Maritime record TR 33 SW 24 - Lusitania

Summary

REMAINS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL, 1915

Location

Grid reference TR 32534 32994 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR33SW
District DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Mined while on passage London to Lisbon. Minefield had been laid by German submarine UC5. (2) 02-MAR-1961 Wreck in depth 53ft. 24-APR-1961 Depth 50 in general depth 78 - 80ft, scour depth 86ft. A second, small wreck, clear at 45ft, was found approximately 600ft east of main wreck. 26-AUG-1963 Contract placed to disperse wreck to least depth 55ft. 13-SEP-1963 Dispersal operations in hand. 25-OCT-1977 in 51 02 55N, 001 19 05E Depth 16.3 in general depth 25m, scour depth 26m. heightt 4.3m, length 84m, lies 345/165 deg, lying 345/165 deg. 11-OCT-1978 Depth 15.8 in general depth 24m, scour 1m deep, height 8.82m length 85m, beam 13m lies 172/352 deg with bow north. Charted as wreck 15.2m 09-AUG-1983 positively identified as the LUSITANIA from maker's plate. Lies upright with much of the superstructure and decks collapsed. 25-SEP-1986 This wreck thought to be Hapag-Lloyd SS PATRIA, plate recovered.


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Oct 5 1993 12:00AM