This is the information page about the shipwreck Alexander kennedy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.831 N,4 46.512 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Adams (possibly)
2. Afric
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Atlantis (possibly)
8. Bamse (probably)
9. Bay of panama
10. Beatrice (possibly)
11. Ben rein
12. Benito
13. Bretonne (probably)
14. Cape finisterre (probably)
15. Carolus
16. Caroni river
17. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
18. Centurion (possibly)
19. Cieszyn
20. Dionne marie
21. Eastfield
22. Elisabeth (possibly)
23. Epsilon
24. Eric calvert (possibly)
25. Eskdale
26. Forde
27. Foylemore (possibly)
28. Ganymede
29. Gap
30. Happy returns (possibly)
31. Hera
32. Hmcs trentonian
33. Hmml 380
34. Hms almond (after part)
35. Hms almond (bow part)
36. Hms comet
37. Hms kurd
38. Hms lady of the isles
39. Hms narwhal
40. Hms primrose
41. Hms rinovia
42. Hms torrent
43. Hmy sappho (possibly)
44. Jersey queen (possibly)
45. John
46. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
47. Juno
48. Kantoeng (part of)
49. King harry (probably)
50. Kremsertor
51. Krosfond
52. Kwester
53. La suippe
54. Lady dalhousie
55. Lancaster
56. Lauwerzee
57. Leander
58. Leon martin (part of)
59. Lord snowden (probably)
60. Lucent (possibly)
61. Lydie
62. Mary
63. Mina cantiquin
64. Mitera marigo
65. Mohegan
66. Mountby
67. Mourne (probably)
68. N g petersen
69. Ocklinge
70. Orchis
71. Par time and tide bell
72. Pegasus
73. Penelope jane (possibly)
74. Ponus
75. Port chalmers
76. Queen (possibly)
77. Rigmor (possibly)
78. Rosehill
79. Shoal fisher
80. Silver laurel
81. Spital
82. Spyridion vagliano
83. St andre (possibly)
84. Stanwood
85. Sunik (probably)
86. Tregenna (possibly)
87. Twilight water
88. Ub 106 (possibly)
89. Ub 112 (possibly)
90. Ub 113
91. Ub 128 (possibly)
92. Ub 86 (possibly)
93. Ub 97 (possibly)
94. Ula
95. Veritas
96. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
97. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
98. Violet
99. Volnay
100. War tune
101. Western coast (possibly)
102. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: ALEXANDER KENNEDY

Length 69.2 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 1313 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1932 by burntisland sb co ltd, burntisland. owned at time of loss by the london power co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 143nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by d rowan & co, glasgow. passage barry for london. torpedoed together with hmcs trentonian by u-1004 while part of convoy btc 26. one man lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 4.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500740N, 044620W [OGB]. POSSIBLY HMCS TRENTONIAN. LENGTH 210FT, HEIGHT 33FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45) 5.5.60 5.5.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500742N, 044600W [OGB]. HEIGHT 32FT. (AUBD 301/91, HMS ANNAN 27.3 16.4.45). H2839/66 10.2.67 WK IN 500746N, 044628W [OGB] USING DECCA. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 193 IN GEN DEPTH 212FT. (HMS MERMAID, ROS DTD 17.3.66). CHART AS WK 32FMS [59MTRS]. BR STD. 31.1.67 MAT DIV 1(N) STATE THAT VESSEL SANK BY TORPEDO FIRED FROM SUBMARINE STRUCK VESSEL ON STARBOARD SIDE AFT LENGTH 208FT, BREADTH 33FT. (N/CP5985866). NCA. H3193/70 15.6.73 LIES NE/SW 150FT LONG 35FT HIGH. (C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). NCA. H3110/72 27.11.73 WK LOCATED IN 500745.8N, 044627.6W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 58MTRS IN 64MTRS. SEABED MUD, SAND & SHELL. (HMS HECATE, 1973). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN 500746N, 044628W [OGB]. NE 1267. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FF IN 500746N, 044630W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. HH100/351/21 17.6.04 DIVED IN 5007.824N, 0446.523W [WGD] (STERN). KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'WESTERN KENNEDY'. AN UPRIGHT SS, LENGTH APPROX 50-60MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. SOME 800 TONS. STERN E IS INTACT AND IS THE HIGHEST POINT. SINGLE PROP. MIDSHIPS BROKEN DOWN TO SEABED. BOW W IS UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 14.6.04). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 UPRIGHT AND ACROSS TIDE. STERN INTACT WITH SINGLE 4 BLADED PROP AND RUDDER. COUNTER STERN DESIGN. STERN GUN PEDESTAL UPRIGHT ON DECK BUT NO GUN PRESENT. SINGLE BOILER HOLDS SUPERSTRUCTURE IN PLACE ABOVE. WK THEN LIES FLAT TO SEABED IN FRONT OF BRIDGE TO VERY BOW TIP. (L BISHOP). NCA. 11.9.12 CONFIRMED AS ALEXANDER KENNEDY. BELL OWNED BY G POUND. (G POUND, TELECON 11.9.12). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 20.7.14 IN 5007.825N, 0446.526W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.74 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 9.26MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT WITH FWD SECTION COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS SW. AMEND WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151_1 5.11.14 POSN: 5007.831N, 0446.512W [WGD]. (BDC, HI 1455). RETAIN WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, COLLAPSED FWD

Position: 50 7.831 N,4 46.512 W

 

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