This is the information page about the shipwreck Kensington court, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.928 N,8 27.126 W (50.672716666667, -8.4715)

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: KENSINGTON COURT

Length 121 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4863 ton
Load: grain

Cause: vessel, court line, built 1927 by napier & miller torpedoed by german submarine u32 about 100 miles sw? of bishop rk. (dod ww2sl). en-route rosario, argentina, to lverpool, crew rescued by sunderland flying boat - the first such incident of the war.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 122 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 15.1.41 IN POSN 503100N, 082700W. (PRESUMED TO BE KENSINGTON COURT). (WEST APPS LIST 15.1.41). - NCA. H034/39 IN POSN 503200N, 082900W. (WRECKS OFFICERS SINKINGS BOOK & RECORD CHART 1598). - NCA. H1001/40 IN POSN 503200N, 082900W. (TRADE DIVISIONS LIST). - NCA. RSDRA2022000312095 11.07.23 WK LOCATED IN 5030.928N, 0827.125W [WGD] LEAST M/B DEPTH 118.84MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 122 MTRS, LENGTH 77 MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS, HT 3.7 MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 (IRISH GOVERNMENT SURVEY DD 28.7.21, INFOMAR CV21_02 H525.2) AMEND NDW 118MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 30.928 N,8 27.126 W

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