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 (54.346067, -0.127083)

 

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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. Albatross
3. Amsteldam
4. Angelo rose
5. Appolonia
6. Ardens (probably)
7. Aucuba (possibly)
8. Avance (probably)
9. Ballogie
10. Beaconsfield
11. Bellerophon
12. Biesbosch
13. Birtley
14. Blejan eyhre
15. Bonhomme richard
16. Boys own
17. Brabant
18. Brema
19. Cadmus
20. Cambrai
21. Caroline
22. Chant 63
23. Charing cross (possibly)
24. Chicago
25. Chloris (possibly)
26. Commonwealth
27. Cyclope
28. Dana (possibly)
29. Deptford
30. Diana
31. Dryade
32. Dunstaffnage
33. Elfrida
34. Feltre
35. Forest queen
36. Frithof eide
37. G.3
38. Gem (bow section)
39. Gem (stern section)
40. Girl ita
41. Glamorganbrook
42. Goodwood
43. Graafjeld
44. Greltoria (probably)
45. Hannah
46. Hannah louisa
47. Helmsman (probably)
48. Hercules
49. Hms akranes
50. Hms banyers
51. Hms desire (possibly)
52. Hms dirk
53. Hms fairy
54. Hms falmouth
55. Hms thalia
56. Hms thomas cornwall
57. Holmar i
58. Horsted
59. Houghton
60. Hugh taylor
61. Ida
62. J b paddon
63. Jerv
64. John rettig (probably)
65. Kalo (probably)
66. Kernoozer
67. Kilrea
68. Kilrea (probably)
69. Knuthenborg
70. Laconia (possibly)
71. Lady anstruther (probably)
72. Lady josyan
73. Landport (possibly)
74. Leander
75. Leersum (probably)
76. Lifeguard (possibly)
77. Linaria (probably)
78. Lindum
79. Longbenton (probably)
80. M c holm
81. Malvina (fwd part)
82. Manchester engineer (probably)
83. Manx queen
84. Markersdall (probably)
85. Mazeppa
86. Middlesborough
87. Mongolian
88. Nitedal
89. Norenda (possibly)
90. Onward (possibly)
91. Our lorraine
92. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
93. Peebles (possibly)
94. Potomac
95. Princess olga (possibly)
96. Riviere
97. Rosa
98. Runswick
99. Sapphire (probably)
100. Seistan
101. Sirajah
102. Sna iii
103. Sota eduardo
104. Sote (aft part)
105. Stanburn
106. Storm drift
107. Tangistan
108. Tees
109. Thea
110. Togston (possibly)
111. Tredegar hall
112. Trongate
113. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
114. Uc 39
115. Uc 75
116. Umbe
117. Upminster (possibly)
118. Vaaren
119. Vaaren (possibly)
120. Varangmalm (possibly)
121. Ville de valenciennes
122. War crocus (possibly)
123. Wayside flower (possibly)
124. Westowrie
125. Zeepaard

 

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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