This is the information page about the shipwreck Kirkwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.923 N,8 10.274 E (53.9094833, 8.0987167)

 

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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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4. Antoniette
5. Birgit
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7. Ditmar koel
8. Dunja
9. Dw 07
10. Elbe (possibly)
11. Elbe 1 lt vessel
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15. Grete hauschildt
16. Haren
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18. Johann schulte
19. Johanna
20. Jul (possibly)
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24. Kirkwood
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28. Luise leonhardt
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36. Ondo
37. Piteaelf
38. Ramme
39. Rosafred
40. Sperber
41. St christoph
42. Trondheim
43. U 16
44. U 51 (probably)
45. Unterelbe
46. Werner vinnen
47. Widar (or wides)

 

Name: KIRKWOOD

Length 93.3 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2780 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built 1930 by hawthorn, leslie & co., with triple expansion engine of 219nhp. owned at time of loss by wm. france, fenwick & co. sank about 2m w of elbe no.1 ltv, following a collision with ss president harding while on passage tyne for hamburg. (dods)

Year of registration: 1930

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1930, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 2M W OF ELBE NO.1 LTV. (DODS) H3231/30 13.5.30 LT & BELL BUOY LAID IN 540048N, 081018E. (BERLIN NM 1492/30) - TNM 733/30. H3231/30 16.4.31 WK 20MTRS [11FMS] IN 540052N, 081004E. (BERLIN NM 1190/31)

- NM 694/31. H03102/44 22.8.44 WK 11.9MTRS [6FMS 3FT] SHOWN IN 540100N, 001012E ON CAPTURED GERMAN 26 [1942 EDN] & GERMAN 138G. (US NAVAL DOCUMENTS 102-W & 102-Y RESPECTIVELY) - FNM 1782/44. H2882/46 & H2639/45 14.6.46 G LT BUOY, WHISTLE, ESTABLISHED IN 540048N, 081000E. (GERMAN NM 822/45) NE 1875. H3340/46 14.8.47 LEAST DEPTH NOW 18MTRS. BUOY REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 1196/47)

- NM 2134/47. H3340/46 6.10.50 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 13.5MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2348/50)

- NM 1870/50. H3340/46 28.1.64 WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.2MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4587/63)

- NM 145/64. H3340/46 12.10.64 H3340/46 12.10.64 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.0MTRS, MARKED BY G LT BUOY, ISO.G. (HAMBURG NM 3819/64)

- NM 1942/64. H3340/46 4.11.64 LT ON BUOY NOW INT.QKFL.G. (HAMBURG NM 3892/64)

- NM 2055/64. H3340/46 16.6.65 RADAR REFLECTOR ESTABLISHED ON BUOY CLOSE E OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 1833/65)

- NM 1179/65. 19.3.71 LT ON BUOY SHOWN AS GPFL(2)G.9S ON GERMAN 44 [1970 EDN]. NE 3261. H3142/69 & H5228/71 21.1.73 POSN GIVEN AS 540100N, 081024E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM 4788/71)

- NM 299/73. H3142/69 14.6.74 SWEPT CLEAR AT DEPTH 17.0MTRS. BUOY REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 1751/74)

- NM 1230/74. H3142/69 6.9.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT DEPTH 17.4MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2701/76) BR STD. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 17.4MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [1986 EDN]. NC 3761. H4720/87 29.9.87 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.7MTRS. (HAMBURG NM (21)87/32/87)

- NM 3167/87. 2.7.98 SHOWN AS SW 17.5MTRS ON GERMAN 44 [19TH EDN JAN '98]. NE 3261. SEP 2016/000033495 17.3.16 SHOWN AS SW 17.6MTRS IN 5400.923N, 0810.274E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44. (EDN 44, COR TO 8.1.16). AMEND SW 17.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 0.923 N,8 10.274 E

 

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