This is the information page about the shipwreck Katharina kolkmann, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.304 N,1 14.217 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Amplegarth
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argo
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Blanc nez
13. Bobby
14. Brandenburg
15. Bravore
16. Brendonia
17. Cabo espartel
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. De fontaine
25. Dinard
26. Dorothy j (possibly)
27. Efford
28. Eidsiva (probably)
29. Electra
30. Eleonora
31. Emma
32. Emma (possibly)
33. Empire lough (probably)
34. Empress of fort william (probably)
35. En avant
36. Eustratios (probably)
37. Evolution
38. Excellence pleske
39. Falcon (probably)
40. Fearless
41. Flachsee
42. Flandres
43. Francesco ciampa
44. G-asad
45. Gad 23
46. Gladys
47. Grit (probably)
48. Grosser kurfurst
49. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
50. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
51. Halcyon
52. Henry moon
53. Heron
54. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
55. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
56. Hmhs anglia
57. Hms aragonite (part of)
58. Hms aragonite (part of)
59. Hms aries (possibly)
60. Hms blackwater
61. Hms brazen
62. Hms carlton
63. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
64. Hms city of dundee
65. Hms cleon
66. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
67. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
68. Hms glen boyne
69. Hms kingston galena
70. Hms lydian
71. Hms marcella
72. Hms myrmidon
73. Hms napia
74. Hms niger (possibly)
75. Hms northumberland (probably)
76. Hms othello ii
77. Hms peridot
78. Hms restoration (possibly)
79. Hms rodino
80. Hms stirling castle (probably)
81. Hms torbay ii (probably)
82. Hms tranquil
83. Hms war sepoy
84. Hms weigelia
85. Hmsm b2
86. Hmt gullfoss
87. Holland
88. Hundvaag
89. Hydaspes (possibly)
90. Ilaro
91. Ines
92. Ira (possibly)
93. Jacob luckenbach
94. James harrod
95. Jokai
96. Josephine willis
97. Kabinda
98. Kadru
99. Katharina kolkmann
100. Kielce
101. Kirsten skou
102. Koenigshaven
103. L'armandeche
104. La fleche
105. Lady stella
106. Latona
107. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
108. Le tregor
109. Leicester
110. Leila najia
111. Leo
112. Lighter 83
113. Lizzonia
114. Loanda
115. Loic
116. Luray victory
117. Lusitania
118. Mahratta
119. Mahratta ii
120. Maloja 1
121. Malta (probably)
122. Mersey
123. Milbanke (probably)
124. Moise
125. Monarch
126. Morgenster
127. Mrav
128. Murillo
129. Nancy moran
130. Naranco
131. Negrier
132. Newcastle
133. Niki
134. Norman
135. North eastern victory
136. Northfleet
137. Nunima
138. Ocean king (possibly)
139. Ophelie
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Phoenix
142. Polgrange
143. Portslade (possibly)
144. Preussen
145. Pulborough
146. River levan
147. Rochester castle (possibly)
148. Roode zee (possibly)
149. Roseburn
150. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
151. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
152. Sabac
153. Saint ronan (possibly)
154. Saint ronan (possibly)
155. Salbya (possibly)
156. Samida
157. Santagata
158. Santagata (?part of)
159. Sea serpent
160. Seine
161. Shenandoah
162. Sierra bravia
163. Sir russell
164. Spanish prince
165. St cecilia
166. St claire (possibly)
167. Strathclyde
168. T s webb
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Tokufuku maru
174. Toward
175. Traquair (probably)
176. Trooper
177. U 11 (possibly)
178. U 16 (possibly)
179. U 48
180. U 8
181. Ub 103 (possibly)
182. Ub 108 (possibly)
183. Ub 109
184. Ub 31 ?
185. Ub 38
186. Ub 55 (probably)
187. Ub 56 (possibly)
188. Ub 58 (possibly)
189. Ub 78
190. Ub-33 (probably)
191. Uc 46 (possibly)
192. Uc 63
193. Uc 77 (possibly)
194. Uc 78 or uc 79
195. Unity
196. Vittoria claudia
197. W a scholten
198. Welsh belle
199. Wheatman (possibly)
200. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: KATHARINA KOLKMANN

Length 71.9 meter, tonnage 1056 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: sank after collision with british mv 'gannet', in thick fog. posn approx 5m s of folkstone. was en route wismar to haulbowline.

Year of registration: 1965

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm

Known since: 1965, last detected: 20160722

Details measurements/cartography: H1348/65 23.4.65 DW (MAST) & G SPH LT BUOY QKFLG.10S. (TH NM 23/65).

- NM 763/65. H1348/65 27.4.65 LEAST AVERAGE DEPTH BY E/S AND LEAD LINE 48FT. BUILT UP AREA AFT 39FT. SURROUNDING DEPTHS 84FT. TWO MASTS, ONE FOUL AT 12FT AND THE OTHER AT 22FT. CENTRAL GOAL POST AT 43FT. LIES IN A ENE/WSW DIRECTION. TO BE DISPERSED. (TH 13.4.65). H1348/65 5.8.65 TO BE DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 55FT [MLWS]. CONTRACT PLACED. (TH 21.7.65). H1348/65 8.11.65 CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 60FT, FOUL AT 63FT. (TH 12.10.65). AMEND TO SW 10FMS, DELETE BUOY

- NM 2129/65. 10.9.73 AMENDED TO SW 17.6MTRS. H4199/78 29.9.78 LOCATED 22.9.77 IN 510016N, 011419E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 18.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26-27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LENGTH 83MTRS. LYING 070/250DEGS. ANOTHER WK [13412] LIES 125MTRS S IN 510011N, 011419E WITH LEAST DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS, LYING 080/260DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN MEAN POSN 511013N, 011419E WITH LEGEND 'WKS'. BR STD. H1310/86/15 24.6.86 DIVED ON IN 1985. WK IS WELL-FLATTENED. CARGO, APPARENTLY OF PIG IRON INGOTS, REMAINS IN HER HOLDS. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.6.86). H1310/87/35 21.9.87 DIVED ON 16.7.87 IN 510018N, 011415E. LYING UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. BOW INTACT BUT SIDES AND BULKHEADS COLLAPSED. CARGO OF PIG IRON LIES IN LARGE HEAP FOR'D. WK LIES ACROSS TIDE WITH BOW TO SHORE. (C-LIFT DIVING CONTRACTS LTD, WK REPORT). HH090/711/01 21.1.97 EXAM'D 2.8.96 IN 510017.0N, 011412.0E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.1, FOUL 18.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. LARGE DISTINCT PIECES OF WRECKAGE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SMALL AMOUNT OF SCATTERED DEBRIS LIES ADJACENT. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH SW 18.5MTRS [13412] CLOSE S. DANGER LINE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE BOTH WKS]. SEP2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 22.7.16; IN 5100.304N, 0114.217E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 17.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 70.6MTRS, WIDTH 19.2MTRS, HEIGHT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 072/252 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, DISTINCT PIECES OF WRECKAGE See Also: 13412

Position: 51 0.304 N,1 14.217 E

 

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