The Loanda (Wreck)
United Kingdom /
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Saint Margarets at Cliffe /
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/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Saint Margarets at Cliffe
shipwreck, interesting place, invisible
2702-ton Elder Dempster steamer, built 1891. 328ft x 39ft. 253hp triple-expansion engines. Cargo: Hundreds of cases of gin, rum, champagne and barrels of gunpowder. Hamburg to West Africa. Tales of thousands of newly minted shillings aboard not borne out by manifest. Position: 51 08 57N; 01 24 43E. Depth: 20m.
Sunk: 31 May, 1908, after being badly damaged on port side near engine room in collision with Russian steamer Junona. Sank under tow of Dover tugs.
Diving: Upright and 7m proud. Sweeping and collision damage have exposed engines. Bell recovered. Bottles everywhere, but contents undrinkable. Very popular Kent site. Local divers Paul Wilkinson, Peter Lee and Mick Lucas own salvage rights.
Launch: St Margaret's at Cliffe.
Sunk: 31 May, 1908, after being badly damaged on port side near engine room in collision with Russian steamer Junona. Sank under tow of Dover tugs.
Diving: Upright and 7m proud. Sweeping and collision damage have exposed engines. Bell recovered. Bottles everywhere, but contents undrinkable. Very popular Kent site. Local divers Paul Wilkinson, Peter Lee and Mick Lucas own salvage rights.
Launch: St Margaret's at Cliffe.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°8'56"N 1°24'42"E
- Oare Marshes 44 km
- RSPB Cliffe Pools 75 km
- RAF Raydon - USAAF Station 157 (former) 102 km
- RSPB Reserve Minsmere 123 km
- The Lost Town Of Ancient Dunwich 128 km
- Former RAF Little Walden - USAAF Station 165 131 km
- Former RAF Nuthamstead - USAAF Station 131 134 km
- Former RAF Fersfield (Winfarthing) 145 km
- Wicken Fen 152 km
- Cambridge 152 km
- U-12(wreck) 6.5 km
- Goodwin Sands 9 km
- Channel Tunnel 15 km
- Dover Strait 19 km
- Kent 47 km
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