This is the information page about the shipwreck Kieldrecht (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.281 N,0 27.326 E (53.9066333, 0.2724833)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Arctic viking
5. British prince
6. Briton (possibly)
7. Cadmus
8. Casoria (possibly)
9. Chant 63
10. Chloris (possibly)
11. Corhampton
12. Cyclope
13. Flourish
14. Gluckauf (possibly)
15. Harnis (probably)
16. Helmsman (probably)
17. Hms botanic
18. Hms fairy
19. Hms falcon (stern section)
20. Hms kos xvi (probably)
21. Hms warland (possibly)
22. Holmar i
23. Horsted
24. Hugh taylor
25. Ida
26. J b paddon
27. Jane (possibly)
28. John rettig (probably)
29. Kalo (probably)
30. Kieldrecht (possibly)
31. Kimberley (possibly)
32. Kingston cameo
33. Lady anstruther (probably)
34. Laurel (possibly)
35. Leonora
36. Lifeguard (possibly)
37. Lismore
38. Maggie
39. Magnolia
40. Norfolk coast
41. Onward (possibly)
42. Our lorraine
43. Peebles (possibly)
44. Realf
45. Revigo (possibly)
46. Rochester (possibly)
47. Sota eduardo
48. Storm drift
49. Tees
50. Togston (possibly)
51. Two brothers
52. Uc 47
53. Uc 75
54. Umbe
55. Upminster (possibly)
56. Varangmalm (possibly)
57. Wayside flower (possibly)

 

Name: KIELDRECHT (POSSIBLY)

Length 80.2 meter, tonnage 1284 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1916 by van der giessen & zonen, krimpen. originally owned by stoomv maats. requisitioned in 1918 by the shipping controller. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 172hp, single shaft. passage humber for the tyne. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk while in convoy by ub 107. no lives lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 18M E BY S FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD (BMVS). POSN 540400N, 003000E, APPROX. H1310/80/44 4.12.80 H1310/80/44 4.12.80 WK REPD IN POSN 540506N, 002800E. (K HERRON). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H1310/81/14 30.6.81 H1310/81/14 30.6.81 POSN 540515N, 002727E [OGB] FROM DECCA. (K HERRON). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4064/85 14.1.87 H4064/85 14.1.87 EXAM'D 16.7.86 IN 540516N, 002726E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 135/315 DEG. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A). AMEND TO WK 45MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 5.281 N,0 27.326 E

 

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