This is the information page about the shipwreck Kennebec, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 18.039 N,8 13.043 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

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 21460].

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 115 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 491800N, 081300W. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES WW2). NCA. H034/39 8.9.39 H034/39 8.9.39 POSN 491800N, 081300W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 POSN 491800N, 081100W. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST 15.1.41 AND WA LETTER 3.3.40 TRADE DIVISION LIST AND HO RECORDS). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH232/400/02 20.6.96 HH232/400/02 20.6.96 NDW PD IN 491800N, 081300W. (FRENCH NM 96 23 17). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 21460

Position: 49 18.039 N,8 13.043 W

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