This is the information page about the shipwreck Lyra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 55.095 N,3 6.764 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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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2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Action
4. Anastasia
5. Bassa
6. Bella
7. Blanche (possibly)
8. Carley marie
9. Chrysopolis
10. Conisbro castle
11. Coniston (probably)
12. Coral bank
13. Corrientes
14. Counsellor iii
15. Doris b
16. El oso
17. Endymion
18. Ginette michel
19. Glencona
20. Globe trotter
21. Hebe
22. Irene chalmers
23. Labora (possibly)
24. Lough fisher
25. Lunevale
26. Lyra
27. Marguerite
28. Murielle
29. No.163
30. Nora
31. Old haws pt lt or west pile
32. Our golden promise
33. Peru (probably)
34. Saltaro (fwd part)
35. Saltaro (fwd part)
36. Saltaro (fwd part)
37. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
38. Scorpio
39. Stamila
40. Sulairia
41. Sunbeam
42. Tilley anne
43. Tinker
44. Vanadis (possibly)
45. Vedra
46. Zealandia

 

Name: LYRA

Length 48.2 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 355 ton

Cause: ex-kant. built of iron in 1881 by baxter & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by finska angf akt. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1922, last detected: 1971

Details measurements/cartography: H2653/22 5.5.22 H2653/22 5.5.22 WRECK OF SS LYRA IN MORECOMBE BAY. POSN 535505N, 030654W. (B OF T H7060/22). INS AS DW (1922) WITH BUOY. H3115/24 6.5.24 H3115/24 6.5.24 AMEND POSN TO 3.75M 262.5DEGS FROM ROSSALL BN OR 535504N, 030640W. (B OF T, M10108/24). POSN LATER AMENDED TO 535505N, 030641W. (AUTHY UNKNOWN). AMEND TO WK 1FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM ACTION. H7805/24 17.11.24 H7805/24 17.11.24 G CONICAL BUOY ESTABLISHED N OF WK. (MIN OF A & F, 15.11.24).

- NM ACTION. H1746/63 17.4.63 H1746/63 17.4.63 SHOWN AS WK 0FMS 1FT MARKED BY G CON BUOY ON SURVEYS K3587 & K3590. H1746/63 18.9.69 H1746/63 18.9.69 DELETE G CONL BUOY. (SEC RNLB FLEETWOOD). BR STD. H1746/63 21.1.71 H1746/63 21.1.71 BUOY REMOVED. (SEC RNLB FLEETWOOD & SEA FISHERIES OFFICER FLEETWOOD).

- NM 178/71. 30.1.73 30.1.73 AMEND WK 0.3MTRS. NC 2010. 14.4.83 14.4.83 POSN 535505N, 030641W. NC 2010.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 55.095 N,3 6.764 W

 

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