This is the information page about the shipwreck Roi leopold (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.519 N,3 2.307 W (50.11025, -2.8444333333333)

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.

Name: ROI LEOPOLD (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1954

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1954, last detected: 20150618

Details measurements/cartography: GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495300N, 030048W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 24FT. (AUBD 2675B/7). H2137/54 22.6.54 WK LOCATED IN 495320N, 030230W [OGB] USING DECCA OR 131DEGS, 30M FROM START POINT. HEAVILY DAMAGED. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD, DTD 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 2675B. H4551/76 6.10.76 WK REPD IN 495330N, 030230W & TO STAND 23FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, DTD 17.9.76). LATER REPD TO BE 28FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 37FMS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, DTD 30.11.76). NCA. 21.11.77 NOW CHARTED AS USC 50MTRS. NC 442. 29.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. 29.1.80 AMEND TO WK 59MTRS [32FMS]. BR STD. SHOWN IN 495325N, 030229W [EUR] [IN FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14593064]. HH226/350/01 10.4.89 EXAM'D 15.3.89 IN 495333N, 030214W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 67.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. (THV 'MERMAID', H525 DTD 17.3.89, LOCATED DURING SEARCH FOR 'PERENTIS'). AMEND TO REVISED POSN.

- NM 1297/89. HH090/496/02 19.2.91 EXAM'D 19.10.90 IN 495330.8N, 030218.3W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.4 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LIES 035/215DEGS IN TWO DISTINCT PARTS. THE AFTER SECTION BADLY BROKEN & THE FORWARD RELATIVELY INTACT & OVER WHICH LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH226/410/01 4.4.91 SHOWN ON NM BLOCK 1480/91. HH100/351/17 18.7.01 DIVED JULY 2001. THIS IS THE WK OF A LARGE SS WITH THREE BOILERS & A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. [POSSIBLY 4 CYLINDER]. THE ENGINE IS ALMOST ON ITS SIDE WITH THE ENGINE ROOM CASING ON THE SEABED NEARBY. BEYOND THIS, TO THE S, ARE TWO HATCH COMBINGS & DECKING ALOMST LEVEL WITH THE SEABED. THERE ARE SEVERAL WINCHES. THE STERN IS BROKEN OFF. FWD OF THE BOILERS, TO THE N, IS A GAP THEN THE BOW SECTION WHICH LIES SEPARATELY. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 12.10.15 EXAM'D 18.6.15 IN 4953.519N, 0302.307W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 66MTRS. LENGTH 90.4MTRS, WIDTH 27.1MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 200/020 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND BURIED. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND BURIED.

Position: 49 53.519 N,3 2.307 W

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