This is the information page about the shipwreck Kai (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.796 N,5 5.139 W (50.663267, -5.085650)

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.

Name: KAI (POSSIBLY)

Length 73.6 meter, width: 10.9 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1251 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-torholm, ex-roskva, ex-lom. built in 1904 by nylands, oslo. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 132nhp, single shaft. passage swansea for southampton. cargo coal. struck submerged wreckage between newquay and trevose head, developed a severe leak and foundered before reaching shallow water. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/799/01 22.11.01 HH090/799/01 22.11.01 EXAM'D 10.9.01 IN 5039.796N, 0505.139W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.4 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. LARGE WK, WELL BROKEN UP. (NP 1008, HI 912). BR STD. 1.8.02 1.8.02 SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH [60228] AS WKS 49MTRS. NE 1156. 6.2.04 6.2.04 LIES CLOSE TO A U-BOAT [SEE 60228] AND APPEARS TO HAVE RAMMED THE SUBMARINE. COULD BE 'KAI'. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 6.2.04). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, WELL BROKEN UP WK See Also: 60228

Position: 50 39.796 N,5 5.139 W

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