Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Lab, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 8.126 N,4 9.254 W (50.1442, -4.17415)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: LAB
Lengte 69 meter, breedte: 11.1 meter, diepgang: 4.8, tonnage 1118 ton
Lading: ballast
Oorzaak: built in 1912 by akers mek vaerks, oslow. owned at time of loss by a/b lab. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 127nhp, single shaft. passage southampton for the mumbles in convoy pw 250. torpedoed by e-boat 125degs 4.5m from eddystone lt. (ww2sl & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1942
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 64 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 54 cm
Bekend sinds: 1945, laatst gedetecteerd: 2014
Details metingen/cartografie: 20.11.42 POSN 500800N, 040000W, ABOUT 11M ESE EDDYSTONE. (DSNE 1172). H1001/40 SANK 125DEGS, 4.5M FROM EDDYSTONE IN 500812N, 041012W. (WAR LOSSES TRADE DIV LIST SUPP NOV 1942 TO OV 6353A/41). H113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 500809N, 040853W. LENGTH 100FT, HT 36FT. GAVE OFF HEAVY FUEL OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/5, 840/2 25.3.45). H05027/45 4.4.60 TWO WKS FIXED BY HMS HEDINGHAM CASTLE, AUG 1945, IN COURSE OF TRIALS OF EXPERIMENTAL GEAR. [A] 500836N, 040954W. LENGTH 280FT, HT 30FT, DIRN 070/250DEGS; [B] 500806N, 041000W. LENGTH 200FT, HT 20FT, DIRN 050/230DEGS. MAIN PART OF DOUBLE TARGET. (CAPT A/S E ESTAB. FAIRLIE, 22.9.45). 8.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500812N, 040854W. LENGTH 100FT, HT 36FT. HEAVY OIL. (HMS WILDGOOSE, 20.1.45 TO 15.2.45). H3950/70 23.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 51MTRS IN 500812N, 040854W [OGB]. (HMS WILDGOOSE, 1945). NC 1613. H4267/70 7.12.70 WK IN 500815N, 040915W [OGB] USING DECCA. (MR ARMSTRONG, NOV '70). AMEND POSN. NC 1613. H3110/72 4.1.73 EXAM'D IN 500806.1N, 040909.8N [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. GOOD ALL-ROUND CONTACT ON FLAT BOTTOM. FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELL & MUD. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). NC 1613. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500811N, 040912W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H4514/76 15.5.76 WK IN 500811.3N, 040911.9W [OGB] USING DECCA. [POSN AGREES WITH H1280/76/31 LETTER DATED 29.1.76]. RUN OVER WITH E/S ON 23.5.76, DRIFTING E TO W OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK APPROX 24FT IN GENERAL SEABED DEPTH 36FMS. HIGHEST PART OF WK IS IN THE MIDDLE. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.9.06 WK IS INVERTED, STERN TO THE SW. STERN PART IS MISSING WITH BUCKLED PLATES BLOWN OUTWARDS TO STBD. POSSIBLE TO PENETRATE THE HULL AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE BOILER. THERE IS NO CARGO. AT THE BOW SOME PLATES ARE MISSING GIVING ACCESS TO THE FOC'S'LE AND LAMP ROOM. SOME BROKEN SOLE NETTING ALONG THE WK. CONSIDERED TO BE LAB. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP 2014/000153150 11.9.14 EXAM'D 21.6.14 IN 5008.126N, 0409.254E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.37 IN GEN DEPTH 64.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55.0MTRS, WIDTH 13.6MTRS, HT 5.50MTRS. LIES 054/234 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTVERTED, INTACT. (MMT. HI 1454). AMEND WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, STERN MISSING, BOWS NE
Positie: 50 8.126 N,4 9.254 W