This is the information page about the shipwreck Kitty (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 10.591 N,1 31.695 W (56.0797, -1.5490833333333)

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.

Name: KITTY (POSSIBLY)

Length 32 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 181 ton

Cause: built in 1898 by earle's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by g f sleight, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 55hp, single shaft. passage peterhead for fishing and return. captured by submarine and sunk by explosives. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: MAY 1917 POSN GIVEN 561030N, 013300W. (A T NO 289). H8203/19 POSN GIVEN AS 25M ENE FROM ST ABBS HD. H4087/26 24.6.26 ERASE WK FROM 2182B. 1.3.71 RE-INS AS NDW PA. NE 2182B [INT 1402]. 15.9.72 MAY BE 560400N, 012700W. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). NCA. 16.2.78 AMEND TO WK USC PA 40MTRS. NC 1407. HH091/152/01 20.9.07 SEP 2007/000069355 EXAM'D 1.8.06 IN 5610.591N, 0131.695W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.4 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 8MTRS TOWARDS 175 DEGS. LENGTH 45.2MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS WITH BOWS S. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT & INTACT. PATCH OF DEBRIS 19 X 11 X 0.9MTRS LIES 42MTRS E. (GARDLINE, HI 1152). AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 4719/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS S

Position: 56 10.591 N,1 31.695 W

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