This is the information page about the shipwreck Kinkorth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.76 N,4 8.414 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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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Name: Kinkorth

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 191 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3782/61 12.9.61 WK LOCATED IN 532348N, 040818W IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NOT CONSIDERED A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (CINC PLYMOUTH). INS AS NDW.

- NM 1840/61. 2.11.73 AMEND TO USC 15MTRS. NC 1977. 26.10.78 AMEND TO NDW. H1310/87/33 26.8.87 DIVED IN 532346N, 040821W [OGB]. APPARENTLY A TUG, OR SIMILAR TYPE VESSEL, OF ABOUT 200-300TONS. LENGTH 80-100FT; BEAM 28-35FT. STANDS ABOUT 20FT ABOVE SEABED. (K. HURLEY, 14.8.87). AMEND TO WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2775/87. H3838/86 28.3.88 EXAM'D 4.11.87 IN 532346N, 040821W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER 4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 25 TO 30MTRS. LYING 030/210 DEG WITH BOW SW. CHART AS WK 21.5MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). BR STD. HH100/351/01 5.5.89 THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE WK OF LADY WINDSOR. POSSIBLY SUNK BY MINE AS ABOUT 30FT OF BOW WAS BLOWN OFF. STANDS ABOUT 4 TO 5MTRS HIGH. (K. HURLEY, 10.4.89). HH100/351/22 25.11.04 BOWS LIE 70MTRS AWAY FROM STERN, POINTING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WITH THE BOILER NEXT TO THE BOW. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 24.11.04). NCA. SEP 2020/000174024 4.8.20 EXAM’D 26.1.20 IN 5323.760N, 0408.414W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.54MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 191/011DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 39.3MTRS, WIDTH 32.4MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 191DEGS. 2 VISIBLE SECTIONS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1571). AMEND TO DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. WRECK SURVEYED 19/5/2017: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK REMAINS OF A TRAWLER OR SIMILAR, APPEARS TO BE A METAL WK. SINGLE BOILER APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN OUT, LIES NR THE BOW, SHIP IN TWO HALVES 36MTRS APART. WRECK "KINKORTH" WAS PRESUMED MINES WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE SHOWN TO THIS WRECK. LOCAL DIVERS CALL THIS WRECK "KINKORTH" ALTHOUGH THE EXACT REASON IS NOT KNOWN. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "KINKORTH".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO SECTIONS,

Position: 53 23.76 N,4 8.414 W

 

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