Landing Craft Wreck 92506

Field	Value
Wreck Category	dangerous wreck
Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM)	51 21.935 N,2 39.32 E
Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees	Latitude: 51.365583 Longitude: 2.655333
Wreck Depth	22 m
Water Depth	24 m
Water Level Effect	always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum	Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type	landing craft
Conspic Visual	not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar	not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year	1940
Last Detection Year	2025
Original Source	other
Surveying Details	H0602/40 20.7.40 2 WKS IN POSN 512200N 024000E REMAINS OF WHICH ARE VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. (VA DOVER, 29.5.40). INS AS DWPA. - NM 1794/40. 12.1.73 AMEND WK 23MTRS. NC 125. 6.5.80 WK IN 512156N, 023945E [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3MTRS. (DUTCH WK RECORDS). POSSIBLY HMS GRAFTON. H2731/85 10.3.87 NOW SW 22.5MTRS IN 512158N, 023923E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 143/86). - NM 987/87. 5.5.88 5.5.88 NAMED AS HMS WAKEFUL ON BELGIAN LIST [1986]. (BUT SEE 512246N, 024326E). HH100/351/02 1.6.90 DIVED ON BUT NOT FULLY EXAM'D. DEFINITELY WK OF A LANDING CRAFT, POSSIBLY OF LCT TYPE. NOT A DESTROYER. (D TERMOTE, 19.4.90). HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512159N, 023923.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 17.9.10 SHOWN AS SW 22MTRS [LAT] IN 5121.935N, 0239.320E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE DTD 6.10, 1:60,000].
Last Amended Date	May 15, 2025

Circumstances of loss

PRESUMED SUNK DURING EVACUATION OF ALLIED TROOPS FROM DUNKIRK.

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 51 21.935 N,2 39.32 E

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