This is the information page about the shipwreck River levan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.575 N,1 10.052 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argo
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. En avant
33. Enero (probably)
34. Eustratios (probably)
35. Evolution
36. Excellence pleske
37. Express
38. Falcon (probably)
39. Fearless
40. Flachsee
41. Flandres
42. G-asad
43. Grit (probably)
44. Grosser kurfurst
45. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
46. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
47. Halcyon
48. Henry moon
49. Heron
50. Hmhs anglia
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aragonite (part of)
53. Hms aries (possibly)
54. Hms blackwater
55. Hms brazen
56. Hms carlton
57. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
58. Hms city of dundee
59. Hms cleon
60. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
61. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
62. Hms ghurka
63. Hms glen boyne
64. Hms kingston galena
65. Hms lydian
66. Hms marcella
67. Hms myrmidon
68. Hms napia
69. Hms niger (possibly)
70. Hms othello ii
71. Hms peridot
72. Hms rodino
73. Hms torbay ii (probably)
74. Hms tranquil
75. Hms war sepoy
76. Hms waterfly
77. Hms weigelia
78. Hmsm b2
79. Hmt gullfoss
80. Holland
81. Hundvaag
82. Hydaspes (possibly)
83. Ilaro
84. Jacob luckenbach
85. James harrod
86. Jokai
87. Josephine willis
88. Kadru
89. Katharina kolkmann
90. Kielce
91. Kirsten skou
92. La somme (probably)
93. Lacer
94. Lady stella
95. Latona
96. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
97. Le tregor
98. Leicester
99. Leila najia
100. Leo
101. Lighter 83
102. Lizzonia
103. Loanda
104. Lusitania
105. Maloja 1
106. Milbanke (probably)
107. Monarch
108. Morgenster
109. Mrav
110. Murillo
111. Nancy moran
112. Naranco
113. Negrier
114. Newcastle
115. Niki
116. Norman
117. Northfleet
118. Nunima
119. Ocean king (possibly)
120. Ousel (probably)
121. Polgrange
122. Portslade (possibly)
123. Preussen
124. Pulborough
125. River levan
126. Rochester castle (possibly)
127. Roode zee (possibly)
128. Roseburn
129. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
130. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
131. Saint jean pierre
132. Saint ronan (possibly)
133. Salbya (possibly)
134. Samida
135. Sea serpent
136. Seine
137. Shenandoah
138. Sierra bravia
139. Sir russell
140. Spanish prince
141. St cecilia
142. St claire (possibly)
143. Strathclyde
144. T s webb
145. Teeswood
146. Texaco caribbean (after section)
147. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
148. The queen
149. Tokufuku maru
150. Toward
151. Traquair (probably)
152. Trooper
153. U 16 (possibly)
154. U 8
155. Ub 103 (possibly)
156. Ub 108 (possibly)
157. Ub 109
158. Ub 31 ?
159. Ub 38
160. Ub 55 (probably)
161. Ub 56 (possibly)
162. Ub 58 (possibly)
163. Ub 78
164. Ub-33 (probably)
165. Uc 63
166. Uc 77 (possibly)
167. Unity
168. Vittoria claudia
169. W a scholten
170. Welsh belle
171. Wheatman (possibly)
172. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: RIVER LEVAN

Length 56.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 806 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products,chemicals

Cause: built of iron in 1877 by a stephen & sons of glasgow. owned at time of loss by w d denny & co of glasgow. crew of 18. run down and sunk by swedish steamer 'adolphe'. passage caleta buena for rotterdam. cargo nitrate of soda.

Year of registration: 2000

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 2000, last detected: 20160721

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/15 21.8.00 DIVED IN 5057.56N, 0110.14E [OGB] USING DGPS. STANDS 6.2MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCHOONER TYPE VESSEL. LIES ON STBD SIDE. BOWS INTACT, STERN 'BLOWN OUT'. NO ENGINES. (B PEACOCK, TELECON). INS AS WK 23MTRS. BR STD. 10.10.00 VESSEL IS 'RIVER LEVAN'. IDENTIFIED BY THE BOSS ON THE WHEEL. (B PEACOCK, TELECON 10.10.00). NCA. HH242/400/13 16.7.01 LOCATED IN 5057.569N, 0110.049E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.5MTRS. (NP 1016, SIGNAL DTD 1.7.01). BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 2.7.01 IN 5057.569N, 0110.049E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.5, FOUL 19.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.7MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HN FOR HI 921).

- NM 3435/01. HH090/921/01 21.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP 2016/000091764 20.04.17 EXAM'D 21.07.16; IN 5057.575N, 0110.052E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 20.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 60.6MTRS, WIDTH 16.2MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 107/287 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 57.575 N,1 10.052 E

 

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