This is the information page about the shipwreck Kielce, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.345 N,1 13.657 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Bobby
11. Brandenburg
12. Bravore
13. Cabo espartel
14. Charente
15. Christianssund
16. City of dresden (possibly)
17. Colbert
18. Constanzia
19. Corhaven
20. De fontaine
21. Dinard
22. Efford
23. Eidsiva (probably)
24. Electra
25. Eleonora
26. Emma
27. Emma (possibly)
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. En avant
31. Eustratios (probably)
32. Excellence pleske
33. Falcon (probably)
34. Fearless
35. Flachsee
36. Flandres
37. Francesco ciampa
38. G-asad
39. Gad 23
40. Gladys
41. Grit (probably)
42. Grosser kurfurst
43. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
44. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
45. Halcyon
46. Harcalo
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
50. Hmhs anglia
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aries (possibly)
53. Hms artic trapper
54. Hms blackwater
55. Hms brazen
56. Hms carlton
57. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
58. Hms city of dundee
59. Hms cleon
60. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
61. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
62. Hms glen boyne
63. Hms kingston galena
64. Hms lydian
65. Hms marcella
66. Hms myrmidon
67. Hms napia
68. Hms niger (possibly)
69. Hms northumberland (probably)
70. Hms othello ii
71. Hms peridot
72. Hms restoration (possibly)
73. Hms rodino
74. Hms stirling castle (probably)
75. Hms torbay ii (probably)
76. Hms tranquil
77. Hms war sepoy
78. Hms weigelia
79. Hmsm b2
80. Hmt gullfoss
81. Holland
82. Hundvaag
83. Hydaspes (possibly)
84. Ilaro
85. Ira (possibly)
86. Jacob luckenbach
87. James harrod
88. Jokai
89. Josephine willis
90. Kabinda
91. Kadru
92. Katharina kolkmann
93. Kielce
94. Kirsten skou
95. Koenigshaven
96. L'armandeche
97. La fleche
98. La somme (probably)
99. Lady stella
100. Latona
101. Le tregor
102. Leicester
103. Leila najia
104. Leo
105. Lizzonia
106. Loanda
107. Luray victory
108. Lusitania
109. Mahratta
110. Mahratta ii
111. Maloja 1
112. Malta (probably)
113. Merel (part of)(possibly)
114. Mersey
115. Milbanke (probably)
116. Monarch
117. Morgenster
118. Mrav
119. Murillo
120. Nancy moran
121. Naranco
122. Negrier
123. Newcastle
124. Niki
125. Norman
126. North eastern victory
127. Northfleet
128. Nunima
129. Ophelie
130. Ousel (probably)
131. Phoenix
132. Polgrange
133. Portslade (possibly)
134. Preussen
135. Pulborough
136. River levan
137. Rochester castle (possibly)
138. Roode zee (possibly)
139. Roseburn
140. Rydal force
141. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
142. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
143. Sabac
144. Saint ronan (possibly)
145. Salbya (possibly)
146. Samida
147. Santagata
148. Santagata (?part of)
149. Sea serpent
150. Seine
151. Shenandoah
152. Sierra bravia
153. Sir russell
154. St cecilia
155. Strathclyde
156. T s webb
157. Teeswood
158. Texaco caribbean (after section)
159. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
160. The queen
161. Tokufuku maru
162. Toward
163. Traquair (probably)
164. Trooper
165. U 11 (possibly)
166. U 16 (possibly)
167. U 48
168. U 8
169. Ub 103 (possibly)
170. Ub 108 (possibly)
171. Ub 109
172. Ub 31 ?
173. Ub 38
174. Ub 55 (probably)
175. Ub 56 (possibly)
176. Ub 58 (possibly)
177. Ub 78
178. Ub-33 (probably)
179. Uc 46 (possibly)
180. Uc 63
181. Uc 77 (possibly)
182. Uc 78 or uc 79
183. Unity
184. Vittoria claudia
185. W a scholten
186. Welsh belle
187. Wheatman (possibly)
188. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: KIELCE

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20160727

Details measurements/cartography: H4455/15 SANK IN 510200N, 011300E. 1 MILE FROM N LTV MARKING GATEWAY TO DOVER CHANNEL. MARKED BY BUOY 80YDS FROM WK AND WK MARKING VESSEL 2 CABLES N FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4698/15 NOW CHARTED AS WK 6.5FMS. H4538/15 WK MARKING VESSEL 0.5 CABLE S FROM FORMER POSN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4677/15 WK MARKING VESSEL REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4698/15 POSN OF WK 2 MILES 6.5 CABLES 154DEGS FROM LT ON OUTER EXTREMITY OF FOLKESTONE PIER. LEAST DEPTH 40FT. WK MARKING VESSEL AND BUOY REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H5128/15 MARINERS WARNED THAT AREA WITHIN 0.5 MILE OF WK CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H70/25 20.12.24 DRIFTER 'OUR BOYS' REPORTED FOULING PART OF A WK WITH DRIFT NETS ABOUT 5FMS 2 OR 2.5 MILES S BY A LITTLE E OF FOLKESTONE RLY PIER. (LL, 19.12.24). H70/25 2.1.25 SWEPT AT A DEPTH OF 60-70FT BY TH. NO OBSTN LOCATED. (TH, 1.1.25). H4293/32 20.6.32 PASSED OVER BY HMS CHALLENGER. WK INDICATED ON ECHO RECORD. ABOUT 10FMS BY E/S. (HMS CHALLENGER, 15.6.32). H012/39 15.10.39 LOCATED BY PAVS 14.10.39 IN 510200N, 011348E. (DOVER SECRET ORDERS 035). H5117/59 24.9.59 LOCATED IN 510220N, 011333E. PRESUMED TO BE 'KIELCE'. FOUL AT 27FT, CLEAR AT 26FT, GENERAL DEPTH 73FT MLWST. (TH 23.9.59). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 2FT. G CAN LT BUOY GPFL(2)G.10S TO S OF WK.

- NM 2239/59 & FNM 97/59. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 31FT. (HMS SCOTT, 17.3.60). H2118/61 26.6.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED. (TH, 19.6.63). H899/64 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. H899/64 26.11.64 WK NOW IDENTIFIED AS SS 'KIELCE'. KNOWN TO CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES, LARGE BOMBS & AMMUNITION AT TIME OF LOSS. (TH, 23.11.64). H899/64 30.5.67 WK DISPERSED TO 54FT AND LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. NO AMMO ETC. (NAVEAM). H899/64 30.8.67 AMEND TO SW 9FMS. (NAVEAM 8575/67). 10.9.73 AMEND TO SW 16.5MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 30.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510219N, 011346E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 26.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS BUT NOT RELIABLE AS WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER AREA 120X80MTRS APPROX AND THE SCATTERED PIECES BROKE UP THE SHADOW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 12.8.96 IN 510218N, 011342E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.4, FOUL 17.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.4 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. COVERS AREA OF 140 BY 110MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. SCATTERED AND BROKEN WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 711). SWEEP INCOMPLETE WITH GAPS BETWEEN ADJACENT LAPS. AMEND TO WK 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 EXAM'D 16.10.00 IN 5102.356N, 0113.652 [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 50MTRS 030/210 DEGS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 85MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NCA. SEP 2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 27.7.16 IN 5102.345N, 0113.657E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 17.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 125.5MTRS, WIDTH 114.6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 125.5MTRS, 6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 045 DEGS. AREA OF DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 51 2.345 N,1 13.657 E

 

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