This is the information page about the shipwreck Kilrea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 11.015 N,0 3.431 W (54.1835833, -0.0571833)

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: KILREA

Length 57.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 767 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: Foundered and lost after collision off flamborough head. built by dundee shipbuilding co, dundee. owned at time of loss by western isles steam services ltd. passage aberdeen to ridham dock. screw propelled. 3 cylinder triple expansion engine for 98 ihp.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 291 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: H4791/76 4.11.76 LOCATED 9.76 IN 541101N, 000318W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 150FT. LIES E/W. (DECCA SURVEY LTD). BR STD. H2534/74 5.12.79 BAD OBSTN (WK) IN 541104N, 000324W [OGB]. POSN FROM DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS VOL 1). NCA. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 EXAM'D 31.5.97 IN 541100.6N, 000323.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.4 IN GEN DEPTH 46.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. WELL DEFINED, UPRIGHT AND INTACT. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON DCS3. MINOR DEBRIS TO N AND S. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 REPORTED BY FILEY DIVERS TO BE 'KILREA'. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 06.05.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5411.015N, 0003.431W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 60.8MTRS, WIDTH 12.8MTRS, HT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 291/111. SCOUR LENGTH 9.1MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 318DEGS. WK MAINLY INTACT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND THE BOW. (EGS, HI 1472) AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact.

Position: 54 11.015 N,0 3.431 W

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway