This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms keith, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.72 N,2 26.711 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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.

 

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4. Bowsprite (bow section)
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6. Brighton
7. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
8. Calypso
9. Clan macalister
10. Clan macneil (possibly)
11. Cmb 71a
12. De wandilaar
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14. Douaisien (possibly)
15. Ely
16. Estafette
17. Etendard
18. Fenella (possibly)
19. Fennella
20. Fl5
21. Floride (probably)
22. Foudroyant
23. Foudroyant (possibly)
24. G 96
25. Ganko
26. Halo (probably)
27. Hms basilisk
28. Hms brighton queen
29. Hms gracie fields
30. Hms grafton
31. Hms grenade
32. Hms keith
33. Hms king orry
34. Hms polly johnson
35. Hms skipjack
36. Hms st abbs
37. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
38. Hms wakeful
39. Hms waverley
40. Hms whitley
41. Horst
42. Hs 97 (possibly)
43. Jaguar
44. Kap arkona
45. Kestrel
46. Keulse vaart iv
47. L'urtiga (possibly)
48. Laura
49. Le copain d'abord
50. Lorina
51. Lorina (possibly)
52. Lst 420 (bow section)
53. Lst 420 (stern section)
54. Lucy jenny ii
55. Marie
56. Mariner (possibly)
57. Marthe
58. Melrose
59. Mona's queen
60. Normannia
61. P 319
62. Prinses astrid
63. Queen of the channel (possibly)
64. Quo vadis
65. R.93 (possibly)
66. Rita
67. Robert-clara
68. Sabrina
69. Saint camille
70. Sea hunter
71. Sigurds faulbaums
72. St corentin
73. St fagan
74. Sterre der zee
75. Toquet
76. Torpilleur branlebas
77. Trifels
78. Tringa
79. Ub29
80. Uc 63
81. V 201 (possibly)
82. Vlaanderen (probably)
83. West-hinder
84. Wielingen ii (possibly)
85. Wolf
86. Zeester

 

Name: HMS KEITH

Length 95.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, tonnage 1400 ton

Cause: built in 1930 by j s white & co. 3-drum boilers, turbines of 34,000shp for 35 knots. four 4.7 inch guns, 6 smaller guns, 8 torpedo tubes. bombed and set on fire by german aircraft during evacuation of b.e.f. from dunkirk. was abandoned and sank. (ww2sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 26.6.40 SANK AT ANCHOR NEAR NO 8 BUOY, DUNKIRK. POSN NOT CLEAR. NCA. H733/58 6.9.60 INS WK 4FMS 3FT. (FR 5513). NE 323. 11.9.72 AMEND WK 8.4MTRS. NC 323. H1283/76/118 7.9.76 POSN 510446.8N, 022613.8E [EUR] AND NAME TAKEN FROM FRENCH WRECK INFORMATION. (R A LEE OF DEAL). H2981/78 1.8.79 WK 7.9MTRS IN 510446N, 022648E [EUR]. (BREST NM 79 24 36). BR STD. 16.8.85 WK OF BRITISH DESTROYER IN 510446N, 022647E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 9.2 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. 100MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. WELL-BROKEN UP. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). CONFIRMED AS WK OF HMS KEITH. LEAST DEPTH 7.9 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. (FR WK 21612062). H1310/86/24 6.10.86 LIES ON PORT SIDE. INTACT EXCEPT FOR A FEW CRACKS ALONG HER SIDE. IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED BY SHIPS CREST - HEAD OF WILD BOAR. (J COULON, 15.9.86). 6.2.89 [OGB] POSN: 510441N, 022649E. NC 323. [WGD] POSN: 5104.720N, 0226.711E. SEP 2016/000076595 20.9.16 SHOWN AS WK 9.1MTRS IN 5104.720N, 0226.711E [WGD] ON FR474240 & FRENCH 7424. [ED 3, 2016]. AMEND TO DW 9.1MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 419/20. INTACT, ON PORT SIDE

Position: 51 4.72 N,2 26.711 E

 

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