This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms kaphreda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 31.784 N,1 50.143 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. Alastair
4. Alice taylor
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
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. Cresta
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. David b summers
27. Denewood
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Edernian
31. El argentino
32. El dorado
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Eva witte
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. Farmatyr
37. Fidelio
38. Firth
39. Frumenton
40. Fulgens
41. Gasfire
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Gipsy (possibly)
45. Glen tilt (possibly)
46. Glynn
47. Groenlo
48. Gulf breaker
49. H h petersen
50. Helena
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms dungeness
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms exmoor
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hms whooper
75. Hmsm d5
76. Ilse
77. Impulsion
78. Kenneth hawksfield
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Lapwing
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Marsworth
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Mascotte
92. Memento (possibly)
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. Osprey
107. Pluton
108. Polaris
109. Prima
110. Regain
111. Ren
112. Reward (possibly)
113. Rhineland
114. Robin iv
115. Robrix
116. Rochester city
117. Rogate
118. Roxanna
119. Rye
120. Scotia
121. Sea rhine
122. Seagull
123. Seaham
124. Sheaf water
125. Silksworth hall (probably).
126. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
127. Skodsburg (possibly)
128. Southford
129. St patrick
130. Stad alkmaar
131. Stanmount
132. Sunniside (probably)
133. Taber park
134. Thomas m (possibly)
135. Tidal (possibly)
136. Tregantle (possibly)
137. Trevethoe
138. U 13 (probably)
139. Ui-001
140. Vanguard
141. Viola (possibly)
142. War valley
143. White lady
144. White swan
145. White swan (possibly)
146. Xanthe
147. Yewvalley (possibly)
148. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS KAPHREDA

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 8.6.16 POSN 523145N, 015000E, APPROX. (MS). H3085/26 CONTAINS DETAILS OF SINKING AND VESSEL. H4282/26 INS AS NDWPA IN 523145N, 015000E. NC 1089. H1001/46 27.8.51 EXAM'D IN 523145N, 015017E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 64, FOUL AT 66FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70 IN GEN DEPTH 86FT. LYING 160/340 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMENDED TO WK 10FMS 4FT. BR STD H1333/60 3.11.60 NOT FOUND. (ECES, 16.11.59). AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD. H3570/67 1.11.67 NOT FOUND. PROBABLY COVERED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 1.9.67). DELETED. BR STD. H4403/71 15.11.79 NOT FOUND. GENERAL DEPTH NOW 8MTRS. (SOISS, HI 633/79). H4022/86 16.6.87 LOCATED IN 523146N, 015018E [OGB] BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. TWO MAGNETIC ANOMALIES DETECTED, ON ADJACENT LINES, OF 8NT & 19NT. NO SONAR CONTACT. POSSIBLY BURIED WRECKAGE. NOMINAL METALLOFERROUS CONTENT IS 93 TONNES. RECOMMEND NCA. (NP 1016, HI 371). NCA. H6333/87 23.6.88 MAGNETIC ANOMALY OF 120NT IN VICINITY. NOT FOUND USING E/S OR SONAR. GEN DEPTH NOW 11MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 416). H3931/88 18.7.89 NOT FOUND. NO MAGNETOMER DEFLECTION. GEN DEPTH NOW 13MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 453). HH090/488/01 11.7.90 NOT FOUND. (NP 1016, HI 488). HH090/513/01 14.6.91 NOT FOUND. (NP 1016, HI 513). HH090/545/01 9.6.92 LOCATED 24.4.92 IN 523146N, 015018E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. VERY SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY ONLY. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 545). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/570/01 28.7.93 LOCATED NEAR CHARTED POSN. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 570). NCA HH090/623/01 5.5.94 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER IN CHARTED POSN. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 623). NCA HH090/662/01 8.6.95 NOT LOCATED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 662). NCA. HH090/687/01 24.4.96 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 687). NCA. HH090/733/01 18.4.97 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 733). NCA. HH090/766/01 13.5.98 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 766). NCA. HH090/848/01 2.6.99 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 848). AMENDED TO ABEY. BR STD. HH090/883/01 28.3.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 883). NCA. HH242/540/19 1.7.05 WK LOCATED IN 5231.784N, 0150.143E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.2MTRS. (NP 1016, HN FOR HI 1111). AMEND LIVE. INS WK 20.2MTRS. BR STD. HH091/111/01 15.8.05 EXAM'D 20.4.05. SWEPT CLEAR 21.0, FOUL 21.3MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.18 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 1111). AMEND WK 20.1MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2008000032945 21.4.08 INS BY NM ACTION ON BA 1543.

- NM 2460/08.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?BOWS S

Position: 52 31.784 N,1 50.143 E

 

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