This is the information page about the shipwreck Kennebec (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 28.538 N,8 16.642 W (49.425633333333, -8.1007166666667)

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: KENNEBEC (PROBABLY)

Length 122 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 5548 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: vessel, built in 1919 by r duncan & co. and owned at the time of loss by anglo-american oil co., was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine whilst en route from aruba to lands end. wreckage sunk by hm ship. (ll ww1, ww1sl & dods). [see also wk 21447].

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 133 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H3449/74 27.7.74 H3449/74 27.7.74 WK FOUND DURING FR SURVEY [K6846/10] IN 492830N, 081636W. LEAST DEPTH 120.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 133MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/09 1.3.95 HH100/351/09 1.3.95 WK HAS A 'TRUNK DECK' WITH ENGINES AMIDSHIPS AND WAS A MIXED BULK AND CASE OIL TANKER. (R V MARTIN, 27.2.95). NCA. 6.4.95 6.4.95 IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLY THE WW1 STANDARD SHIP 'KENNEBEC'. (R V MARTIN, 4.4.95).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 21447

Position: 49 28.538 N,8 16.642 W

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