This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilrea (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 6.937 N,0 1.827 E (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Airdrie (possibly)
8. Albatross
9. Alliance
10. Amber rose
11. Amicus
12. Amstelland
13. Anastasia
14. Anastassia
15. Angle
16. Arantzazu mendi
17. Ardbeg (probably)
18. Argo (possibly)
19. Ariel (possibly)
20. Audentia
21. Aurora
22. Ave maria
23. Balfron (probably)
24. Ballater
25. Ballina
26. Barrister (possibly)
27. Bassa
28. Be ready (probably)
29. Bella
30. Bellerophon
31. Ben rein (ex-starling)
32. Bessie
33. Beursplein
34. Blejan eyhre
35. Blue star
36. Brema
37. Briar
38. Bur
39. C s parnell
40. Cadmus
41. Calista (probably)
42. Cap palos (part of)
43. Cardea
44. Carley marie
45. Carmelite (possibly)
46. Caroline
47. Casanare
48. Castleford (probably)
49. Cevic
50. Chant 63
51. Cherbury (possibly)
52. Cheryl louise
53. Chloe (possibly)
54. Chloris (possibly)
55. Citrine
56. City of mobile
57. Clan macmaster
58. Clan menzies
59. Coalman
60. Conargo
61. Conisbro castle
62. Connemara
63. Conovium (probably)
64. Constantia
65. Corrientes
66. Creteboom
67. Crois bhride
68. Crown
69. Crusader (possibly)
70. Cyclope
71. Dana (possibly)
72. Darro
73. Dawn waters
74. Daybreak (probably)
75. Diana
76. Don boscoe
77. Donegal
78. Doris b
79. Downshire (possibly)
80. Downshire (probably)
81. Dryade
82. Dunavil forth (possibly)
83. Dunmore
84. Eileen
85. Eleanor
86. Elfrida
87. Eli
88. Elizabeth hyam
89. Ellen sheant
90. Embassage
91. Emerald dawn
92. Empire airman
93. Empire of peace
94. Empire tana
95. Express (possibly)
96. Express (possibly)
97. Feltre
98. Fenella ann
99. Florence
100. Florentia
101. Flowerette
102. Flying meteor
103. Forest queen
104. Fred everard
105. Frieda
106. Fulmar
107. G-azjy
108. George & mary
109. Georgetown victory (part of)
110. Georgetown victory (part of)
111. Georgina hutton
112. Gimle
113. Ginette michel
114. Ginger
115. Girl may
116. Girl sylvia
117. Glencona
118. Glendun
119. Glengarry (probably)
120. Glenmaroon (possibly)
121. Globe trotter
122. Glow (part of) (possibly)
123. Glow (part of) (possibly)
124. Green hill (part of)(probably)
125. Grinder
126. Guiding star
127. Hannah louisa
128. Helgoland
129. Helmsman (probably)
130. Herbie
131. Hibernian
132. Hms dirk
133. Hms fairy
134. Hms garmo (probably)
135. Hms racehorse
136. Hms racoon
137. Holmar i
138. Holmelea
139. Horizon ii
140. Hornsund (probably)
141. Horsted
142. Hugh taylor
143. Hunsdon
144. Ida
145. J b paddon
146. Jane
147. Jane brown
148. Janeeta (possibly)
149. Jeanette
150. Jenemi
151. John rettig (probably)
152. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
153. Kalo (probably)
154. Keret
155. Kilbroney (probably)
156. Kilrea (probably)
157. Knuthenborg
158. L'amite
159. Labora (possibly)
160. Lady ann
161. Lady anstruther (probably)
162. Lady helen
163. Lady louisa
164. Lagun
165. Landport (possibly)
166. Largo (possibly)
167. Lifeguard (possibly)
168. Lily
169. Limesfield
170. Liverpool
171. Lough fisher
172. Lucy
173. Lunevale
174. Lyra
175. Madame renee
176. Madge wildfire
177. Maja
178. Malaguena
179. Manchester engineer (probably)
180. Marguerite
181. Marianne toft (possibly)
182. Markersdall (probably)
183. Martina
184. Mary heeley
185. Mayfield
186. Megawatt
187. Melfort
188. Merisia
189. Mfv polaris
190. Mhari l
191. Montreal
192. Moonlight
193. Moonlight (possibly)
194. Murielle
195. Nalon
196. Neils john
197. Nichola ann
198. Nitedal
199. No.163
200. Noel du marin
201. Nora
202. Norhilda
203. Novillo
204. Oakwell
205. Octavia
206. Old haws pt lt or west pile
207. Onward (possibly)
208. Oona hall
209. Our brighter dawn
210. Our golden promise
211. Our lassie
212. Our lorraine
213. Our queen
214. Passages
215. Peebles (possibly)
216. Peshawur
217. Peveril
218. Phare (probably)
219. Pins wreck (nimble)
220. Playmate (possibly)
221. Pt1 or pt2
222. Queen of the isles (probably)
223. Rebecca
224. Retriever
225. Rfa industry (probably)
226. Rian
227. Rikard nordraak
228. Ringwall
229. Robert dee
230. Romeo
231. Rudyard kipling
232. Saint barchan
233. Saint mirren (possibly)
234. Saltaro (fwd part)
235. Saltaro (fwd part)
236. Saltaro (fwd part)
237. Samaria
238. Scathros
239. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
240. Scorpio
241. Scotia
242. Seamew (possibly)
243. Selker ltv (possibly)
244. Silver crest
245. Silver dee
246. Silver quest 2
247. Silverpine
248. Sir francis
249. Sixty-six
250. Skerries
251. Sliedrecht
252. Sna ii
253. Sna iii
254. Sota eduardo
255. Southborough
256. Speedbird
257. Speedwell
258. Springhill
259. St elwyn
260. Stamila
261. Stanburn
262. Storm drift
263. Sumus (probably)
264. Sunbeam
265. Sunrise (possibly)
266. Suntrap (probably)
267. Sy sol
268. Taurus (probably)
269. Tees
270. Temple mead
271. Tetsuko
272. The quiet man
273. Thornfield
274. Thracian
275. Tide (probably)
276. Tilley anne
277. Tinker
278. Togston (possibly)
279. Topaz
280. Tornamona
281. Trelyon
282. Tullaghmurray lass
283. Tumi joy 2
284. Tuskar
285. Tuskar
286. U 1024 (possibly)
287. Ubier (probably)
288. Uc 39
289. Uc 75
290. Umbe
291. Upminster (possibly)
292. Upwey grange
293. Vanadis (possibly)
294. Varangmalm (possibly)
295. Vedra
296. Victo (bow section)
297. Victo (stern section)
298. Victoria (probably)
299. Viking
300. Ville de valenciennes
301. Wallsend
302. Waltham (probably)
303. Wayside flower (possibly)
304. Westburn (possibly)
305. Wild wave
306. William hanbury

 

Name: KILREA (PROBABLY)

Length 45.1 meter, tonnage 767 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-teesburn, ex-wanstead. built in 1912 by the dundee sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by the western isles ss services ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 98hp, single shaft. machinery aft by g t grey, south shields. passage aberdeen for ridham dock. cargo rough wood pulp. foundered after collsion.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 189 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H0921/44 24.4.44 NDW PA IN 540654N, 000300E. (FOIC TYNE 1.3.44).

- NM 870/44. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 121. 3.7.72 SHOWN IN 540654N, 000300E ON DANISH FISH CHARTS 5400 [1965 EDN] & 5300. H5970/69 15.1.80 EXAM'D 22.6.79 IN 540656.8N, 000159.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.3 IN GEN DEPTH 46-47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING NNW/SSE ON SMOOTH GRAVEL. APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOW & STERN HIGHEST POINTS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 46/79). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. H5084/77 24.3.80 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 540656.4N, 000159E [OGB] USING HIFIX.6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.6 IN GEN DEPTH 45.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS. LYING 020/200DEGS. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). NCA. HH090/730/01 19.12.97 EXAM'D 23.8.97 IN 540657.4N, 000149.6E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 39.0, FOUL 39.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.5 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 176/356DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED. REASONABLY INTACT. ADJACENT DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. HH100/351/18 29.4.02 LIES ON PORT SIDE. STERN ENGINE. NO CARGO. STANDS 5-6MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. (S OLD). NCA. SEP 2016/0000156768 13.7.16 DURING COMPILATION OF H525 FOR WK THE SHOALEST DEPTH WAS FOUND BY WCD OF 30.2MTRS IN 5406.954N, 0001.829E [WGD]. (MMT, HI1473_H102_BO_013). AMEND NDW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000053291 4.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16 IN 5406.937N, 0001.827E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.52MTRS, GEN DEPTH 44.6MTRS. LENGTH 43.2MTRS, WIDTH 6.8MTRS, HT 9.37MTRS, ORIENTATION 189/009 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6490). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN (ASSESSED BY BDC). SEP 2016/000156768 04.11.16 AMEND DEPTH TO 30MTRS. NM 4066/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WK BROKEN UP

Position: 54 6.937 N,0 1.827 E

 

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