This is the information page about the shipwreck H k daniels, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.799 N,0 51.482 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: H K DANIELS
Length 26.8 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 61 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Thames barge. wooden hull. auxillary engine. passage london for whitstable. mined on cant shoal. (ww2sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1943, last detected: 1967
Details measurements/cartography: H02775/43 6.11.43 POSN 512743N, 005130E USING HSA. A LARGE MOORED BUOYANT SPAR, RESEMBLING THE MAST OF A SAILING BARGE WAS FIXED BY SEXTANT ANGLES. (HMS ST TUDNO, HN 6.9.43).
- NM 2388/43. H02775/43 18.3.44 DEPTH AROUND WK 10-12FT. POSN 512801N, 005213E. G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE N. (TH, 10.3.44).
- NM 588/44. H02775/43 3.4.44 NOT LOCATED IN PREVIOUS POSN AFTER INTENSIVE SWEEPING. WK PRESUMED TO BE H K DANIELS REPORTED IN POSN 035DEG 2.96M FROM MINSTER CH. POSN NOW 512746N, 005135E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 17.3.44)
- NM 719/44. H02775/43 4.7.46 EXAM'D 12.6.46 IN 512746N, 005135E [OGB], OR 178DEGS, 8490FT FROM GREAT NORE TOWER. SWEPT CLEAR 8FT, FOUL AT 9FT. SURROUNDING SEABED VERY EVEN AT 12FT. A SMALL CRATER DEPTH 2FT, & A PROJECTION OF 3FT ABOVE THE SEABED WAS RECORDED ON THE ECHO TRACE. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 12.6.46).
- NM 2326/46. H02775/43 26.6.47 WK BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH).
- NM 1750/47. H1933/61 26.3.62 SHOWN AS WK 1FM 1FT [LAT] ON K2356. H2984/67 12.9.67 SAILING BARGE, MINED 1942 ON CANT SHOAL. POSN UNCERTAIN. AREA REPORTED SWEPT BY QHM 1955, BUT CHART REMAINS UNALTERED. (HM MEDWAY). [WGD] POSN: 5127.799N, 0051.482E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL
Position: 51 27.799 N,0 51.482 E