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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Django
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. English trader
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. Farmatyr
37. Fidelio
38. Frumenton
39. G and e (possibly)
40. Galatea (possibly)
41. Gasfire
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Georgia (for'd part)
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Goodwood (possibly)
49. Groenlo
50. Gulf breaker
51. H h petersen
52. Hamsterley
53. Helena
54. Hms agate
55. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms donside (possibly)
61. Hms evesham (possibly)
62. Hms exmoor
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms force
65. Hms glen prosen
66. Hms harvest gleaner
67. Hms irvana (part of)
68. Hms jessie nutten
69. Hms kaphreda
70. Hms m a west (probably)
71. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
72. Hms orthos (probably)
73. Hms pelton (probably)
74. Hms speeton (possibly)
75. Hms spider
76. Hms tettenhall
77. Hms tonbridge
78. Hms tugela
79. Hms washington (probably)
80. Hmsm d5
81. Horseferry (probably)
82. Impulsion
83. Ionian (probably)
84. Kenneth hawksfield
85. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
86. Knitsley (possibly)
87. La perouse (possibly)
88. Langeli (possibly)
89. Leelite
90. Liliane (possibly)
91. Lindisfarne (probably)
92. Lingfield
93. Mardyke
94. Maria rosa
95. Marianne (probably)
96. Marsworth
97. Mascota (possibly)
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Merchant
100. Mercurius
101. Meriones
102. Mirella
103. Montferland
104. Mudo
105. Murdoch (probably)
106. Nadir
107. Navarra (possibly)
108. Nereus
109. Newland (possibly)
110. Nominoe
111. Nordborg (possibly)
112. Novocastrian
113. Oil trader
114. Onto
115. Osprey
116. Otis tarda
117. Oxshott (possibly)
118. Philipp m
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rochester city
129. Rogate
130. Roine
131. Rokos vergottis
132. Roxanna
133. Rye
134. Scotia
135. Sea rhine
136. Seagull
137. Silksworth hall (probably).
138. Sir william stephenson
139. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
140. Skodsburg (possibly)
141. Southford
142. St patrick
143. Stad alkmaar
144. Stanmount
145. Sunniside (probably)
146. Taber park
147. Thomas m (possibly)
148. Tidal (possibly)
149. Togston
150. Tregantle (possibly)
151. Trevethoe
152. Tunisiana
153. U 13 (probably)
154. Uc 62 (possibly)
155. Ui-001
156. Vanguard
157. Vigo
158. Viola (possibly)
159. Virgilia
160. War mehtar
161. War valley
162. White swan
163. White swan (possibly)
164. Willowpool
165. Xanthe
166. Yewvalley (possibly)
167. 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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