This is the information page about the shipwreck Kelvinia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.514 N,4 42.753 W (51.561783333333, -4.7479)

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: KELVINIA

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 5039 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1913 by russel & co of port glasgow. owned at time of loss by glasgow steam shipping co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 496 hp, single shaft. passage avonmouth for glasgow. general cargo. hit mine laid by u78. taken in tow but sank some 2 hours later.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: LOST 11 MILES S OF CALDY ISLANDS LT. (LLOYD'S WW1 LOSSES). H736/17 3.2.17 H736/17 3.2.17 POSN 513330N, 044230W WITH BUOY CLOSE SOUTH. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 88/17. H3572/19 3.5.19 H3572/19 3.5.19 DEPTH OF 63FT OVER WRECK. BUOY REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS AS WK 10FMS, DELETE BUOY. BR STD. 4.7.24 4.7.24 AMENDED TO NDW. H2907/54 21.6.54 H2907/54 21.6.54 POSN AMENDED TO 513338N, 044230W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 6.10.72 6.10.72 INS AS WK 10FMS. NE 1178 & 1179. 9.4.74 9.4.74 SHOWN AS NDW BUT AMENDED TO WK 18MTRS. NC 1178. H1284/77/172 11.8.77 H1284/77/172 11.8.77 HULL OWNED BY J.RICHARDS OF CWMBRAN WHO IS UNDER CONTRACT TO THE TREASURY SOLICITOR TO RAISE THE CARGO OF STEEL BILLETS. (R EDMONDS, LTR DTD 24.4.77). 10.7.13 SEP 2013/000142153 10.7.13 LOCATED IN 5133.512N, 0442.742W [WGD]. (FUGRO EMU LTD, HN DTD 3.7.13). COLLAPSED WITH BOW/STERN & MIDSHIPS MACHINERY EVIDENT. LIES APPROX 125/305 DEGS.?BOWS NW. AMEND POSN.

- NM 3459/13. 22.1.14 22.1.14 EXAM'D 24.9.13 IN 5133.514N, 0442.753W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 38.1MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.29MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 6MTRS NE. LENGTH 128MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 124/304 DEGS. HAS APPARENTLY BEEN SALVAGED. (FUGRO EMU, HI 1375). UPRIGHT, INTACT BUT GENERALLY COLLAPSED. MIDSHIPS IS HIGHEST POINT. BOWS NW. AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 6.2.14 6.2.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.11MTRS. STANDS 7.5MTRS HIGH. (SDC BATHY, HI 1375). AMEND WK 30MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: GENERALLY COLLAPSED, BOWS NW, MACHINERY EVIDENT

Position: 51 33.514 N,4 42.753 W

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