Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Leon, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 35.678 N,1 4.028 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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.

 

1. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Braat ii
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Cuba
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
23. Donegal (possibly)
24. Duddon (probably)
25. Elford
26. Empress queen
27. Excelsior
28. Faith
29. Fallodon
30. Flag theofano
31. Fort yale
32. Fpt iv
33. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
34. G-cbpt
35. Gerarda
36. Germa geisha
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Grace dieu
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
44. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
45. Hm lct 427 (after part)
46. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
47. Hmcs alberni
48. Hms apley (possibly)
49. Hms boxer
50. Hms crestflower
51. Hms hazard
52. Hms hazardous
53. Hms insolent
54. Hms invincible
55. Hms listrac (probably)
56. Hms p12 (stern section).
57. Hms prince leopold
58. Hms undine
59. Hms velox
60. Hmsm a1
61. Hmsm swordfish
62. Inger
63. Irishman
64. Isleworth
65. Kurland
66. Lct 1068
67. Lct 757 (possibly)
68. Leon
69. Lowmount
70. Luciston
71. Luis
72. Mary rose
73. Meandros (possibly)
74. Mendi
75. Minerva (possibly)
76. Montecrana (possibly)
77. Moonraker (probably)
78. Neath (possibly)
79. Oriflamme
80. Orion
81. Pearl (probably)
82. Polandia (possibly)
83. Ps ryde
84. Redesmere
85. Roway
86. Rtc no.9
87. Simla
88. Sinah
89. Sines (possibly)
90. Spearfish
91. Stokes bay pier (remains)
92. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
93. Tweed
94. U 1195
95. U 90
96. Ub 21
97. Ub 81
98. Vadne
99. Vanessa (probably)
100. Venus
101. Volkerak
102. Wapello
103. Weston maid (possibly)
104. Withern

 

Naam: LEON

Lengte 89.9 meter, breedte: 12.9 meter, diepgang: 5.2, tonnage 2451 ton
Lading: coal,coke

Oorzaak: built of steel in 1895 by w pickergill & sons ltd of sunderland. owned at time of loss by cie des vapeurs, nantais. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220nhp, single screw. crew of 34. passage london for tunis. torpedoed and sunk by uc-75. 4 crew lost when boat capsized.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 25 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 238 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20161114

Details metingen/cartografie: H827/18 WRECK LOCATED IN 503600N, 010200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. H3287/24 12.5.24 AMENDED TO DW. H4665/32 6.7.32 WRECK NOT FOUND. (TH 1928). NCA YET. H(W)202/50 24.6.55 A FIRM NON-SUB ECHO OBTAINED IN 503606N, 010124W, 215DEGS, 4.8M FROM NAB TOWER. (HMS MARVEL). H4607/28 17.12.59 NO OBSTN LOCATED. (TH). DELETED.

- NM ACTION. H5808/55 24.2.56 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2045. 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2045. H2318/74 19.9.75 CONFIRMED BY SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE CO (R J TODD) AS THE 'LEON' IN 503600N, 010158W. (SCES, 11.8.75). H1288/75 10.10.75 WRECK IS UPRIGHT, STANDING 30FT HIGH AND LIES N/S. (R J TODD, 7.9.75). H2318/74 9.5.79 WK EXAM'D 21.3.79, IN 503536N, 010359W [OGB] DURING HYDROSEARCH TRIALS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 25-27MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 9.3MTRS, LENGTH 107MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. PRESUMED TO BE WK PREVIOUSLY CHARTED IN 503600N, 010200W, APPROX, AS NOTHING WAS FOUND IN THAT POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, 29.4.79). CHART AS WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1205/79. H1310/83/12 18.3.83 LOCATED DURING DCS3 SURVEY. (SOUTH COAST SHIPPING CO LTD, 15.2.83). NCA. H1310/87/9 6.3.87 DIVED ON IN 1985. VERY BROKEN UP - PROBABLY AS RESULT OF SALVAGE WORK. THE HIGHEST PART WAS BOILER WHICH STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. UNABLE TO CONFIRM IDENTITY. (M PRITCHARD, 16.2.87). NCA. HH100/351/03 31.8.90 DIVED IN 503539N, 010406W. HIGHEST PART IS STERN WHICH STANDS 7.5MTRS HIGH. (D C FOX). NCA. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5035.662N, 0104.073W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S BUT THIS MAY NOT BE THE LEAST DEPTH. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. IDENTIFED BY M WOODWARD AS 'POLO'. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN AS WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 14.11.16 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5035.678N, 0104.028W [WGD]. LEAST M\B DEPTH 18.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 058/238 DEGS. WK IS REASONABLY WELL BROKEN UP. HULL PLATES HAVE COLLAPSED ONTO SEABED. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND DW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Positie: 50 35.678 N,1 4.028 W

 

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