This is the information page about the shipwreck Kingston cameo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 57.968 N,0 20.922 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)
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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 CAMEO
Length 49.4 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 433 ton
Cause: Built in 1936 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverley. owned at time of loss by kingston steam trawling co. one boiler, s turbine, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co (hydraulic corp). passage hull for fishing and return. foundered following collision.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 348 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160321
Details measurements/cartography: H133/40 6.3.40 SUBMERGED OBJECT, PRESUMED OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE, LOCATED 19 MILES FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (MIDDLESBOROUGH 19.12.39). NCA. H1942/76 9.3.81 INTACT WK LOCATED 17.7.80 IN 535759N, 002101E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.1 IN GEN. DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. LYING 160/340 DEGS ON SAND/GRAVEL SEABED. (SOISS, HI 65/80). BR STD. H4064/85 22.8.86 LOCATED IN 535758N, 002100E [OGB] BUT NOT FULLY EXAM'D. LEAST DEPTH BY DCS3 45MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, LYING 175/355 DEG. (UDI GROUP LTD, HN FOR HI 32A). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 LIES BOWS N ON SAND SEABED. AN OLD SIDEWINDER S TRAWLER. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. HH100/351/18 30.4.02 BOW DAMAGED FROM COLLISION. BEAM TRAWLERS APPEAR TO KEEP HITTING THIS WK ON THE PORT SIDE, SLOWLY OPENING HER UP. (S OLD). NCA. SEP 2016/000156768 13.7.16 DURING COMPILATION OF H525 FOR WK THE SHOALEST DEPTH WAS FOUND BY WCD OF 38.6MTRS IN 5357.968N, 0020.922E [WGD]. (MMT, HI1473_H102_BO_014). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5357.968N, 0020.922E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 38.59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS, LENGTH 52.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.9MTRS, HEIGHT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 348/168 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 4MTRS, TOWARD 005 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL, UPRIGHT LISTING TO PORT, IT IS INTACT WITH AN A-FRAME OR SIMILAR ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THE WRECK, POSSIBLY FOR TRAWLING. IT HAS A STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. NM 4066/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck intact.
Position: 53 57.968 N,0 20.922 E