This is the information page about the shipwreck Kendy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.749 N,3 43.729 W (51.21105, -3.4662333333333)
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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: KENDY
Length 28.4 meter, width: 5.6 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 139 ton
Load: stone,sand
Cause: built 1919 by j crichton & co., saltney with 2 cylinder compound engine of 12 hp, single shaft & 1 boiler. machinery by rutherford & co., birkenhead. owned at time of loss by sessions & sons ltd. sank whilst on passage cardiff to swansea. (sibi)
Year of registration: 1928
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 54 cm
Known since: 1928, last detected: 20180222
Details measurements/cartography: H4431/29 7.9.29 SANK 1.25M NW 0.25 W FROM PORTHCAWL CG. GIVES POSN 512848N, 034324W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY. H3489/31 18.5.31 SEARCHED FOR UNSUCCESSFULLY. (TH, LTR 1931). HH090/522/01 29.11.93 NOT FOUND. LOCALS DO NOT BELIEVE ANY TRACE OF THIS WK REMAINS. POSN GIVEN IN A LETTER DATED 14.5.31 WAS '300 YARDS OFF RHWCHINS (?HUTCHWYNS) POINT'. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 522). NCA. AMENDED TO DEAD. SEP 2018/000204444 22.2.18 EXAM'D 22.2.18 IN 5128.749N, 0343.729W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.28 IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 24.1MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 054/234 DEGS. CLEARLY DEFINED AND IN ONE PIECE. LOCATED WITHIN A SANDWAVE AREA, SO COULD BE COVERED AND UNCOVERED BY NATURAL SEABED MOVEMENT. (TITAN ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS LTD, HI1501). AMEND DW 4.28MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 28.749 N,3 43.729 W