Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Lelia, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 29.248 N,3 23.037 W (53.487467, -3.383950)

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: LELIA

Lengte 76.8 meter, breedte: 9.1 meter, diepgang: 3.7, tonnage 640 ton
Lading: coal

Oorzaak: built by w c miller & sons, ltd of liverpool in 1864. iron paddle steamer. compound diagonal engines, 4 boilers, 300 nhp. cargo of 700 tons of coal. passage liverpool for bermuda. vessel was cutter rigged. sailed in very heavy weather. anchor penetrated the deck and scuttle cover washed away. the vessel ceased answering the helm, slowed and heavy seas washed away the forward hatch covers. drifted helplessly before the wind and later sank. only 12 men survived. (k hurley). owned at time of loss by wc rickarby & co., vessel had 300hp compound diagonal engines. some 50 lives lost. (k mcdonald, diver magazine, nov'04)

Jaar registratie: 1941

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 17 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 135 cm

Bekend sinds: 1941, laatst gedetecteerd: 2019

Details metingen/cartografie: 4.2.41 WK, NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 532936N, 032336W. NOT BUOYED. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS NDW.

- NM 249/41. H01116/40 4.11.44 WK OF GORSETHORN FOUND IN 533207N, 032212W. (FOIC LIVERPOOL APR 042241). SEE WK RECORD NO 009304514

- NM 2379/44. H23421/46 24.11.48 WK IN 532936N, 032336W NOT FOUND. (HMS SEAGULL). 26.3.75 NOT SHOWN ON SURVEY K3500/10. DELETED FROM NC 1978. HH206/460/04 24.2.94 TRAWL NET CAUGHT ON OBSTN IN 532908N, 032250W [OGB]. POSN BY DGPS. (RV CIROLANA, HN DTD 5.2.94). INS AS FOUL PA. BR STD. 7.8.97 AMENDED TO F AS POSN OBTAINED BY DGPS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 28.11.97 LOCATED IN 532915N, 032302.5W [WGD] USING GPS. FF REPORTED IN 1991, FIRST LOCATED IN 1992 AND FIRST DIVED IN JUNE 1992 BUT NOT INVESTIGATED DUE TO VERY POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. DIVED AND FOUND TO BE REMAINS OF A LARGE PADDLE STEAMER WITH THE BOW LYING TO THE NW, STERN SE. THE AREA OF THE BOW AND STERN PROVIDE NO SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT AND ARE FULL OF MUD AND SAND. THE ENGINES AND BOILERS STAND SOME 5MTRS HIGH. THE LEAST DEPTH IS FROM THE STBD PADDLE WHEEL STANDING 6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH OF 17MTRS. THIS AREA OF WRECKAGE IS 30MTRS LONG BY 14MTRS WIDE. THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE CLOSE TO THE HULL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE UNTIL THE RECOVERY OF THE BELL IN EARLY 1997. BELL INSCRIBED 'LELIA 1864'. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 27.11.97). INS AS USC 10MTRS

- NM 264/98. HH100/351/14 12.3.99 CONFIRMED AS THE WRECK OF A PADDLE STEAMER. ALMOST UPRIGHT AND IN ONE PIECE BUT COLLAPSED INWARDS WITH A PADDLE OF APPROX 20FT DIAMETER ON THE STBD SIDE. (A PARRY, LTR DTD 8.3.99). NCA. 2021/000204551 13.8.20 PADDLE STEAMER "LELIA" LOCATED IN 5329.248N, 0323.037W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 23/8/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1464554. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA 50MTRS.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

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Positie: 53 29.248 N,3 23.037 W

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