This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilmore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.73 N,2 29.79 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: KILMORE
Length 87.5 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2215 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1890 by edwards's shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by wm johnston & co. triple expansion engine of 218nhp. passage antwerp for liverpool. sank following a collision with british ss montezuma. (dods).
Year of registration: 1963
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter
Known since: 1963, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H5151/62 20.3.63 WK LOCATED 2.12.62 IN 512346N, 022945E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62FT IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. (R/V CLIONE HN, FISH LAB LOWESTOFT). INS AS DWPA.
- NM 571/63. H5151/62 22.10.63 WK 23MTRS IN 512346N, 023003E [EUR]. (HAGUE NM 3037/63). AMEND WK 12FMS.
- NM 2170/63. 26.10.81 AMEND WK 23MTRS. NE 323. H2731/85 22.12.87 NOW SW 20.5MTRS IN 512348N, 022954E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 155/87).
- NM 304/88. HH100/351/05 6.12.91 WK DIVED 1991 IN POSN 512347.5N, 022943E [WGD] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED AS THE SS KILMORE. (R VERPOORTE, 28.11.91). NCA. 6.9.93 SHOWN IN 512348N, 022953E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 3371 [1993 EDN]. NCA. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512347N, 022952E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 20.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5123.750N, 0229.820E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: 45m radius, anchoring, fishing, dredging prohibited
Position: 51 23.73 N,2 29.79 E