This is the information page about the shipwreck Kaffraria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 50.149 N,8 50.936 E (53.8571, 8.7448666666667)

 

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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: KAFFRARIA

Length 72.5 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1039 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1864 by j laing with compound engines of 90hp. owned at time of loss by w.s bailey. passage hull for hamburg. wrecked at ottendorf. (dods).

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1920, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2799/20 21.4.20 WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA (1920) IN 535018N, 085114E. (BERLIN NM 1008/20).

- NM 733/20. H3861/20 1.6.20 NOW DW IN 535014N, 085107E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H6068/31 31.8.31 WK HAS BROKEN IN TWO, IN 535020N, 085103E & 515010N, 085101E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H312/64 27.10.64 WK 7.6MTRS [4FMS 1FT] IN 535020N, 085105E [EUR], MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G, N TOPMARK CLOSE NW. (HAMBURG NM 4047/64) H312/64 29.10.64 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 4240/64) BR STD. H312/64 26.11.64 DELETE WK. (HAMBURG NM 4561/64) DELETE. BR STD. H1132/64 19.8.70 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 4MTRS, MARKED BY G SPAR BUOY, RAREFL CLOSE N. (HAMBURG NM 2983/70). BR STD. H1132/64 20.8.74 NOW WK SW 3.6MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2673/74). NE 3261. H2903/77 13.8.79 NOW WK SW 4.5MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2096/79). BR STD. H3967/76 15.11.82 NOW WK SW 4.7MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 3763/82) NCA. 7.9.83 SHOWN AS WK SW 4.5MTRS ON GERMAN 44 [5TH EDN 1983]. NC 3261. H3967/76 28.11.84 POSN NOW FOUL. BUOYAGE REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 4097/84). BR STD. H3740/85 11.10.85 WKGE, SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.8MTRS, IN 535011.5N, 085100.5E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM 3825/85). NE 3261. SEP 2016/000033495 21.3.16 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5350.152N, 0850.928E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44. (EDN 44, COR TO 8.1.16). AMEND F.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 50.149 N,8 50.936 E

 

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