Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Lanthorn, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 54 30.789 N,0 37.137 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)
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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: LANTHORN
Jaar registratie: 1916
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 24 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 27 cm
Bekend sinds: 1916, laatst gedetecteerd: 20161212
Details metingen/cartografie: H5727/36 28.8.36 AT LW, TRAWL NET MET WITH OBSTN AT 8FMS, 0.5M NW BY N OF WHITBY BELL BUOY. BEARING SOUTH BELL BUOY IN LINE WITH SALTWICK NAB, WITH NORTH CHEEK ROBIN HOODS BAY JUST CLOSING ABEAM. LINE LOOKING DOWN STREET ON WEST CLIFF, WHITBY, TO STEEPLE OF CHURCH IN SAME STREET. KNOWN LOCALLY AS SS SPARROW OF LONDON, TORPEDOED DURING THE WAR. (HM CUSTOMS & EXCISE, WHITBY, 25.8.36) INS AS WK PA 8FMS [14.6MTRS] IN 543048N, 003701W. BR STD. 28.1.75 POSITION CONFIRMED BY HSA. WK LIES BOWS NORTH AND IS LARGELY DISPERSED EXCEPT FOR TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND A SINGLE BOILER ABOUT 10FT DIAMETER. HIGHEST PARTS ARE ENGINE AND STERN. (DIVER'S REPORT, VIA K MCLEAN, 28.1.75). H1280/76/42 26.2.76 FROM WRECK LOCATION, WHITBY BELL BUOY NO LONGER ALIGNS WITH SALTWICK NAB BUT IS SLIGHTLY OPEN WITH IT. THE BUOY BROKE ADRIFT IN THE WINTER OF 1974-75 AND WAS REPLACED EITHER IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOCATION OR WITH LONGER MOORINGS. (J STEVENSON). H6331/87 18.1.89 EXAM'D 23.8.88 IN 543046.1N, 003702.6W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.0, FOUL AT 18.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 020/200DEG OVER AN AREA 105 X 20MTRS AND IS VERY BROKEN UP AND DECAYED. HIGH POINTS ARE AMIDSHIPS AND AT N END. THERE APPARENTLY ARE NETS ATTACHED TO THE WK. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK SW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 596/89. 30.5.02 EUT POSN: 5430.779N, 0037.145W. NE 1612. 31.3.09 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS "STEEPLE IN THE STREET", HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS LANTHORN. IDENTITY BASED ON LENGTH, MACHINERY DETAILS, ITS UNUSUAL DOULE BOILER, AND VARIOUS ATREFACTS RECOVERED. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 27.3.09) IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 22.5.17 EXAM'S 12.12.16 IN 5430.789N, 0037.137W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 94.7MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 027/207 DEGS. WK WELL BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 54 30.789 N,0 37.137 W