This is the information page about the shipwreck City of kobe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.931 N,1 59.446 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. El dorado
29. English trader
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Farmatyr
33. Fidelio
34. Frumenton
35. Galatea (possibly)
36. Gasfire
37. Geneva
38. George fisher
39. Georgia (for'd part)
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Glen tilt (possibly)
42. Glynn
43. Goodwood (possibly)
44. Groenlo
45. Gulf breaker
46. H h petersen
47. Hamsterley
48. Helena
49. Hms agate
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms evesham (possibly)
56. Hms exmoor
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms force
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms irvana (part of)
61. Hms jessie nutten
62. Hms kaphreda
63. Hms m a west (probably)
64. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
65. Hms orthos (probably)
66. Hms pelton (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hms washington (probably)
73. Hmsm d5
74. Horseferry (probably)
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. Kenneth hawksfield
78. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
79. Knitsley (possibly)
80. La perouse (possibly)
81. Langeli (possibly)
82. Leelite
83. Liliane (possibly)
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Marsworth
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Memento (possibly)
92. Merchant
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Montferland
96. Mudo
97. Murdoch (probably)
98. Nadir
99. Navarra (possibly)
100. Nereus
101. Newland (possibly)
102. Nominoe
103. Nordborg (possibly)
104. Novocastrian
105. Oil trader
106. Onto
107. Osprey
108. Otis tarda
109. Oxshott (possibly)
110. Philipp m
111. Pluton
112. Polaris
113. Prima
114. Regain
115. Ren
116. Reward (possibly)
117. Rhineland
118. Robin iv
119. Robrix
120. Rochester city
121. Rogate
122. Roine
123. Rokos vergottis
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea rhine
128. Seagull
129. Silksworth hall (probably).
130. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
131. Skodsburg (possibly)
132. Southford
133. St patrick
134. Stad alkmaar
135. Stanmount
136. Sunniside (probably)
137. Taber park
138. Thomas m (possibly)
139. Tidal (possibly)
140. Togston
141. Tregantle (possibly)
142. Trevethoe
143. U 13 (probably)
144. Ui-001
145. Vanguard
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Virgilia
148. War mehtar
149. War valley
150. White swan
151. White swan (possibly)
152. Willowpool
153. Xanthe
154. Yewvalley (possibly)
155. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: CITY OF KOBE

Length 111.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4373 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: Passage antwerp & the tyne for bombay. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161220

Details measurements/cartography: H0263/39 23.12.39 DW PA IN 523530N, 015900E. (NOIC YARMOUTH). - FNM 2897/39. H0263/39 9.1.40 POSN 523457N, 015916E. LENGTH 367FT. LYING 090/270 DEGS, BOWS EAST. (NOIC YARMOUTH). - FNM 32/40 & NM 1052/40. H0263/39 19.3.43 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FMS 4FT. BUOY CLOSE E WITHDRAWN. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 581/43. H0263/39 27.7.48 OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL, CLEAR 48FT, SEABED 88FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73FT. POSN 523450N, 015914E USING HSA. *HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.7.48).

- NM 1662/48. H0263/39 27.8.51 EXAM'D 2.7.51 IN 523454N, 015925E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 58FT, FOUL 60FT. LEAST E/S 63FT. SEABED 91FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 33FT. LYING 070/250. SCOUR ON N SIDE OF 7FT. LENGTH 367FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). BR STD. H3730/69 12.12.68 LOCATED IN 523454N 015934E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S 72FT IN 90FT. SCOUR 110FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). NCA. H2233/71 25.1.71 EXAM'D IN 523502N, 015921E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.6, FOUL 21.1MTRS. E/S 20.6MTRS IN 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 33.4MTRS. WK LIES E/W. OVER 800FT LONG. (HMS EGERIA, HI 22/70). LC 1504 & NE 1543. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523502N, 015921E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.6MTRS, FOUL 21.1MTRS. E/S 22.0MTRS IN 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 33.4MTRS ON FLAT SEABED. DETECTED BY SONAR 850YDS FROM WEST. GOOD ECHO. LIES E/W, 340FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 8.6.71). NE 1543. H1942/80 3.9.82 EXAM'D 27.2.82 IN 523454N, 015930E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. HYDROSEARCH: VERTICAL HT 11.4MTRS, LENGTH 136.6MTRS, BEAM 16.8MTRS. LYING 090/270 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN NEW POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 2.1.15 EXAM'D 25.7.14 IN 5234.931N, 0159.380E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.66 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 2MTR DEEP EXTENDS 70MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEND AND PARTIALLY BURIED WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). IN TWO PARTS, E PART GENERALLY INTACT, W PART (?HOLDS) FULLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000091758 20.7.17 EXAM'D 20.12.16; IN 5234.931N, 0159.446E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 22.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 137.4MTRS, WIDTH 32.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 087/267 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, MOVE TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 34.931 N,1 59.446 E

 

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