This is the information page about the shipwreck Kelvindale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.163 N,3 6.754 W (53.519383, -3.112567)

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.

Name: KELVINDALE

Length 101.8 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 3230 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1898 by short bros, sunderland. owned at time of loss by glasgow steam shipping co ltd. two booilers, triple expansion engine of 345nhp, single shaft. machinery by w allen & co, sunderland. passage liverpool for the river plate. sank after collision with ss sagamore of liverpool about 500yds nw by w 1/4 w (mag) of c5 black can buoy in the crosby channel. later dispersed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 22.1.1917 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 22.1.1917 & JUNE 1917. DEPTH 28FT BELOW LBD. POSN 533105N, 030639W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 12.10.71 WK 4FMS 4FT IN 533106N, 030639W. (MDHB SURVEY K3500(8)MAY 1971). BR STD. 28.2.74 AMEND TO WK 8.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1951. 10.3.81 SHOWN AS WK 8.0MTRS IN 533108N, 030637W ON MDHC SURVEY JAN81. (K8577/4). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/124/01 10.5.06 EXAM'D 21.1.06 IN 5331.1640N, 0306.7538W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.11 IN GEN DEPTH 14.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HT 5.59MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. NO DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2009/000030025 29.4.09 SHOWN AS WK 9.8MTRS ON MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOURS SURVEY DTD 18.3.09. BR STD. 12.1.10 REVERT TO WK 9.1MTRS. (R CAVILL, HRT 1A, 11.1.10). SEP 2012/000198599 9.10.12 SHOWN AS WK 9.6MTRS ON MDH LIVERPOOL SURVEY DTD 6.9.12. BR STD. SEP 2020/000222576 5.10.20 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 5331.163N, 0306.755W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.6MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2020) NFA. SEP2021/000271668 24.11.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 6.9.21 IN 5331.163N, 0306.754W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.7MTRS. LENGTH 115.0MTRS, WIDTH 43.0MTRS, HT 03.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. NFS.  (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY DTD 6.9.21, BDC H525.2 FEATURE REPORT).  RETAIN AS CHARTED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 53 31.163 N,3 6.754 W

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