Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Lauwerzee, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 7.481 N,4 35.414 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)
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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: Lauwerzee
Lengte 35.7 meter, breedte: 7 meter, diepgang: 4, tonnage 262 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: built by j & k smit's scheepswerf, kinderdijk. owned at time of loss by l smit & co, sleepiednst. triple expansion engine, single shaft. was mined and sunk off dodman point. (ww2sl & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1940
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 66 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 53 cm
Bekend sinds: 1940, laatst gedetecteerd: 2021
Details metingen/cartografie: H3193/70 18.6.73 WK IN 500730N, 043524W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS 150FT LONG, 30 FT HIGH, LYING E BY N/W BY S. POSSIBY VICTORIA. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). CHART AS WK 55MTRS. BR STD. H3110/72 27.11.73 NOT LOCATED AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH. (HMS HECATE, 1973). DELETED. BR STD. H1280/76/31 25.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500737N, 043519W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. 25.7.78 WK 55MTRS REINSERTED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1267. H1270/75 29.10.79 FF IN 500736.7N, 043518.9W [OGB] USING DECCA. (BOWEN WK RECORDS). NCA. HH100/351/21 7.10.03 DIVED 3.9.03 IN 5007.536N, 0435.465W [WGD]. A SMALL WK ON A SANDY SEABED. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SOME DAMAGE TO THE BOW ON THE STBD SIDE CAUSING THE BOW TO LIST SLIGHTLY TO STBD. LIES E/W WITH BOWS W. SOME OLD NETTING SNAGGED ON BOW. NOTHING FOUND TO CONFIRM IDENTITY. (M ADES). NCA. 20.5.08 DIVED 6.4.08 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 60MTRS (ESTIMATED), WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HT 7MTRS. NO EVIDENCE OF COAL IN AFTER HOLD BUT SOME REMAINS IN FWD HOLD, ALTHOUGH THIS COULD BE BUNKERS. APPEARS TO HAVE A SMALL TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. REPORTED AS BEING TORPEDOED PORT SIDE MIDSHIPS, EVIDENCE OF TORPEDO DAMAGE PORT SIDE AFT. RUDDER IS HARD TO PORT AND SNAGGED BY A TRAWL NET. FAIRLY INTACT AND LIES UPRIGHT WITH A LIST TO PORT. WOODEN DECKING, POSSIBLY TEAK, IS STILL IN PLACE. NO EVIDENCE OF THE 13 POUNDER GUN EITHER ON THE WRECK OR ON THE SEABED NEARBY. (S CHESHIRE, DIVE REPORT DTD 16.5.08). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 20.7.14 IN 5007.485N, 0435.403W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.11 IN GEN DEPTH 66.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HT 9.99MTRS. LIS 053/233 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, LISTING TO STBD. (MMT HI 1455). BOWS NE. AMEND WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/151151_1 5.11.14 POSN: 5007.481N, 0435.414W [WGD]. (BDC, HI 1455). RETAIN WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 5.8.21 WRECK DIVED 7/6/21 & 26/6/21: PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY SURVEYED WK WITH MBES IN 2020 AND IMAGES CLEARLY SHOWS WK CANNOT BE THAT OF THE SS VICTORIA BUT IS THE RIGHT SIZE AND SHAPE FOR THE SS LAUWERZEE. ON BOTH OCCASIONS WK DIVED DUTCH CROCKERY FOUND. (DOMINIC ROBINSON, DTD 7/6/21 & 26/6/21). AMEND WK "LAUWERZEE".
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 50 7.481 N,4 35.414 W