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Listrac HMS


Listrac HMS
 
Listrac HMS  
Dive Category Wreck
Dive Type Band 55
Max. depth: 38 (M)
Trip Time: 6H :00M

Minimum number of divers: 10

Max Depth - 38m
Tonnage - 778
Length - 196 Approx
Date sunk - 11 Oct 1940
Type of vessel - Steam coaster
How sunk - Shelled by German destroyers
Former names - None
Wreck height - 6m

The Listrac while in company of the steam trawler Warwick Deeping was on anti-submarine and anti-invasion duties.

The wreck lies upright, but is well broken. The engines are broken. The highest part of the wreck is the large single boiler.
when the two ships were shelled by German destroyers. The Listrac took most of the damage, being shelled until she sank.