This is the information page about the shipwreck Kia ora, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.549 N,0 51.918 E (49.9388, 0.9410167)

 

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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.

 

1. Achille adam
2. Af 13
3. Ar voaleden
4. Braga
5. Cap levi
6. Celine-baptiste
7. Claude michel
8. Cote d'emeraude
9. Duc richard
10. Eric philippe
11. Ezel (possibly)
12. Garry laure
13. General munthe (possibly)
14. Gerfer
15. Heimdall
16. Hms berkeley (part of)
17. Hms berkeley (part of)
18. Hms berkeley (part of)
19. Hms daffodil
20. Hugo
21. Jaques henri (possibly)
22. Kia ora
23. La belle etoile
24. La revanche
25. Le bison
26. Leeuwarden
27. Maine
28. Normandie
29. Notre-dames des dunes
30. Oijfeld
31. Patrick elizabeth
32. Pierre le dieppois
33. Playa de finisterre
34. Port-manech
35. Ramsholm (probably)
36. River tyne
37. Salve regina
38. Sperrbrecher 178
39. St simon (possibly)
40. Teesborough
41. Virginie

 

Name: KIA ORA

Length 25.3 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 77 ton

Cause: Sunk by bombs from submarine. formerly a barge but at date of loss used as motor sailing vessel. owned by wynnfield shipping co. grimsby. made of wood. (dods, ww1sl & dockets m7272 & m7783).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 20M N BY W OF DIEPPE. (DODS, WW1SL, M7272 & M7783). GIVES POSN APPROX 501430N, 005000E. H6391/19 12.3.19 H6391/19 12.3.19 POSN ACCEPTED AS 501430N, 005000E. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA. SQ. DATE. H1656/24 5.2.24 H1656/24 5.2.24 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2451. 22.9.81 22.9.81 SHOWN AS USC 11FMS ON FR 5085, BUT AS DW ON FR 6824. FR WK RECORDS GIVE OLD VESSEL CLOSE BY SO NOT LIKELY TO BE DW. RETAIN AS CHARTED. 16.1.90 16.1.90 SHOWN AS USC PD 20MTRS ON FR 6824 [2ND EDN 1989]. 'KIA ORA', MERCHANT VESSEL, LENGTH 25MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. POSN 501436N, 005200E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [= PA]. GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988 NO.21600008). CHART AS USC PA 20MTRS. NC 2451. 30.3.99 30.3.99 SHOWN AS USC PD 20MTRS IN 5014.600N, 0052.000E [EUR] ON FRENCH 6824 [3RD EDN 1998]. OGB POSN: 5014.509N, 0051.018E. NC 2451.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 14.549 N,0 51.918 E

 

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