This is the information page about the shipwreck Kelvinbank, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 3.964 N,5 40.079 W (59.8661, -5.4513333333333)
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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: KELVINBANK
Length 114 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 4072 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built by glasgow steam shipping co. owned at time of loss by r thompson & sons. 361nhp. 10 knots. triple expansion engines. passage liverpool and glasgow for archangel. torpedoed and sunk 100 miles w of cape wrath. the captain and 15 of the crew were killed.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 950 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.80 NDWPA SHOWN IN 595200N, 060000W. (US P/O DATED 16.10.76). 1.4.96 SANK IN 600400N, 054000W. (WW1SL). TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 3.964 N,5 40.079 W