This is the information page about the shipwreck Kabinda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.084 N,1 29.179 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Brendonia
19. Ca 4
20. Camisard
21. Cap de la hague
22. Carmen
23. Cathay (part of)
24. Cedrington court
25. City of brisbane
26. Colbert
27. Colbert (possibly)
28. Constanzia
29. Corhaven
30. Corheath
31. Correct
32. Costas michalos (aft section)
33. Costas michalos (fwd part)
34. D'artagnan
35. Dalryan
36. Dartmore
37. Diana
38. Dinard
39. Dixie
40. Dolcoath (part)
41. Dolcoath (part)
42. Dorothy j (possibly)
43. Dortejensen
44. Duiveland
45. Dunbar castle
46. E goodwin ltv
47. Efford
48. Eidsiva (probably)
49. Eleonora
50. Embla (possibly)
51. Emile deschamps
52. Emma
53. Emma (possibly)
54. Empire lough (probably)
55. Empress of fort william (probably)
56. Empress of midland (possibly)
57. En avant
58. Erins isle (possibly)
59. Falcon (probably)
60. Fearless
61. Filleigh
62. Flachsee
63. Flandres
64. Francesco ciampa
65. Fred everard
66. Frons olivae (probably)
67. Fulmar
68. G 85 (possibly)
69. G-42 (possibly)
70. Gad 23
71. Genimar
72. Girasol
73. Grazia (possibly)
74. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
75. Halcyon
76. Harcalo
77. Hawksdale
78. Hawnby
79. Henry moon
80. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
81. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
82. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
83. Hmhs anglia
84. Hms alert ?
85. Hms aragonite (part of)
86. Hms aragonite (part of)
87. Hms aries (possibly)
88. Hms artic trapper
89. Hms blanche
90. Hms brazen
91. Hms carilon
92. Hms carlton
93. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
94. Hms chestnut (probably)
95. Hms city of dundee
96. Hms cleon
97. Hms desiree
98. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
99. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
100. Hms fauvette
101. Hms flirt
102. Hms glen boyne
103. Hms gracie (probably)
104. Hms guardsman
105. Hms kingston galena
106. Hms lydian
107. Hms marcella
108. Hms mastiff (possibly)
109. Hms myrtle
110. Hms napia
111. Hms niger (possibly)
112. Hms northumberland (probably)
113. Hms othello ii
114. Hms peridot
115. Hms pyrope
116. Hms ray of hope
117. Hms restoration (possibly)
118. Hms rodino
119. Hms stirling castle (probably)
120. Hms tamarisk
121. Hms torbay ii (probably)
122. Hms tourmaline
123. Hms tranquil
124. Hms war sepoy
125. Hms weigelia
126. Hms wessex
127. Hmsm b2
128. Hundvaag
129. Ilaro
130. Ira (possibly)
131. Irene
132. Jacob luckenbach
133. James harrod
134. Josephine charlotte
135. Josephine willis
136. Jupiter (probably)
137. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
138. Kabinda
139. Kadru
140. Karmt
141. Katharina kolkmann
142. Kielce
143. Kirsten skou
144. Koenigshaven
145. L'armandeche
146. Lady stella
147. Latona
148. Laurl coin
149. Lbv (m)396
150. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
151. Le pelerin de la mer
152. Leicester
153. Leo
154. Lighter 83
155. Lisbeth m
156. Loanda
157. Lolworth
158. Lord hamilton (possibly)
159. Luray victory
160. Lusitania
161. Mahratta
162. Mahratta ii
163. Maloja 1
164. Malta (probably)
165. Margate sand beacon
166. Mariner moon
167. Menapier
168. Merel (part of)(possibly)
169. Mersey
170. Monarch
171. Monica (possibly)
172. Mudlark
173. Murillo
174. Nancy moran
175. Newlands
176. Niki
177. Norman
178. Norman
179. North eastern victory
180. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
181. Ocean king (possibly)
182. Opal
183. Ousel (probably)
184. Pallieter
185. Paros isle
186. Polgrange
187. Ponzano
188. Preussen
189. Pulborough
190. Quentovic
191. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
192. Regin (possibly)
193. Rooswijk
194. Rubislaw
195. Rydal force
196. Rynanna
197. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
198. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
199. Sabac
200. Saidieh
201. Saint michael veillez sur nous
202. Saint ronan (possibly)
203. Saint ronan (possibly)
204. Sambut
205. San calisto
206. Santagata
207. Santagata (?part of)
208. Sea serpent
209. Selma (possibly)
210. Shenandoah
211. Slesvig
212. Spaarndem
213. Spanish prince
214. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
215. St cecilia
216. St claire (possibly)
217. Strathclyde
218. Surrey
219. Teeswood
220. Texaco caribbean (after section)
221. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
222. The queen
223. Tina primo
224. Tongue sand tower (remains)
225. Toromoree
226. Toward
227. Traquair (probably)
228. Tummel (probably)
229. U 11 (possibly)
230. U 16 (possibly)
231. U 48
232. Uama
233. Ub 108 (possibly)
234. Ub 109
235. Ub 12 (possibly)
236. Ub 29 (possibly)
237. Ub 38
238. Ub 55 (probably)
239. Ub 56 (possibly)
240. Ub 58 (possibly)
241. Ub 78
242. Uc 21 (possibly)
243. Uc 26
244. Uc 46
245. Uc 46 (possibly)
246. Uc 77 (possibly)
247. Ursus (part)
248. Virginie
249. W a scholten
250. Warfleth
251. Westerley star
252. Wheatman (possibly)
253. Will and maggie (probably)
254. Woodtown (possibly)
255. Xanthence

 

Name: KABINDA

Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, tonnage 5030 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: ex-belgier, ex-war shamrock. built in 1917 by harland & wolff ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by cie maritime belge int, belgium. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 490 nhp, single shaft. passage buenos aires for antwerp. grounded & broke her back. (north foreland radio & sibi).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H0183/39 5.2.40 ST 060DEGS, 3.4M FROM DEAL PIER LT. (FO, DOVER).

- NM 1045/40 & FNM 335/40. H5854/47 1.7.59 TWO MASTS ALWAYS VISIBLE. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY [E8185/14], DTD 1947). H927/59 30.9.60 NOW HAS LEAST E/S DEPTH 4FT. (ECES, DTD 1959). AMEND TO WK 0FMS 4FT.

- NMS 906/60 & 1088/60. H2421/62 23.8.62 LOCATED, NOT SWEPT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10FT IN GEN DEPTH 19FT. SCOUR 54FT. (HMS EGERIA, MAR '62). CHART AS WK 0FMS 5FT [LAT]. LC 1828. H2996/65 9.11.65 TWO SHIP DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 1FT, FOUL AT 4FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11FT IN GEN DEPTH 36FT. SCOUR 51FT. SEABED SAND. (HMS ECHO, DTD 1.7.65). H3890/68 19.3.68 LOCATED USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 18-36FT. SCOUR DEPTH 48FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LARGE SCOUR TO THE WESTWARD. DISTURBED WATER. [+2FT TO ALL SOUNDINGS TO AGREE WITH CHART 1828]. (HMS EGERIA, HI 49/67). AMEND TO WK 1FM. BR STD. H2234/71 2.2.71 LOCATED IN 511503N, 012918E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR 16MTRS. SLOPING SEABED. WK LIES ON EDGE OF BANK. GOOD SONAR CONTACT, EASILY FOUND. (HMS EGERIA, HI 16/70IX). 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 1.2MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 LOCATED IN 511503N, 012914E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9-15MTRS. SCOUR 16.5MTRS [LAT]. ON SLOPING SEABED. LARGE WK WITH CONSIDERABLE SURFACE DISTURBANCE LIES APPROX NE/SW WITH LARGE SCOUR ON WEST SIDE. (HMS ECHO, H525 NO.27/73). NCA. H1938/78 20.3.81 EXAM'D 19.11.80 IN 511503N, 012917E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 1.4, FOUL AT 1.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7-10MTRS. SCOUR 15-16MTRS ON BOTH SIDES. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. LENGTH 150MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LYING 065/245DEGS. REASONABLY INTACT & CAUSING MASSIVE SURFACE DISTURBANCE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO SW 1.4MTRS IN 511503N, 012917E. BR STD. H1951/80 28.5.81 EXAM'D 8.4.81. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.6MTRS. RETAIN 1980 SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 21A). NCA. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THIS WK HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 12.7.86 IN 511503N, 012917E USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.0 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5-15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.7MTRS. WK APPARENTLY INTACT WITH BUILD-UP OF SAND TO S OF WK AND SCOUR TO N. RECOMMEND RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA. HH090/511/01 15.10.91 EXAM'D 22.6.91 IN 511502.9N, 012916.6E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 1.9, FOUL AT 2.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.25 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16MTRS. LARGE WK LYING 069/249DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 511). AMEND TO SW 1.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/738/01 23.7.97 EXAM'D 19.6.97 IN 511503.1N, 012916.9E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 1.5, FOUL 1.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE AROUND WHICH A SANDWAVE HAS FORMED. SCOUR EXTENDS 30MTRS IN DIRECTION 220 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMEND TO SW 1.5MTRS.

- NM 3123/97. [WGD] POSN: 5115.084N, 0129.179E. HH091/294/01 23.3.10 EXAM'D 15.8.09 IN 5115.086N, 0129.176E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.89 IN GEN DEPTH 14.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 12.0MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. INTACT, UPRIGHT. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW

Position: 51 15.084 N,1 29.179 E

 

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