Ida
280. India
281. Ionic (probably)
282. Ionic star
283. Irene chalmers
284. J b kee
285. J b paddon
286. J c swindlehurst
287. James and grace gregory
288. Jane brown
289. Jeanette
290. Jerseymoor
291. Jessie
292. Jessie brown
293. John and thomas
294. John mowlem
295. John pierce
296. John rettig (probably)
297. John w elliot
298. Juno
299. Jura
300. Kalo (probably)
301. Kelvindale
302. Kenmare
303. Kilcoan (probably)
304. Kimberley (possibly)
305. Kingston cameo
306. Knuthenborg
307. Kyma
308. La rochelle (possibly)
309. Labora (possibly)
310. Ladas (possibly)
311. Lady anstruther (probably)
312. Leeds (probably)
313. Lelia
314. Letty
315. Lifeguard (possibly)
316. Lightstone (probably)
317. Limesfield
318. Linda blanche
319. Lionel george
320. Little burbo beacon
321. Liverpool
322. Lochmonar (fwd part)
323. Lochranza castle
324. Lord haig (possibly)
325. Lord haig (possibly)
326. Lord selborne
327. Lottie (possibly)
328. Loweswater
329. Lucerne
330. Lucy
331. Lugar
332. Lunevale
333. Lurigethan
334. Lyra
335. Lyra (bow section)
336. Magdalyn ann
337. Maggie
338. Maja
339. Mancunium
340. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
341. Mantura
342. Margaret
343. Marguerite
344. Marian francis
345. Marie l
346. Marion
347. Markersdall (probably)
348. Marn
349. Marshall (probably)
350. Mary
351. Mary agnes
352. Mary coles (possibly)
353. Mary kate
354. Mary olivia
355. Matador
356. Mayflower (part of)
357. Meeuw
358. Mermaid (probably)
359. Mersey
360. Mhari l
361. Mid jordan beacon
362. Minerva
363. Miriam thomas
364. Modig
365. Modiva (possibly)
366. Mona 2 (possibly)
367. Monimia (possibly)
368. Montreal
369. Mtb 539
370. Munster
371. Murielle
372. Nadejda (possibly)
373. Nalon
374. Nar
375. Nautilus
376. Nazarine
377. Nellie esplin
378. Nichola ann
379. Nickolai
380. Nimrod
381. No.163
382. Noranya
383. Normandiet
384. North jordan bn
385. Nydia (probably)
386. Ocean harvest ii
387. Ocean home
388. Odessa
389. Old england
390. Old haws pt lt or west pile
391. Onward (possibly)
392. Opal (possibly)
393. Ophir ii (possibly)
394. Orsa
395. Osctilia
396. Otis tetrax
397. Our golden promise
398. Ousebridge
399. Pacific (possibly)
400. Palmella (possibly)
401. Pamela
402. Paraciers
403. Peaceful star
404. Peebles (possibly)
405. Pegu (bow section)
406. Pegu (stern)
407. Penryn
408. Penstone
409. Penvearn
410. Perseverance
411. Perseverance
412. Peru (probably)
413. Peveril
414. Phoenician
415. Pigeon
416. Polly williams
417. Polwell (probably)
418. Ponce
419. Portia
420. Princess victoria
421. Progress
422. Prudence
423. Pt1 or pt2
424. Queen
425. Queens tower
426. Raoul et aurelie
427. Ravonia (part)
428. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
429. Rayford
430. Rea 1
431. Rea 10
432. Rea 5
433. Rea 7 (possibly)
434. Rea 8 (possibly)
435. Rea 9 (possibly)
436. Realf
437. Reculver
438. Residu
439. Retriever
440. Retriever
441. Revi
442. Rhuys
443. Rievaulx abbey
444. Ringsend
445. Rivaulx
446. River don (part of)(probably)
447. River humber
448. River witham
449. Robert & elizabeth
450. Robert marsden
451. Rose mystique
452. Rosebud
453. Roussalka
454. Rudyard kipling
455. Sagacity
456. Saint mirren (possibly)
457. Salacon
458. Salaminia (probably)
459. Salmondby
460. Saltoun
461. Samaria
462. Sandra glen
463. Sarah
464. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
465. Sarpfos
466. Scathros
467. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
468. Scorpio
469. Sea dog
470. Seagull
471. Seamew (possibly)
472. Seaville (part of)
473. Seaville (part of)
474. Sergei
475. Severn
476. Sharelga
477. Silver dee
478. Sir george grey
479. Skerries
480. Skomer
481. Smelter
482. Sna iii
483. Sonia
484. Sons of the sea
485. Sota eduardo
486. Sote (aft part)
487. Sparling
488. Speedwell
489. Speke (possibly)
490. Sportsman
491. Spurn
492. St elwyn
493. St ibar
494. St michan (possibly)
495. Stamila
496. Stanburn
497. Stanleigh
498. Star of hope
499. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
500. Strathrye
501. Sulairia
502. Sultan
503. Sunbeam
504. Sunda
505. Talbot
506. Tancred
507. Tayleur
508. Teano
509. Tees
510. The lady mostyn
511. The marquis
512. Theme
513. Thessaly
514. Thomas
515. Thomas deas
516. Thorn
517. Thornton
518. Tijl uilenspiegel
519. Tilley anne
520. Tinker
521. Togston (possibly)
522. Tongue beacon
523. Tongue beacon (possibly)
524. Topaz
525. Tower base
526. Treveal
527. Trieste
528. Triton
529. Tt 6 (possibly)
530. Tullaghmurray lass
531. Tumi joy 2
532. Tuskar
533. U 1024 (possibly)
534. U 1024 (probably)
535. U 246
536. U-1051
537. Ubier (probably)
538. Uc 39
539. Uc 47
540. Uc 75
541. Ulstermore
542. Umbe
543. Upminster (possibly)
544. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
545. Valeria
546. Vanadis (possibly)
547. Vanguard
548. Varangmalm (possibly)
549. Vedra
550. Venture (possibly)
551. Vigsnes
552. Ville de llanes
553. Ville de valenciennes
554. Violet (probably)
555. W.m.j
556. Waltham (probably)
557. Wayside flower (possibly)
558. Weazel
559. Westward ho
560. Whitemantle (possibly)
561. William hanson
562. William huskisson
563. William rawcliffe
564. Windsor (part of)
565. Windsor (part of)
566. Winga
567. Wisemans
568. Woodville
569. Xavier
570. Xavier
571. Ystroom (probably)
572. Zealandia
573. Zeemermin

 

Name: LYRA (BOW SECTION)

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1141 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products,chemicals

Cause: built in 1917 by akties. moss voerft. owned at time of loss by c t gogstad & co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 97nhp, single shaft. passage skien for rouen. cargo nitrate of soda. torpedoed or mined.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200917

Details measurements/cartography: H6761/17 POSN PA 534156N, 000758E. - FNM 676/17 H3849/18 26.8.18 NOTHING FOUND. (VAEC). H8301/22 18.12.22 POSN WITHERNSEA LT HO 072 DEGS 3.4 MILES. (TH NM 78/22). INS AS DW (1922) IN 534500N, 000700E WITH LT BUOY 100 YDS E.

- NM 44/23. H5886/23 27.8.23 DW IN 534454N, 000725E WITH LT BUOY CLOSE E. (TH NM 58/23). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1419/23. H609/24 24.1.24 LEAST DEPTH 43 FT LWST, BUOY REMOVED. (TH 24.1.24). AMEND TO WK 7FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 205/24. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 13MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 12.3 MTRS [LAT]. NC'S 109 & 121. H3805/72 28.2.78 BOW SECTION ONLY. IDENTIFIED POSITIVELY AS LYRA BY LOCAL DIVER. ALUMINIUM INGOTS FOUND IN VICINITY. (SOISS, HI 54/77). H1287/78/302 19.10.78 LOCATED IN 534425N, 000745E USING DECCA. WELL DISPERSED. ENGINE & BOILER ONLY STANDING. (M OXLADE, 12.9.78). SEP 2021/000166150 4.9.20 EXAM’D 17.9.20 IN 5344.813N, 0007.334E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 69.2MTRS, WIDTH 19.2MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 033/213 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 29.9MTRS, WIDTH 37.5MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 222 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). HEAVILY BROKEN UP WITH 2 BOILERS VISIBLE. AMEND DW 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WEL DISPERSED, 2 BOILERS STILL STANDING

Position: 53 44.813 N,0 7.334 E

 

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