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 (51.0759833, 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. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Evolution
35. Excellence pleske
36. Express
37. Falcon (probably)
38. Fearless
39. Flachsee
40. Flandres
41. G-asad
42. Grit (probably)
43. Grosser kurfurst
44. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
45. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
46. Halcyon
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hmhs anglia
50. Hms aragonite (part of)
51. Hms aries (possibly)
52. Hms blackwater
53. Hms brazen
54. Hms carlton
55. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
56. Hms city of dundee
57. Hms cleon
58. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
59. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
60. Hms ghurka
61. Hms glen boyne
62. Hms kingston galena
63. Hms lydian
64. Hms marcella
65. Hms myrmidon
66. Hms napia
67. Hms niger (possibly)
68. Hms othello ii
69. Hms peridot
70. Hms rodino
71. Hms torbay ii (probably)
72. Hms tranquil
73. Hms war sepoy
74. Hms waterfly
75. Hms weigelia
76. Hmsm b2
77. Hmt gullfoss
78. Holland
79. Hundvaag
80. Hydaspes (possibly)
81. Ilaro
82. Jacob luckenbach
83. James harrod
84. Jokai
85. Josephine willis
86. Kadru
87. Katharina kolkmann
88. Kielce
89. Kirsten skou
90. La somme (probably)
91. Lacer
92. Lady stella
93. Latona
94. Le tregor
95. Leicester
96. Leila najia
97. Leo
98. Lizzonia
99. Loanda
100. Lusitania
101. Maloja 1
102. Milbanke (probably)
103. Monarch
104. Morgenster
105. Mrav
106. Murillo
107. Nancy moran
108. Naranco
109. Negrier
110. Newcastle
111. Niki
112. Norman
113. Northfleet
114. Nunima
115. Ousel (probably)
116. Polgrange
117. Portslade (possibly)
118. Preussen
119. Pulborough
120. River levan
121. Rochester castle (possibly)
122. Roode zee (possibly)
123. Roseburn
124. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
125. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
126. Saint jean pierre
127. Saint ronan (possibly)
128. Salbya (possibly)
129. Samida
130. Sea serpent
131. Seine
132. Shenandoah
133. Sierra bravia
134. Sir russell
135. St cecilia
136. Strathclyde
137. T s webb
138. Teeswood
139. Texaco caribbean (after section)
140. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
141. The queen
142. Tokufuku maru
143. Toward
144. Traquair (probably)
145. Trooper
146. U 16 (possibly)
147. U 8
148. Ub 103 (possibly)
149. Ub 108 (possibly)
150. Ub 109
151. Ub 31 ?
152. Ub 38
153. Ub 55 (probably)
154. Ub 56 (possibly)
155. Ub 58 (possibly)
156. Ub 78
157. Ub-33 (probably)
158. Uc 63
159. Uc 77 (possibly)
160. Unity
161. Vittoria claudia
162. W a scholten
163. Welsh belle
164. Wheatman (possibly)
165. 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: 00

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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