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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Breitenburg
8. Brema
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Canada
14. Carson
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Cook s26
19. Corinth (possibly)
20. Cramlington (possibly)
21. Cyclope
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Diana
27. Diana
28. Dido
29. Dryade
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Feltre
37. Femke
38. Fermo
39. Forest queen
40. Fowberry tower (part)
41. Francis
42. Georgie
43. Georgios
44. Gerhardt (possibly)
45. Girl kitty (possibly)
46. Giuseppe
47. Gothic
48. Harlech
49. Harnis (probably)
50. Helmsman (probably)
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms calverton
53. Hms corfield
54. Hms egret
55. Hms fairy
56. Hms falcon (stern section)
57. Hms mistletoe
58. Hms othello
59. Hms princess victoria
60. Hms remillo
61. Hms silicia
62. Hms strathborve (part)
63. Hms susarion
64. Hms yorkshire belle
65. Horsted
66. Hugh taylor
67. Ida
68. Ionic (probably)
69. J b paddon
70. John and thomas
71. John mowlem
72. John rettig (probably)
73. Kalo (probably)
74. Kimberley (possibly)
75. Kingston cameo
76. Knuthenborg
77. Kyma
78. Ladas (possibly)
79. Lady anstruther (probably)
80. Lifeguard (possibly)
81. Lord haig (possibly)
82. Lord haig (possibly)
83. Lottie (possibly)
84. Lucerne
85. Lyra (bow section)
86. Magdalyn ann
87. Maggie
88. Marian francis
89. Marie l
90. Markersdall (probably)
91. Meeuw
92. Modig
93. Modiva (possibly)
94. Monimia (possibly)
95. Nar
96. Nimrod
97. Odessa
98. Onward (possibly)
99. Ophir ii (possibly)
100. Orsa
101. Otis tetrax
102. Paraciers
103. Peebles (possibly)
104. Portia
105. Ravonia (part)
106. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
107. Rayford
108. Realf
109. Reculver
110. Retriever
111. Revi
112. Rhuys
113. Rievaulx abbey
114. Rivaulx
115. River don (part of)(probably)
116. River witham
117. Sagacity
118. Salacon
119. Salmondby
120. Saltoun
121. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
122. Sergei
123. Sna iii
124. Sota eduardo
125. Stanburn
126. Tees
127. Thessaly
128. Thomas deas
129. Togston (possibly)
130. Triton
131. Uc 39
132. Uc 47
133. Uc 75
134. Umbe
135. Upminster (possibly)
136. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
137. Varangmalm (possibly)
138. Venture (possibly)
139. Ville de valenciennes
140. Violet (probably)
141. Wayside flower (possibly)
142. Whitemantle (possibly)
143. William hanson
144. Windsor (part of)
145. Winga
146. Xavier
147. 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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