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 (53.9066333, 0.2724833)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Balfron (probably)
3. Ballater
4. Bellerophon
5. Blejan eyhre
6. Brema
7. Bur
8. Cadmus
9. Cap palos (part of)
10. Caroline
11. Castleford (probably)
12. Chant 63
13. Chloris (possibly)
14. Constantia
15. Cyclope
16. Dana (possibly)
17. Diana
18. Dryade
19. Elfrida
20. Eli
21. Feltre
22. Florentia
23. Forest queen
24. Fred everard
25. Gimle
26. Glengarry (probably)
27. Glow (part of) (possibly)
28. Glow (part of) (possibly)
29. Hannah louisa
30. Helmsman (probably)
31. Hms dirk
32. Hms fairy
33. Hms garmo (probably)
34. Holmar i
35. Hornsund (probably)
36. Horsted
37. Hugh taylor
38. Ida
39. J b paddon
40. Jane
41. John rettig (probably)
42. Kalo (probably)
43. Kilrea (probably)
44. Knuthenborg
45. Lady ann
46. Lady anstruther (probably)
47. Lady helen
48. Landport (possibly)
49. Lifeguard (possibly)
50. Madame renee
51. Manchester engineer (probably)
52. Markersdall (probably)
53. Martina
54. Nitedal
55. Norhilda
56. Novillo
57. Oakwell
58. Onward (possibly)
59. Our lorraine
60. Peebles (possibly)
61. Phare (probably)
62. Rikard nordraak
63. Sir francis
64. Sixty-six
65. Sna ii
66. Sna iii
67. Sota eduardo
68. Southborough
69. Springhill
70. Stanburn
71. Storm drift
72. Sumus (probably)
73. Suntrap (probably)
74. Taurus (probably)
75. Tees
76. Togston (possibly)
77. Uc 39
78. Uc 75
79. Umbe
80. Upminster (possibly)
81. Varangmalm (possibly)
82. Victo (bow section)
83. Victo (stern section)
84. Victoria (probably)
85. Ville de valenciennes
86. Wallsend
87. Wayside flower (possibly)

 

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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