This is the information page about the shipwreck Inkosi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 35.448 N,4 24.885 W (54.711916666667, -4.2326333333333)

 

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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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Name: INKOSI

Length 106.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3661 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1902 by hall, russel & co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by charent ss co ltd, liverpool. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 483 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for lamlash. torpedoed by u96. 3 men lost.(sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 9.4.18 9.4.18 LOST ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF BURROW HEAD. (BOT MASTER). 28.3.18 28.3.18 TORPEDOED ABOUT 10 MILES SW OF BURROW HEAD. DRIFTED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST AFTER BEING TORPEDOED. POSN 14 MILES SW BY 1/2 E FROM MULL OF GALLOWAY OR 543500N, 042800W. HH100/351/11 21.2.96 HH100/351/11 21.2.96 WK IN 543531N, 042440W [OGB]. (K HURLEY). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 LARGE WK REPORTED IN 543530.5N, 042439.5W [OGB]. POSN FROM DECCA. COULD ONLY BE THE 'INKOSI'. (A CORKILL). HH090/728/01 25.2.99 HH090/728/01 25.2.99 EXAM'D 11.11.98 IN 5435.448N, 0424.885W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.0 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 15.5MTRS. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 117/297 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT HULL DAMAGE AND PROBABLE BROKEN KEEL. (NP 1008, HI 728). LIES ON SIDE, BROKEN IN TWO. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AMEND TO WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/728/01 26.5.99 HH090/728/01 26.5.99 EXAM'D 17.3.99. SWEPT CLEAR 35.2, FOUL 35.4MTRS. (NP 1008, HI 728). AMEND TO SW 35MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/16 22.6.00 HH100/351/16 22.6.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. ONLY 50% DIVED BUT DUE TO ITS SIZE AND STERN DECK AREA ACCOMMODATION CAN ONLY BE THE INKOSKI. LIES ON STBD SIDE. INTACT IN THE AFTER SECTION. FIRST SIGN OF COLLAPSE IS AROUND THE ENGINE ROOM WHERE THE PORT SIDE OF THE HULL IS OPENED, EITHER BY THE TORPEDO OR BY SALVAGE. FWD SECTION NOT DIVED. (P J MOIR, LTR DTD 22.6.00). NCA. HH100/351/21 12.11.04 HH100/351/21 12.11.04 BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN 2004, CONFIRMING IDENTITY. (D STEAD, LTR DTD 11.04). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE. BROKEN IN TWO

Position: 54 35.448 N,4 24.885 W

 

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