Wreck: Kathe niederkirchner (Carrier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Kathe niederkirchner, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.495 N,2 56.038 W (58.691583, -2.933967)
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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: KATHE NIEDERKIRCHNER
Length 142.3 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 8003 ton
Load: granular or powdery material
Cause: built in 1964 by warnowwerft, warnebunde. owned at time of loss by deutsche seereederei, passage havana for radstock. ran aground on muckle skerry in thick fog, rolled over & sank later the same day. crew recovered. (msd).
Year of registration: 1965
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 36 cm
Known since: 1965, last detected: 20211219
Details measurements/cartography: H3156/65 4.10.65 DW IN 584134N, 025548W. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD, 31.8.65). BR STD. H2925/83 14.1.85 LOCATED 24.9.84 IN 584131N, 025557W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.2 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 10-15MTRS. LYING 070/250DEG. NOT FULLY EXAM'D DUE PROXIMITY OF SHORE. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). BR STD. RSDRA2022000137295 22.11.22 EXAM'D 19.12.2021; IN 5841.495N, 0256.038W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 41.16MTRS, WIDTH 14.51MTRS, HEIGHT 11.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 036/216 DEGS. DEGRADED WK. NOT FULLY EXAM'D DUE PROXIMITY OF SHORE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1709 - H525-1224). AMEND DW 6.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED WK
Position: 58 41.495 N,2 56.038 W
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