Wreck: Kalua
This is the information page about the shipwreck Kalua, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.466 N,1 17.589 W (55.007767, -1.293150)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: KALUA
Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 722 ton
Cause: bombed by aircraft. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: POSN 550032N, 011722W OR 095 DEGS 3.77MINS FROM R TYNE N PIER LT. H01495/41 11.6.41 INS AS NDWPA.
- NM 1355/41. H2189/71 22.5.72 SONAR CONTACTS, POSSIBLE WK, ABOUT 7 CABLES NE. (ISS, 1971). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 152. H4871/68 12.10.78 WK IN 550024N, 011734W [OGB]. DCS3 HT 9MTRS IN DEPTH OF 42MTRS. DEBRIS 26MTRS DIAMETER. (E MARGRETT WIMPEY LAB LTD, 11.9.78). AMENDED TO WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 22.7.98 IN 550027.6N, 011735.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 34.8, FOUL 35.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.1 IN GEN DEPTH 39.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. ON ITS SIDE, PARTIALLY INTACT. WRECKAGE/DEBRIS ALONG EASTERN SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 34MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 28.2.19 EXAM’D 28.2.19 IN 5500.466N, 0117.589W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.03MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 57.8MTRS, WIDTH 15.5MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 159/339EGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 7MTRS, WIDTH 63.6MTRS, 1.0MTRS DEEP TOWARD 159DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT, DEBRIS ALONG E SIDE WITH SLIGHT SCOURING. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT
Position: 55 0.466 N,1 17.589 W
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