This is the information page about the shipwreck Kenneth hawksfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 18.347 N,1 58.309 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: KENNETH HAWKSFIELD
Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1546 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-timberham. built in 1924 by the furness sb co ltd, haverton hill. owned at time of loss by p hawksfield & son ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156hp, single shaft. machinery by ross & duncan, glasgow. passage blyth for dover. cargo 2300 tons coal. mined. one man lost.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161217
Details measurements/cartography: H02245/41 MORE THAN 7FMS OVER WRECK. LIES 0.95M 194DEG FROM 54E BUOY. (FOIC, YARMOUTH). INS AS NDW.
- NM 1814/41. H4167/59 1.6.60 AMEND TO DW. NC 1543. H02245/41 10.11.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 65FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59FT IN 109FT. (HMS SCOTT 15.8.61). AMEND TO NDW.
- NM 237/62. HH090/616/01 3.1.95 EXAM'D 26.6.94 IN 521819.04N, 015825.15E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 25.8, FOUL 26.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.6 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LENGTH 69MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE BADLY BROKEN UP WITH DEBRIS IN THE VICINITY. (GARDLINE, HI 616).
- NM 685/95. HH242/550/07 16.1.97 LOCATED IN 521822.4N, 015822.8E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6. (HNLMS DELFZYL, HN DTD 11.12.96). NCA. SEP 2017/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16; IN 5218.347N, 0158.309E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 68.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.1MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 7.43MTRS, 0.98MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 170DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 18.347 N,1 58.309 E