Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Hms lynx, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 58 9.913 N,2 30.73 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.

Name: HMS LYNX

Länge81.1 meter, Breite: 8.2 meter, Tiefgang: 2.7, Tonnage 950 ton

Ursache: built in 1912 by the london & glasgow shipbuilding co, glasgow. 3-drum boilers, turbine engines of 25000 shp for 32 knots. struck a mine which had been laid by the german raider meteor. broke in two and sank. 70 men lost.

Jahr der Registrierung: 1915

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 54 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 125 cm

Bekannt seit: 1915, zuletzt detektiert: 2020

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H2336/84 14.11.86 WK LOCATED IN 580934N, 023022W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST DEPTH 52MTRS. (MV LADY HARRISON, HN 17.9.86).

- NM 3481/86. H2336/84 22.10.91 ORIGINAL POSN IN ERROR. NOW IN 580957N, 023022W [OGB]. (LADY HARRISON, HN DTD 17.9.86). AMEND POSN. NE 115. HH100/351/15 23.8.00 DIVED IN 5809.90N, 0230.65W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTH TO WK 53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED FINE SAND AND MUD. WRECKAGE IS WELL BROKEN UP, BUT DESPITE 7 DIVERS ON THE WK THE BOW, STERN, ENGINE OR BOILERS WERE NOT LOCATED. THE MOST DOMINATING FEATURE ARE FOUR INVERTED 'V' SHAPES EACH WITH A CYLINDER AT THE APEX OF THE V. THE SIDES OF THESE STRUCTURES APPEAR TO BE MADE OF PIPES AND THE CYLINDER AT THE APEX HAS A HOLE IN IT ON THE TOP AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A SECOND, CONCENTRIC, CYLINDER INSIDE. THE FOUR STRUCTURES ARE ALL IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITH A GAP OF ABOUT 6 FEET BETWEEN EACH. EACH STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 12 FEET WIDE WITH THE CYLINDERS ABOUT 6 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE WRECKAGE WAS STREWN WITH BRASS VALVES WITH BRASS HANDWHEELS OF VARIOUS SIZES. THERE WERE LARGE BORE PIPES ON THE WRECKAGE EMBOSSED WITH; 'W H ALLENSON & CO, BEDFORD, ENGLAND, 1912' AND THE WORD: 'CONQUEROB'. THIS IS POSSIBLY ONLY A PART OF A WK, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE COAL CARGO. FURTHER WK, OR PART OF THIS ONE, LOCATED BY E/S IN 5810.25N, 0229.79W [WGD] (QV). (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 15.8.00). PROBABLY 'ALLEN, SON & CO'. RETAIN AS WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 20.3.01 THESE ARE FOUR ADMIRALTY 3 DRUM BOILERS FROM HMS LYNX. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.3.01). NCA. 3.10.12 EXAM'D 3.7.12 IN 5809.913N, 0230.730W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.62 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59.8MTRS, WIDTH 9.6MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, BROKEN AND NOT INTACT. POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED DEBRIS 135MTRS N OF WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: UPRIGHT, BOW/STERN MISSING, 4 X 3-DRUM BOILERS, SEE [58700]

Position: 58 9.913 N,2 30.73 W

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