This is the information page about the shipwreck Katina bulgari, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.488 N,0 31.241 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: KATINA BULGARI
Length 118.9 meter, width: 16 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 4569 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-katins '33. ex-grelwen, ex-tonwen, ex-tavian. built in 1912 by richardson, duck & co ltd, stockton. owned at time of loss by george j papayannakis. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 409hp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co ltd, stockton. passage hull for buenos aires. cargo coal. sank following collision with american ss meanticut (6061 grt) in fog some 5 miles s of humber ltv. later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H1434/39 22.2.39 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FT. DISPERSAL OPERATIONS TO TAKE PLACE. (TELECON TH 16.2.39 & THNM 6/39). - TNM 370/39. H6517/39 2.10.39 WK IS MARKED BY TWO UNLIGHTED BUOYS. (TH).
- NM 2158/39. H6517/39 18.11.39 LEAST DEPTH 42FT [LWOST] IN 533500N, 003000E APPROX. ALL BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH 9.11.39). INS WK 7FMS. - FNM 2568/39. H5204/46 12.8.48 LOCATED IN 533528N, 003121E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37FT, FOUL AT 39FT. LYING IN A SCOUR 3FT DEEP. GEN DEPTH 60-62FT. (HMSMLS & HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.7.48). AMEND TO WK 6.25FMS.
- NM 1779/48. H5204/46 24.6.68 EXAM'D 28.5.68 IN 533528N, 003119E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 33FT, FOUL 34FT. GEN DEPTH 58FT [LAT]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ECHO, 28.5.68). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 5FT.
- NM 1110/68. 19.6.75 AMEND TO WK 10.7MTRS. NC 107. H3805/72 28.2.78 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. (SOISS, HI 54/77). NCA YET. H3805/72 19.10.79 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 8.3MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, SIGNAL DTD 19.10.79).
- NM 2600(P)/79. H3805/72 13.11.79 LEAST DEPTH 8.3 TO 8.8MTRS [LAT] CONFIRMED. N CARD BUOY, QKFL, ESTABLISHED 200FT N. (TH, TELEX 13.11.79).
- NM 2833/79. H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAM'D 17.10.79 IN 533528N, 003120E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. APPEARS TO BE LYING WITH ONLY UPPER WORKS SHOWING ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED AT W END. 100MTR LONG SCOUR. (SOISS, HI 64/79). 23.10.80 BEING DISPERSED BY E KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS LTD. OPS ALMOST COMPLETED. (E GILES, 22.10.80). H3805/72 28.5.81 CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 13MTRS [LAT]. BUOY REMOVED. (TH YARMOUTH, TELEX 19.5.81).
- NM 1261/81. H1944/80 21.4.82 EXAM'D 21.5.81 IN 533528N, 003120E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.03MTRS. LYING, V BROKEN UP, 113/293DEGS. SONAR LENGTH 132MTRS, BEAM 21MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). NCA. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 11.12.13 IN 5335.488N, 0031.241E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.44 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 37MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS ESE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). AMEND WK 14.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP
Position: 53 35.488 N,0 31.241 E