This is the information page about the shipwreck Kirsten skou, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.845 N,1 25.303 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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.

 

1. Admiral gardner
2. Advent
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Blanc nez
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Camisard
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Colbert
20. Constanzia
21. Corhaven
22. Correct
23. D'artagnan
24. Dartmore
25. De fontaine
26. Dinard
27. Dixie
28. Dotterel
29. E goodwin ltv
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Falcon (probably)
40. Fearless
41. Filleigh
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. Frons olivae (probably)
46. G 85 (possibly)
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. Gad 23
49. Genimar
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harcalo
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms alert ?
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms flirt
73. Hms glen boyne
74. Hms kingston galena
75. Hms lord grey
76. Hms lydian
77. Hms marcella
78. Hms napia
79. Hms niger (possibly)
80. Hms northumberland (probably)
81. Hms othello ii
82. Hms peridot
83. Hms restoration (possibly)
84. Hms rodino
85. Hms stirling castle (probably)
86. Hms torbay ii (probably)
87. Hms tranquil
88. Hms war sepoy
89. Hms weigelia
90. Hmsm b2
91. Hundvaag
92. Ilaro
93. Iltis (possibly)
94. Ira (possibly)
95. Jacob luckenbach
96. James harrod
97. Josephine willis
98. Kabinda
99. Kadru
100. Katharina kolkmann
101. Kielce
102. Kirsten skou
103. Koenigshaven
104. L'armandeche
105. La fleche
106. Lady stella
107. Latona
108. Le pelerin de la mer
109. Le tregor
110. Leicester
111. Leila najia
112. Leo
113. Lizzonia
114. Loanda
115. Lord hamilton (possibly)
116. Luray victory
117. Lusitania
118. Mahratta
119. Mahratta ii
120. Maloja 1
121. Malta (probably)
122. Marie-ange loic
123. Mercator
124. Merel (part of)(possibly)
125. Mersey
126. Moise
127. Monarch
128. Mrav
129. Munificent
130. Murillo
131. Nancy moran
132. Naranco
133. Negrier
134. Newcastle
135. Nicolaw
136. Niki
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Notre dame des trois epis
140. Nunima
141. Ousel (probably)
142. Pallieter
143. Phoenix
144. Polgrange
145. Portslade (possibly)
146. Preussen
147. Pulborough
148. Quentovic
149. Rio parana
150. River levan
151. Rochester castle (possibly)
152. Rydal force
153. Rynanna
154. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
155. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
156. Sabac
157. Saint michael veillez sur nous
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Sambut
161. Santagata
162. Santagata (?part of)
163. Sea serpent
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. Smarapaan
167. St cecilia
168. Strathclyde
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Toward
174. Traquair (probably)
175. Tusnastabb (possibly)
176. U 11 (possibly)
177. U 16 (possibly)
178. U 48
179. U 8
180. Ub 103 (possibly)
181. Ub 108 (possibly)
182. Ub 109
183. Ub 31 ?
184. Ub 38
185. Ub 55 (probably)
186. Ub 56 (possibly)
187. Ub 58 (possibly)
188. Ub 78
189. Ub-33 (probably)
190. Uc 26
191. Uc 46
192. Uc 46 (possibly)
193. Uc 63
194. Uc 77 (possibly)
195. Uc 78 or uc 79
196. Unity
197. W a scholten
198. Wheatman (possibly)
199. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: KIRSTEN SKOU

Length 126.8 meter, width: 17.1 meter, tonnage 4153 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1953 by helsingor skibs & msk. owned at time of loss by d/s ove skou red. 9 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage bremen for beira. sank within 15 mins of a collision with mv karpfanger in fog. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 49 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H1506/62 12.4.62 H1506/62 12.4.62 WK 5FMS 4FT IN 510356N, 012522E, MARKED BY G SPH BUOY, INTQKFLG.10S, RAREFL. (TH NM 28/62).

- NM 830/62. H1506/62 12.2.65 H1506/62 12.2.65 CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 57, FOUL AT 58FT [MLWS] AFTER DISPERSAL OPERATIONS. (THV SIREN, 27.1.65). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 3FT, & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 307/65. NAVEAM 7842 ISSUED. H1270/72 29.6.72 H1270/72 29.6.72 CONTRACT PLACED BY TRINITY HOUSE WITH RISDON BEAZLEY TO DISPERSE WK TO 70FT. (TH, 26.6.72). H1270/72 13.4.73 H1270/72 13.4.73 SALVAGE OPS, WK BEING LIFTED. (TH). H1270/72 2.5.73 H1270/72 2.5.73 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, SIG DTD 26.4.73). 7.9.73 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22.2MTRS. NC 1892. H1506/62 13.9.73 H1506/62 13.9.73 BUOYS REMOVED AFTER CLEARANCE OPS. WK CLEAR TO 73FT. (TH HARWICH, 1973). AMEND TO SW 12FMS 1FT IN 510347N, 012523E.

- NM 1862/73 H4199/78 16.8.78 H4199/78 16.8.78 LOCATED 26.10.77 IN 510349N, 012524E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 30-31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT PROBABLY GREATER THAN 5-7MTRS, LENGTH 129MTRS. LYING 045/225DEGS. TWO OTHER MINOR OBSTNS LIE 75MTRS SE OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2414/78. H2330/84 4.3.86 H2330/84 4.3.86 EXAM'D 9.12.85 IN 510348N, 012524E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HEIGHT 10.5MTRS, LENGTH 124.5MTRS. LYING 047/227DEGS WITH BOWS NE. HIGHEST POINT, 'H' SHAPED DERRICK, NEAR SW END. THREE PIECES OF WRECKAGE LIE SE OF WK [A] 40MTRS SE WITH HT 1.9MTRS, [B] 70MTRS SE WITH NO HT, & [C] 170MTRS E ALSO WITH NO HEIGHT. CHART AS SW 18.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). AMEND TO WK 18.5MTRS [10FMS] IN REVISED POSN WITH S CARD, Q(6)+LFL15S, CLOSE SE.

- NM 799/86. H4951/84 8.7.86 H4951/84 8.7.86 BUOY TO BE WITHDRAWN ON OR ABOUT 17.7.86. (TH NM 59/86). DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2148/86. H3947/89 24.5.89 H3947/89 24.5.89 EXAM'D 14.4.89 IN 510347N, 012524E USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.9, FOUL AT 22.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 4.3MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS. LIES 058/238DEGS WITH NUMEROUS PIECES OF WRECKAGE LYING NEARBY. TWO HIGH POINTS AT SW END WHICH MAY BE DERRICK & ANOTHER AMIDSHIPS WHICH IS BELIVED THE PROUDER OF THE TWO. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 469). NEITHER EXTREMITY, ESPECIALLY SW END OF WK, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SWEPT FROM EXAMINATION OF SWEEPING DIAGRAM. NCA. 26.5.89 26.5.89 NOW CHARTED IN 510348N, 012524E [OGB]. NC 323. HH090/606/01 14.9.94 HH090/606/01 14.9.94 EXAM'D 3.8.94 IN 510348.4N, 012525.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.9, FOUL 22.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS. COVERS 105 BY 36MTRS. LIES 042/222DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 606). ACCORDING TO SWEEP PLOT THE WHOLE AREA OF THE WK WAS NOT CLEARED AT 21.9MTRS. THUS WK 18.5MTRS RETAINED IN 510348N, 012525E [OGB]. BR STD. HH091/159/01 18.7.07 HH091/159/01 18.7.07 LOCATED 3.10.06 IN 5103.845N, 0125.303E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.00 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 119.8MTRS, WIDTH 39.2MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 049/229 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COMPLETELY COLAPSED. (OSAE, HI 1159). RETAIN WK 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE

Position: 51 3.845 N,1 25.303 E

 

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