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 (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alcyon (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bogstad
8. Brava
9. Brisk (probably)
10. Camelot challenger (possibly)
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Castor 1
14. Cristina
15. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
16. Dumfries
17. Elna e
18. Empire otter
19. Ezra weston (bow section)
20. Ezra weston (stern section)
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Germaine
23. Gregynog
24. Hemsley 1
25. Hmcs regina
26. Hmhs rewa
27. Hugin
28. Humbergate (probably)
29. Hunsgrove
30. Island maid
31. John taylor
32. Kai (possibly)
33. Lake edon
34. Lake owens
35. Lia'g
36. Lisa maria
37. Lombard (possibly)
38. Madryn
39. Marguerite pry
40. Maria asumpta
41. Mefjord (possibly)
42. Milly (possibly)
43. N verberckmoes (possibly)
44. Norma (possibly)
45. Onega
46. Orfordness
47. Pearn pride (possibly)
48. Peer gynt (possibly)
49. Petersham
50. Portugal
51. Risoy (probably)
52. Rossmore (possibly)
53. Runswick
54. Saphir
55. Shad thames
56. Shanes castle
57. Shoreham (probably)
58. Siracusa
59. Skopelos sky (after part)
60. Sphene (probably)
61. St joseph
62. St stanislas
63. Svint
64. Tagona
65. Towneley
66. U 1021 (possibly)
67. U 325 (possibly)
68. U 400 (possibly)
69. Ub 65
70. War baron (probably)
71. Warnow (possibly)

 

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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