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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. De fontaine
24. Dinard
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Eleonora
29. Emma
30. Emma (possibly)
31. Empire lough (probably)
32. Empress of fort william (probably)
33. En avant
34. Eustratios (probably)
35. Evolution
36. Excellence pleske
37. Falcon (probably)
38. Fearless
39. Flachsee
40. Flandres
41. Francesco ciampa
42. G-asad
43. Gad 23
44. Gladys
45. Grit (probably)
46. Grosser kurfurst
47. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
48. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
49. Halcyon
50. Henry moon
51. Heron
52. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
53. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
54. Hmhs anglia
55. Hms aragonite (part of)
56. Hms aries (possibly)
57. Hms blackwater
58. Hms brazen
59. Hms carlton
60. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
61. Hms city of dundee
62. Hms cleon
63. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
64. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
65. Hms glen boyne
66. Hms kingston galena
67. Hms lydian
68. Hms marcella
69. Hms myrmidon
70. Hms napia
71. Hms niger (possibly)
72. Hms northumberland (probably)
73. Hms othello ii
74. Hms peridot
75. Hms restoration (possibly)
76. Hms rodino
77. Hms stirling castle (probably)
78. Hms torbay ii (probably)
79. Hms tranquil
80. Hms war sepoy
81. Hms weigelia
82. Hmsm b2
83. Hmt gullfoss
84. Holland
85. Hundvaag
86. Hydaspes (possibly)
87. Ilaro
88. Ines
89. Ira (possibly)
90. Jacob luckenbach
91. James harrod
92. Jokai
93. Josephine willis
94. Kabinda
95. Kadru
96. Katharina kolkmann
97. Kielce
98. Kirsten skou
99. Koenigshaven
100. L'armandeche
101. La fleche
102. Lady stella
103. Latona
104. Le tregor
105. Leicester
106. Leila najia
107. Leo
108. Lizzonia
109. Loanda
110. Loic
111. Luray victory
112. Lusitania
113. Mahratta
114. Mahratta ii
115. Maloja 1
116. Malta (probably)
117. Mersey
118. Milbanke (probably)
119. Moise
120. Monarch
121. Morgenster
122. Mrav
123. Murillo
124. Nancy moran
125. Naranco
126. Negrier
127. Newcastle
128. Niki
129. Norman
130. North eastern victory
131. Northfleet
132. Nunima
133. Ophelie
134. Ousel (probably)
135. Phoenix
136. Polgrange
137. Portslade (possibly)
138. Preussen
139. Pulborough
140. River levan
141. Rochester castle (possibly)
142. Roode zee (possibly)
143. Roseburn
144. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
145. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
146. Sabac
147. Saint ronan (possibly)
148. Saint ronan (possibly)
149. Salbya (possibly)
150. Samida
151. Santagata
152. Santagata (?part of)
153. Sea serpent
154. Seine
155. Shenandoah
156. Sierra bravia
157. Sir russell
158. St cecilia
159. Strathclyde
160. T s webb
161. Teeswood
162. Texaco caribbean (after section)
163. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
164. The queen
165. Tokufuku maru
166. Toward
167. Traquair (probably)
168. Trooper
169. U 11 (possibly)
170. U 16 (possibly)
171. U 48
172. U 8
173. Ub 103 (possibly)
174. Ub 108 (possibly)
175. Ub 109
176. Ub 31 ?
177. Ub 38
178. Ub 55 (probably)
179. Ub 56 (possibly)
180. Ub 58 (possibly)
181. Ub 78
182. Ub-33 (probably)
183. Uc 46 (possibly)
184. Uc 63
185. Uc 77 (possibly)
186. Uc 78 or uc 79
187. Unity
188. Vittoria claudia
189. W a scholten
190. Welsh belle
191. Wheatman (possibly)
192. 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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