This is the information page about the shipwreck El kahira, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.644 N,1 54.824 W (50.260733, -1.913733)

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.

Name: EL KAHIRA

Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 2034 ton

Cause: built in 1892 by r napier & sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by franco-british ss co ltd, olivier & co ltd, managers. triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by builder. (n r chipchase). disappeared without trace in unseasonable stormy weather. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/962/01 13.12.02 HH090/962/01 13.12.02 EXAM'D 19.6.02 IN 5015.644N, 0154.824W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.8 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 132/312 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INTACT, COLLAPSED. INS AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 21.7.03 HH100/351/20 21.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A LARGE SS OF SOME 2500GT. WELL BROKEN WITH STERN TO THE S. LIES WITH A LIST TO STBD. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE LIES ON ITS SIDE AND TWO BOILERS ARE TIPPED UP ON END. THERE APPEARS TO BE ONE OR TWO MORE PARTIALLY BURIED BOILERS. CYLINDER HEAD OF LP CYLINDER APPROX 5FT IN DIAMETER. POTTERY RECOVERED FROM THE WK MARKED 'KHEDIVIAL MAIL LINE'. THIS COMPANY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE LOST A VESSEL IN THIS AREA. (MV SKIN DEEP, VIA N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/21 8.1.03 HH100/351/21 8.1.03 IDENTITY IS 'EL KAHIRA'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 28.4.05 28.4.05 HAS BEEN IDENIFIED BY BUILDER'S PLATE. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS WNW, TONNAGE BY DIVER

Position: 50 15.644 N,1 54.824 W

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