Wreck: Kingsdyke (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Kingsdyke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.02 N,0 55.782 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: KINGSDYKE
Length 79.3 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1942 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1888 by schlesinger, davis & co. owned at time of loss by lowlands ss co. compound expansion engine of 207nhp for 8.5 knots. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine. 16 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 53 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: TORPEDOED BY 20 MILES NE 3/4 E OF CAPE BARFLEUR. (DODS). H03737/44 10.11.44 INS NDW IN 495900N, 005500W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NOTE. H0121/45 22.3.45 SUNK IN 495900N, 005500W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST PASI, 22.3.45). 26.4.90 UNKNOWN IN 495804.5N, 005542W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. EXAM'D BY MAGNETOMETER, E/S & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590369). SHOWN ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2613. HH100/351/22 21.9.05 WK HAS BEEN IDENTIFED AS KINGSDYKE BY THE RECOVERY OF THE BELL. (S EXCELBY, RECEIVER OF WK, EMAIL DTD 14.9.05). NCA. HH100/351/22 19.4.06 DIVED IN 4058.015N, 0055.780W [WGD]. LENGTH 60-80MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 8MTRS BY E/S & DEPTH GAUGE. BOLT UPRIGHT. BRIDGE SECTION COLLAPSED TO ONE SIDE. METAL MAST FALLEN TO DECK. IDENTIFIED BY BELL (RECOVERED BY J BARLOW & E LEPA). (DELTA DIVERS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 49 58.02 N,0 55.782 W
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