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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Alastair
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. European gateway (part of)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hmml 127 (possibly)
67. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms arethusa
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms duchess of hamilton
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hastfen
77. Hms hirose (probably)
78. Hms holdene
79. Hms japan
80. Hms jessie nutten
81. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms orthos (probably)
90. Hms resono (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisapon
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tunisian
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ingi
106. Ionian (possibly)
107. J c dalble
108. Janny
109. Jim
110. Josefina thorden (after part)
111. Kankakee
112. Khartoum (possibly)
113. Knarsdale
114. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
115. Koningen emma (possibly)
116. Kwasind
117. Lady salisbury
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lindfar
120. Lisette
121. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
122. Lonhelen (possibly)
123. Lowland
124. Mac 5 (possibly)
125. Magdapur
126. Mangara
127. Maria rosa
128. Marie leonhardt (probably)
129. Mascotte
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mexico
132. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
133. Moidart
134. Morar
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nico
138. Nicolaos piangos
139. Norhauk
140. Norwich trader
141. Ocean pride
142. Old charlton
143. Ostprussen (possibly)
144. Paullette
145. Peik
146. Pescado
147. Petshenga (possibly)
148. Phryne
149. Plawsworth (possibly)
150. Polgarth
151. Princess juliana
152. Profit
153. Protinus (possibly)
154. Quickstep
155. Ravenscraig (possibly)
156. Ren
157. Rhenas (possibly)
158. Rhineland
159. Rochester city
160. Savona (probably)
161. Scimitar
162. Second chance (possibly)
163. Simon bolivar
164. Southford
165. Storm
166. Sunbeam
167. Sunniside (probably)
168. Sweep ii
169. Taber park
170. Tergestea
171. Terukuni maru
172. Thornaby (possibly)
173. Thyra
174. Torchbearer
175. Uc 11 (possibly)
176. Uc 72 (possibly)
177. Vae victis
178. Vancouver
179. Volscian (possibly)
180. Warrenpoint
181. Wearside
182. White ghost
183. White lady
184. Wychwood (possibly)
185. Wyetown
186. 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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