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 (51.075983333333, 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. Brendonia
15. Camisard
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. Dartmore
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dixie
29. Dorothy j (possibly)
30. Dotterel
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Emma
36. Emma (possibly)
37. Empire lough (probably)
38. Empress of fort william (probably)
39. En avant
40. Eustratios (probably)
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Filleigh
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. Frons olivae (probably)
48. G 85 (possibly)
49. G-42 (possibly)
50. Gad 23
51. Genimar
52. Gladys
53. Gloire a sainte therese
54. Grit (probably)
55. Grosser kurfurst
56. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
57. Halcyon
58. Harcalo
59. Henry moon
60. Heron
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms alert ?
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aries (possibly)
67. Hms artic trapper
68. Hms brazen
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms flirt
76. Hms glen boyne
77. Hms kingston galena
78. Hms lord grey
79. Hms lydian
80. Hms marcella
81. Hms napia
82. Hms niger (possibly)
83. Hms northumberland (probably)
84. Hms othello ii
85. Hms peridot
86. Hms restoration (possibly)
87. Hms rodino
88. Hms stirling castle (probably)
89. Hms torbay ii (probably)
90. Hms tranquil
91. Hms war sepoy
92. Hms weigelia
93. Hmsm b2
94. Hundvaag
95. Ilaro
96. Iltis (possibly)
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Katharina kolkmann
104. Kielce
105. Kirsten skou
106. Koenigshaven
107. L'armandeche
108. La fleche
109. Lady stella
110. Latona
111. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lighter 83
118. Lizzonia
119. Loanda
120. Lolworth
121. Lord hamilton (possibly)
122. Luray victory
123. Lusitania
124. Mahratta
125. Mahratta ii
126. Maloja 1
127. Malta (probably)
128. Marie-ange loic
129. Mercator
130. Merel (part of)(possibly)
131. Mersey
132. Moise
133. Monarch
134. Mrav
135. Munificent
136. Murillo
137. Nancy moran
138. Naranco
139. Negrier
140. Newcastle
141. Nicolaw
142. Niki
143. Norman
144. North eastern victory
145. Notre dame des trois epis
146. Nunima
147. Ocean king (possibly)
148. Ousel (probably)
149. Pallieter
150. Phoenix
151. Polgrange
152. Portslade (possibly)
153. Preussen
154. Pulborough
155. Quentovic
156. Rio parana
157. River levan
158. Rochester castle (possibly)
159. Rooswijk
160. Rydal force
161. Rynanna
162. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
163. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
164. Sabac
165. Saint michael veillez sur nous
166. Saint ronan (possibly)
167. Saint ronan (possibly)
168. Sambut
169. Santagata
170. Santagata (?part of)
171. Sea serpent
172. Shenandoah
173. Sir russell
174. Smarapaan
175. Spanish prince
176. St cecilia
177. St claire (possibly)
178. Strathclyde
179. Teeswood
180. Texaco caribbean (after section)
181. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
182. The queen
183. Toromoree
184. Toward
185. Traquair (probably)
186. Tusnastabb (possibly)
187. U 11 (possibly)
188. U 16 (possibly)
189. U 48
190. U 8
191. Ub 103 (possibly)
192. Ub 108 (possibly)
193. Ub 109
194. Ub 12 (possibly)
195. Ub 29 (possibly)
196. Ub 31 ?
197. Ub 38
198. Ub 55 (probably)
199. Ub 56 (possibly)
200. Ub 58 (possibly)
201. Ub 78
202. Ub-33 (probably)
203. Uc 26
204. Uc 46
205. Uc 46 (possibly)
206. Uc 63
207. Uc 77 (possibly)
208. Uc 78 or uc 79
209. Unity
210. W a scholten
211. Wheatman (possibly)
212. 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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