This is the information page about the shipwreck Knightsgarth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 17.54 N,6 16.755 W (55.417466666667, -6.4078833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: KNIGHTSGARTH

Length 100.9 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 2889 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built 1905 by sir raylton dixon & co ltd, middlesborough. owned at time of loss by rea shipping co ltd (harrisons). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 340 nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, middlesborough. passage lough swilly for barry. torpedoed 5m wnw of bull pt, rathlin. drifted se and ran aground just s of bull pt. 2 of 22 crew lost. (sii). torpedoed by u 91. (lloyds war losses; der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 SUNK 5M WNW FROM BULL PT, RATHLIN I. 18.8.53 INS AS NDW PA IN 551800N, 062600W. F6629. H2303/72 30.11.73 AREA, 1 SQ. M, SEARCHED ALONG DECCA LINES USING SONAR TYPE 193. NOTHING FOUND, (HMS MAXTON, VIA CAPT. MCM, LOCHINVAR 26.11.73). 11.10.72 AMEND WK USC PA 8FMS. NE 2723. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND WK USC PA 15MTRS. NC 2798. H4107/73 15.8.73 AMEND TO WK USCA 15MTRS.

- NM ACTION. H2303/72 30.11.73 DELETED. BR STD. H3740/69 16.10.74 REPORTED SINKING POSN 551800N, 062600W. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE). NCA. HH100/351/06 22.1.93 BROKEN UP REMAINS OF THIS WK IS LOCATED IN 551736N, 061645W. COVERED WITH GROWTH AND KELP. DRIES 3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. (N SOTHY, 12.1.93). NCA. 18.10.04 POSN PLOTS ON LAND AMENDED TO DEAD. 22.11.04 LIES CLOSE TO LARGE CAVES IN THE CLIFF AT TOLOVEY WHERE THE BOILERS CAN STILL BE SEEN IN GEN DEPTH 4-8MTRS. (SII) AMENDED BACK TO LIVE, POSN 5517.540N, 0616.755W [WGD]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 17.54 N,6 16.755 W

 

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