This is the information page about the shipwreck Kegums, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 41.726 N,1 17.665 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)

 

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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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Name: KEGUMS

Length 129.5 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5525 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1912 by w denny & bros, went aground at the entrance to bordeaux, about 2.5m offshore. vessel broke in two & sank. owned at the time of loss by grauds-harlow. vessel was on passage from hampton roads to bordeaux. (dods).

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1948, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1543/49 18.3.49 ST IN 454145N, 011735W. (PARIS NM 02028/49). NE 2910. 2.12.65 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2910. 31.1.77 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 6335 [1976 EDN]. 20.9.83 SHOWN IN 454147N, 011735W ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. 21.9.83 LARGE MERCHANT SHIP 'KEGUNS' IN 454147N, 011735W. GEN DEPTH BY E/S 7MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983, NO.14551046). NC 2910. 14.3.90 POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. TONNAGE GIVEN AS 3000TONS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988, NO.14551046). 28.12.01 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 4541.736N, 0117.692W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7405 [1ST ED 2001, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. HH353/540/04 11.1.01 NOW DW, LEGEND PD REMOVED. (FRENCH NM 01 50 28) BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3563/18

Position: 45 41.726 N,1 17.665 W

 

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