This is the information page about the shipwreck Silver laurel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.796 N,4 39.179 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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. Alexander kennedy
3. Almond branch (possibly)
4. Atlantis (possibly)
5. Beatrice (possibly)
6. Benito
7. Brialan
8. Carolus
9. Charlwood
10. Dionne marie
11. Eastfield
12. Elisabeth (possibly)
13. Eskdale
14. Foylemore (possibly)
15. Ganymede
16. Hera
17. Hmcs trentonian
18. Hms almond (after part)
19. Hms almond (bow part)
20. Hms comet
21. Hms lady of the isles
22. Hms narwhal
23. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
24. Kantoeng (part of)
25. King harry (probably)
26. Kremsertor
27. Kwester
28. Lancaster
29. Lauwerzee
30. Lucent (possibly)
31. Mary
32. Mountby
33. Mourne (probably)
34. Orchis
35. Par time and tide bell
36. Pegasus
37. Rigmor (possibly)
38. Rosehill
39. Shoal fisher
40. Silver laurel
41. St andre (possibly)
42. Sunik (probably)
43. Tregenna (possibly)
44. Ub 113
45. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
46. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
47. Western coast (possibly)
48. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: SILVER LAUREL

Length 136.7 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 6142 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,rubber

Cause: built in 1939 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by silver line ltd. two boilers, s turbines of 877 nhp. passage falmouth for hull in convoy btc 10. torpedoed by u-486. cargo of 2949 tons cocoa beans, 2423 tons palm oil, 758 tons timber, 303 tons lumber, 317 tons rutile, 66 tons coffee, 30 tons ramie and 1965 tons rubber. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H067/44 TORPEDOED 130DEGS, 7.5M DODMAN PT. SANK 1 HOUR LATER IN 500830N, 043900W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, DEC 1944). H0113/45 4.4.60 SANK IN 500745N, 043900W. LENGTH 465FT, BREADTH 59FT, HEIGHT 60FT. GAVE OFF SOME OIL. PROBABLY SILVER LAUREL. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H0113/45 4.4.60 SANK IN 500745N, 043942W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 8.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LENGTH 465FT, HEIGHT 60FT, BREADTH 59FT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, AUBD 302/77). H2839/66 7.2.67 WK IN 500747N, 043907W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 189FT GENERAL DEPTH OF 218FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHELL. (HMS MERMAID, ROS). CHART AS WK 31FMS. BR STD. H3110/72 8.1.73 WK IN 500744.9N, 043904.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT, FLAT BOTTOM AREA. GOOD E/S TRACE 56.0MTRS IN 66.0MTRS. SEABED SAND & MUD. NO SCOUR. [COULD BE WK OF VICTORIA]. (HMS HECATE, 1972). AMEND TO WK 56MTRS [30FMS] IN 500745N, 043905W [OGB]. BR STD. H3193/70 18.6.73 300FT LONG & 30-40FT HIGH. LYING NNE/SSW. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). H1280/76/31 25.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500754N, 043904W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). 12.5.95 IDENTITY CONFIRMED AS SILVER LAUREL. CARGO CONTAINS TIMBER IN GOOD CONDITION. (E GILES, VIA TELECON). SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 19.7.14 IN 5007.796N, 0439.179W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.22 IN GEN DEPTH 65.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 146.3MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 11.98MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED WITH BOW AND STERN PROMINENT. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS NW. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY COLLAPSED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 7.796 N,4 39.179 W

 

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