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 (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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