This is the information page about the shipwreck Kalibia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 31.789 N,5 29.509 W (49.715066666667, -5.6515333333333)

 

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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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2. Ada (possibly)
3. Briagha mara
4. Brigamara
5. Carpo (possibly)
6. Catena
7. Chattahoochee (possibly)
8. Christine
9. City of corinth (possibly)
10. Eva (possibly)
11. Graziella
12. Heathdene
13. Henley (possibly)
14. Hms mourne (possibly)
15. Kalibia (possibly)
16. Kornog (possibly)
17. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
18. Lady cory-wright
19. Lorle (probably)
20. Lovat
21. Madame midas (possibly)
22. Maidag (possibly)
23. Merle
24. Polycarp (possibly)
25. Sabre of newquay
26. Semper parates
27. Sidmouth (possibly)
28. Umdali mendi (possibly)

 

Name: KALIBIA (POSSIBLY)

Length 125 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4930 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1902 by scott & co. owned at the time of loss by clyde shipping co. passage norfork for bordeaux. torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. 25 lives lost. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 97 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 29 MILES SW OF THE LIZARD. (WW1SL & DODS). SINKING POSN APPROX 493000N, 054000W. (AP REPORT, DOCKET M016351). SINKING POSN APPROX 493100N, 053300W. (BOT 80980 & M016380). NCA. H6501/87 8.3.89 H6501/87 8.3.89 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK LOCATED IN 493145N, 052927W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). [NO DETAILS YET RECEIVED - AWAIT FURTHER]. HH090/430/01 12.7.89 HH090/430/01 12.7.89 LARGE, PARTIALLY BROKEN WK EXAM'D 12.11.88 IN 493145N, 052927W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79 IN GEN DEPTH 97MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 17.5MTRS, SHADOW HT 11.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 18.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 20.5MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS WITH BOW N. HAS THREE HIGH POINTS - THE HIGHEST A MAST-LIKE PROJECTION AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). CHART AS WK 79MTRS.

- NM 2234/89. HH100/351/18 14.8.02 HH100/351/18 14.8.02 STEEL MAST STANDING 14MTRS FROM A POINT ON THE TOP OF THE HULL (MR TUCK, TELECON 12.8.02). NCA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, PARTIALLY BROKEN WK, MAST STANDS MIDSHIPS

Position: 49 31.789 N,5 29.509 W

 

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