This is the information page about the shipwreck Knarsdale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.239 N,1 38.667 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Aircraft
4. Alastair
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Batavier 5
10. Bella donna
11. Blackhill
12. Bonnington court
13. British captain
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Cairnside
19. Carica milica
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Corcrest
26. Cormount (probably)
27. Coureur des mers
28. Cressdene (possibly)
29. Cresta
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Denewood
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Dunwich bank wk
36. Dynamo
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. Empire bridge
40. Erna boldt (probably)
41. Estrella (possibly)
42. European gateway (part of)
43. Eva witte
44. Excelsior
45. F stobart (probably)
46. Faithful star
47. Farmatyr
48. Firth
49. Fort massac
50. Forth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gasfire
55. Gena
56. Gerhard
57. Gipsy (possibly)
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Grisdeale
62. Groeswen (probably)
63. H h petersen
64. Harlington (probably)
65. Harlyn (probably)
66. Harriet
67. Hebe
68. Hendon hall
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hmml 127 (possibly)
73. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
74. Hms adonis (possibly)
75. Hms arethusa
76. Hms donna nook
77. Hms donside (possibly)
78. Hms duchess of hamilton
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms forward iii
82. Hms franc tireur
83. Hms harvest gleaner
84. Hms hastfen
85. Hms hirose (probably)
86. Hms holdene
87. Hms japan
88. Hms jessie nutten
89. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
90. Hms lord airedale
91. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
92. Hms ludlow
93. Hms marconi
94. Hms monarch
95. Hms moravia (possibly)
96. Hms nadine
97. Hms new comet (possibly)
98. Hms orthos (probably)
99. Hms resono (possibly)
100. Hms river clyde (possibly)
101. Hms river clyde (possibly)
102. Hms sisapon
103. Hms sisters melville
104. Hms st seiriol
105. Hms tervani
106. Hms tunisian
107. Hms waveflower
108. Hms whooper
109. Hms william wesney
110. Hmsm e6
111. Hmtb 10
112. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
113. Hnlms 227
114. Hornchurch
115. Ignis (possibly)
116. Ingi
117. Ionian (possibly)
118. J c dalble
119. Janny
120. Jim
121. Josefina thorden (after part)
122. Kankakee
123. Khartoum (possibly)
124. Knarsdale
125. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
126. Koningen emma (possibly)
127. Kwasind
128. Lady salisbury
129. Lincairn (possibly)
130. Lindfar
131. Lisette
132. Little world
133. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
134. Lonhelen (possibly)
135. Lowland
136. Mac 5 (possibly)
137. Magdapur
138. Mangara
139. Maria rosa
140. Marie leonhardt (probably)
141. Mascotte
142. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
143. Mexico
144. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
145. Moidart
146. Morar
147. Nereus
148. Newhaven (possibly)
149. Nico
150. Nicolaos piangos
151. Norhauk
152. Norwich trader
153. Ocean lassie
154. Ocean pride
155. Old charlton
156. Ostprussen (possibly)
157. Paullette
158. Peik
159. Pescado
160. Petshenga (possibly)
161. Phryne
162. Plawsworth (possibly)
163. Polgarth
164. Princess juliana
165. Profit
166. Protinus (possibly)
167. Quickstep
168. Ravenscraig (possibly)
169. Ren
170. Rhenas (possibly)
171. Rhineland
172. Rochester city
173. Savona (probably)
174. Scimitar
175. Sea king
176. Second chance (possibly)
177. Sheaf field
178. Simon bolivar
179. Southford
180. Storm
181. Sunbeam
182. Sunniside (probably)
183. Sweep ii
184. Taber park
185. Tergestea
186. Terukuni maru
187. Thornaby (possibly)
188. Thyra
189. Torchbearer
190. Uc 11 (possibly)
191. Uc 72 (possibly)
192. Vae victis
193. Vancouver
194. Volscian (possibly)
195. Warrenpoint
196. Wearside
197. White ghost
198. White lady
199. Wychwood (possibly)
200. Wyetown
201. Yampa (part of)
202. Yampa (part of)
203. Yampa (part of)
204. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
205. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: KNARSDALE

Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1641 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: ex-herman menzell, ex-dunav. built in 1896 by j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the scandanavian shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 153hp, single shaft. passage blyth for sheerness. cargo coal and coke. struck mine laid by uc-7. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20170306

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2.75M E BY S FROM ORFORDNESS. (WW1SL). H3211/17 26.5.17 BEING DISPERSED. (TH). H3769/17 & H4184/17 WK 7.5FMS IN 520510N, 013848E. - FNM 403/17. H2906/62 4.2.65 VISUAL FIX 085.5DEG 2.65M FROM ORFORDNESS LT. LEAST DEPTH 41FT. (HMS ECHO, 30.12.64). H1144/65 3.8.65 LEAST E/S 41FT IN 49-51FT. SCOUR 53FT. (HMS ECHO, 27.10.64). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 5FT.

- NM 244/65. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 12.5MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 5.1.77 NOT FOUND DURING AREA DCS3 SWEEP. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). NCA. H2917/83 28.3.85 NOTHING FOUND DURING E/S AND DCS3 SEARCH. WK CONSIDERED TO BE BURIED. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 26.2.02 RECORD REVIEWED. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS FOUL 12.5MTRS. AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 13.12.13 [WGD] POSN: 5205.263N, 0138.726E. 17.12.13 LOCATED IN 5205.238N, 0138.667E [WGD]. (D NEWMAN, COASTLINE SURVEYS, EMAIL DTD 13.12.13). AMEND POSN. SEP 2016/000091759 31.8.17 EXAM'D 6.3.17; IN 5205.239N, 0138.667E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS, LENGTH 76.9MTRS, WIDTH 19.3MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 156/336 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 37MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 234 DEGS. WRECK IS CLEARLY DEFINED AND REMAINS MOSTLY IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 5.239 N,1 38.667 E

 

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