This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilmaho, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.76 N,5 27.127 W (49.962667, -5.452117)

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.

Name: KILMAHO

Length 87.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 2155 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1898 by j priestman & co., sunderland, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 204hp. on passage cardiff for dunkirk. torpedoed & sunk without warning by german submarine ub 20. 21 of 22 crew lost. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 27.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495802N, 052648W. (ESCORT GROUP 2, 27.2.45, AUBD 301/48). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495800N, 052636W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, JULY 1945, AUBD 301/185). H095/39 29.4.60 H095/39 & H03526/44 29.4.60 NSC IN 495800N, 052630W. (WESTERN APPS, 15.1.41). H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 WK IN 495802N, 052634W. LENGTH 90FT, HEIGHT 21FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). H5051/70 16.11.70 H5051/70 16.11.70 INS NDW. NC 777. H3895/74 3.12.74 H3895/74 3.12.74 WK LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR ON 8.5.74 IN 495739.0N, 052705.4W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. FROM THE SIDE SCAN TRACE THE WRECK WOULD APPEAR TO BE LYING 075/255DEGS. SEABED OF SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. GOOD HULL MOUNTED SONAR CONTACTS WERE OBTAINED IN THE POSN GIVEN. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). AMEND TO WK USC 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4551/76 17.11.76 H4551/76 17.11.76 CARGO OF LIGHT RAILWAY TRACK AND STOCK. IN 495800N, 052705W [EUR] USING DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 27.10.76, SURVEYED IN 1955-56). NCA. H2979/74 15.3.77 H2979/74 15.3.77 FFS REPD IN 495738N, 052708W AND 495754N, 052706W. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. 9.5.78 9.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NC 2565. H1310/82/7 8.3.82 H1310/82/7 8.3.82 POSITIVE WK LOCATED IN 495757N, 052704W [OGB] USING DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 14.4.83 H5982/82 14.4.83 WKS SHOWN IN 495812N, 052707 AND 495754N, 052706W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)6, 1982. POSNS BY DECCA. NCA. HH091/059/01 7.4.05 HH091/059/01 7.4.05 EXAM'D 16.9.04 IN 4957.760N, 0527.127W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.2 IN GEN DEPTH 57.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). PROBABLY UPRIGHT WITH BOWS NE. AMEND WK 51MTRS. BR STD. 29.7.08 29.7.08 IDENTIFIED BY BELL, ENGRAVED KILMAHO, 1898, CARDIFF, WAS RECOVERED ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. (G POUND, TELECON 29.7.08)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NE

Position: 49 57.76 N,5 27.127 W

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