This is the information page about the shipwreck Kenmore (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 6.091 N,7 30.299 W (55.805666666667, -7.4818333333333)
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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: KENMORE (POSSIBLY)
Length 109.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3919 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1912. torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine whilst en-route liverpool to baltimore. owned at time of loss by johnston line.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 111 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1985
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 30 MILES N OF INNISHTRAHULL. (WW1SL, LL WW1). H4872/68 24.9.68 H4872/68 24.9.68 WK LOCATED IN 560606N, 073024W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 328 IN GEN DEPTH 364FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED FINE SAND. VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT. POSSIBLY IN TWO HALVES. (HMS HYDRA, ROS DTD 20.1.68). NC 2722. H2317/85 2.12.85 H2317/85 2.12.85 EXAM'D 24.5.85 IN 560606N, 073015W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 101 IN GEN DEPTH 111MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 150MTRS. LYING 150/330DEG. HAS WELL-DEFINED HULL SHAPE & IS APPARENTLY INTACT. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 262B). NCA. 31.1.01 31.1.01 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO WK 101MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL DEFINED HULL SHAPE
Position: 56 6.091 N,7 30.299 W