This is the information page about the shipwreck Kingston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 46.97 N,3 0.691 E (53.7317333, 2.8627)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: KINGSTON
Length 35.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 192 ton
Cause: Sank due to leakage.
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H4753/82 15.8.84 SANK IN 534800N, 030000E APPROX. (YARMOUTH MRCC, 3.7.84). INS AS WK USC PA 30MTRS. BR STD. POSN 534700N, 030100E APPROX. (NETHERLANDS NM 475(P)/84). H4352/84 1.5.85 LOCATED IN 534705N, 030058E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 25MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 187/85). AMEND TO WK 25MTRS IN 534705N, 030058E [OGB].
- NM 1407/85. H3836/2/86 27.10.87 EXAM'D 22.6.87 IN 534702N, 030047E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR ON 22.6.87 AT 34.0, FOUL AT 34.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.4 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 43.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LYING 030/210DEG WITH SCOUR DEVELOPING TO SSE OF WK. (LAND & MARINE ENG LTD, HI 355B). AMEND TO SW 34MTRS.
- NM 3382/87. 2.5.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 33MTRS IN 5347.053N, 0300.673E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1632.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 46.97 N,3 0.691 E