This is the information page about the shipwreck Thomas w lawson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.653 N,6 22.988 W (49.894217, -6.383133)

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: THOMAS W LAWSON

Length 114.6 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 5218 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: broke adrift from moorings and sank. cargo 2,225,000 gal of oil. (lloyds). on passage from philadelphia to london with 6000 tons of petroleum, she parted her cable and struck on annet during a storm. (isles of scilly museum publication no.3). vessel, built 1902 by fore river ship & engineering co., quincey, ma. for coastwise transportation co of boston usa, was driven on to the westward rocks, where she capsized. (dods & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1907

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1907, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 21.5.69 H3542/68 21.5.69 REPORTED THAT THE WK OF THE 'THOMAS W LAWSON', A SEVEN MASTED STEEL SCHOONER, IS IN 495339N, 062308W. (R EDMONDS, REPORT DTD 13.5.69). H1247/69 23.6.70 H1247/69 23.6.70 WK LOCATED IN 495337N, 062256W. WK VERY SCATTERED BUT APPEARS TO BE IN THREE MAIN PARTS COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 0.25M OVERALL. (CPO R LARN, 20.6.70). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 5.10.70 5.10.70 FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AREA OF WRECKAGE, WELL BROKEN UP AND WELL COVERED IN KELP, IN 30-45FT OF WATER, IN 495339N, 062248W. (RAF ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB, REPORT DATED 19.6.70). NCA. H2568/71 14.11.73 H2568/71 14.11.73 NOT INVESTIGATED BUT DETAILS ABOVE BORNE OUT BY MR COWAN'S DIVERS. (HMS HECATE, R-OF-S APPENDIX 2, 16.7.73). 20.4.82 20.4.82 LIES IN GEN DEPTH OF 17MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: EXTENSIVE AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE, KELP COVERED

Position: 49 53.653 N,6 22.988 W

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