This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilcoan (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 40.233 N,3 41.196 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. Alarm
2. Albanian
3. Albion (probably)
4. Amlwch rose
5. Ardlough
6. Ben cruachan
7. Blanche (possibly)
8. Braeglen
9. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
10. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
11. Cairnross
12. Calcium (probably)
13. Chacabuco (possibly)
14. Chagres
15. City of brussels
16. Clytie
17. Dublin
18. El oso
19. Fb 110 (possibly)
20. Fb 112 (possibly)
21. Fb 116 (possibly)
22. Fb 118 (possibly)
23. Fb 265 (possibly)
24. Fb 267 (possibly)
25. Fb 275 (possibly)
26. Fb 278 (possibly)
27. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
28. Fb 295 (possibly)
29. Fb 296 (possibly)
30. Fb 297 (possibly)
31. Fb 300 (possibly)
32. Fb 43 (possibly)
33. Fb 47 (possibly)
34. Fb 56 (possibly)
35. Fb 72 (possibly)
36. Fb 83 (possibly)
37. Fb 86 (possibly)
38. Fb 98 (probably)
39. Flying meteor
40. Ghambira
41. Herbie
42. Horizon (possibly)
43. Kilcoan (probably)
44. Leeds (probably)
45. Lelia
46. Letty
47. Linda blanche
48. Lugar
49. Mermaid (probably)
50. Montreal
51. Munster
52. Nydia (probably)
53. Ocean monarch
54. Penrhos (probably)
55. Penstone
56. Princess victoria
57. Rea 1
58. Rea 10
59. Rea 5
60. Rea 7 (possibly)
61. Rea 8 (possibly)
62. Rea 9 (possibly)
63. Residu
64. Resurgam
65. Stanleigh
66. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
67. Strathrye
68. Tongue beacon (possibly)
69. Torch
70. Tower base
71. Tt 6 (possibly)
72. U 1024 (possibly)
73. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: KILCOAN (PROBABLY)

Length 49.7 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 465 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1905 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by w harbinson & c l mackean. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 72nhp, single shaft. passage garston for belfast. stopped by submarine and sunk by scuttling charges. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 535400N, 034600W. (WW1SL). HH100/351/11 14.2.96 HH100/351/11 14.2.96 FASTENER REPORTED IN 534014N, 034112W. POSN BY DECCA. (K HURLEY). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH208/400/02 12.9.96 HH208/400/02 12.9.96 WK LOCATED IN 534013.99N, 034111.77W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS. LENGTH 45.8MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 135/315DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 705). AWAIT SWEEP RESULTS. NCA. HH208/400/02 16.10.96 HH208/400/02 16.10.96 WK HAS BEEN SWEPT TO 27MTRS. (NP 1008, HN DTD 30.9.96).

- NM 3850/96. HH090/705/01 20.12.96 HH090/705/01 20.12.96 ABOVE DETAILS CONFIRMED. LENGTH NOW 51MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 705). NCA. HH100/351/12 29.7.97 HH100/351/12 29.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LIES ON STBD SIDE BUT VERY BROKEN UP FROM BOWS TO BOILER. FROM THE ENGINE TO THE STERN VESSEL IS INTACT BUT HARD OVER TO STBD GIVING THE LEAST DEPTH. BOW LIES WEST, STERN EAST. THERE IS ALSO A COAL CARGO STREWN ACROSS THE SEABED TO THE NORTH. WK SITE AND AREA SURROUNDING CONSISTS OF THICK MUD. FEW ITEMS RECOVERED INDICATE A BRITISH BUILT VESSEL FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. ALTHOUGH NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE AM CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE 'KILCOAN'. (K HURLEY).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOWS W, FWD PART BROKEN UP

Position: 53 40.233 N,3 41.196 W

 

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