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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 33 NW 36 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Leo |
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Summary
REMAINS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL, 1940
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Vertical Datum: LAT Vessel, built 1908, was bombed and sunk by German aircraft, whilst en-route Seaham to Portsmouth. Owned at time of loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line.(2-3) 11-SEP-1946 Least depth by sounding 78ft. 02-MAR-1961 Least echo sounder depth 81ft. 27-FEB-1978 in 51 04 22N, 001 19 02E Least depth obtained 24.8m, general depth 31-32m, no scour, height 2.6m on sloping seabed. Other sources: WW2SL
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. N/a. |
