Maritime record TR 23 NE 18 - Empire Lough

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REMAINS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL, 1944

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Grid reference TR 27153 37797 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR23NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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Vertical Datum: LAT Struck by shells from German long range shore battery and beached. Vessel was en-route London for Gold beach, Normandy with cargo of 2800 tons cased petrol and government stores. (2) 27-APR-1976 Wreck, uncharted, with a rise of 18ft. 18ft of water over wreck at low water. 18-APR-1983 Mass of tangled wreckage covers large area in 51 05 38N, 001 14 40E. Known locally the "BRANDY BOAT". Probably SS EMPIRE LOUGH.


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

<2> 1989, Lloyd's war losses: The Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, Volumes I and II, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6348.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: 1989. Lloyd's war losses: The Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, Volumes I and II. Page Nos. N/a.

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Oct 5 1993 12:00AM