This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilkis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 41.983 N,1 2.89 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Athelstane
4. Atlas (possibly)
5. Atwing (possibly)
6. Aurora
7. Azira
8. Balzac
9. Blairhall
10. Blue dawn
11. Braconash (possibly)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Carlo
14. Carmarthen coast
15. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
18. Clare (possibly)
19. Clavering (part of)
20. Corsham
21. Cranford (possibly)
22. Dayspring (probably)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Earl percy
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Fawn (probably)
31. Fervent
32. Gateshead (possibly)
33. General havelock
34. Gothia
35. Gran
36. Grit
37. H a brightman
38. H c flood (probably)
39. Harraton
40. Hartley
41. Harvest
42. Hawkwood
43. Hebble (probably)
44. Heckler
45. Helene
46. Helvetia (possibly)
47. Hendrika
48. Hmms 180
49. Hms ben ardna (probably)
50. Hms euston
51. Hms fairplay 2
52. Hms loch naver
53. Hms ruthin castle
54. Hms snaefell (probably)
55. Hms summer rose
56. Hogarth
57. Humber
58. Ida duncan
59. Ilios (possibly)
60. Ilious
61. Intent
62. Inverlane (part of)
63. Inverlane (stern section)
64. Jenny m (possibly)
65. John miles
66. Jytte (possibly)
67. Kalua
68. Kasko
69. Kilkis (possibly)
70. King james (possibly)
71. La basiase (la bastaise)
72. Linden (probably)
73. Llwyngwair (possibly)
74. Loch-na-gar (probably)
75. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
76. Lucida
77. Maindy bridge (possibly)
78. Margaret sutton
79. Mayoress pelican
80. Mile end (possibly)
81. Montauban
82. Narcissus (possibly)
83. Nordheim (possibly)
84. Nyula
85. Ocean
86. Ottoland (possibly)
87. Pathfinder
88. Patria
89. Pitwines (probably)
90. Poltava (possibly)
91. Povena
92. Presto (possibly)
93. Presto (possibly)
94. Quillota
95. Ragni (probably)
96. Ravensbourne (possibly)
97. Ravnanger (probably)
98. Rfa creosol
99. Rising sun (part of)
100. Rising sun (part of)
101. Rosella (probably)
102. Rotha
103. S t wallsend
104. Saga (possibly)
105. Schaldis (possibly)
106. Stag 5 (probably)
107. Staithes (possibly)
108. Stangate
109. Stora-korsnas-link i
110. Suavity
111. Sunniva (possibly)
112. Swiftly
113. Talisman (possibly)
114. Tatiana (possibly)
115. Teal (probably)
116. Teesdale (possibly)
117. Thames (probably)
118. The stewarts court (probably)
119. Uc 32 (probably)
120. Vestra
121. Vianna (possibly)
122. Vianna (probably)
123. Victory
124. Voorwarts (possibly)
125. Wayside flower
126. Winga
127. Winga (possibly)
128. X.l.
129. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: KILKIS (POSSIBLY)

Length 111.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4302 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1906 by the sunderland ship building co. owned at time of loss by bistis t & hadzikyriakos. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 353nhp, single shaft. machinery by n e marine engine co of sunderland. passage almeria for newcastle-upon-tyne. torpedoed by uc 70. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 20161215

Details measurements/cartography: H6331/87 17.1.89 WK EXAM'D 7.8.88 IN 544200N, 010249W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29.6, FOUL AT 29.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.2 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 158/338 DEG, UPRIGHT AND DISINTEGRATING WITH SIDE PLATES COLLAPSING AND NO OBVIOUS SUPERSTRUCTURE. LIES CLOSE TO ANOTHER WK, CLOSE SE, WITH WHICH IT MAY HAVE HAD A COLLISION. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16 IN 5441.983N, 0102.890W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 29.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, LENGTH 79.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED. ORIENTATED TO THE SOUTHWEST THE BOW SECTION IS WELL BROKEN, MIDSHIPS SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 41.983 N,1 2.89 W

 

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