This is the information page about the shipwreck Knitsley (part of)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.224 N,2 4.134 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. Elnet
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Fidelio
33. Frumenton
34. G and e (possibly)
35. Gasfire
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Gipsy (possibly)
39. Girl linda
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Glen tilt (possibly)
42. Glynn
43. Groenlo
44. Gulf breaker
45. H h petersen
46. Helena
47. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
48. Hms cantatrice
49. Hms christopher (possibly)
50. Hms condor (probably)
51. Hms dhoon (probably)
52. Hms donside (possibly)
53. Hms evesham (possibly)
54. Hms exmoor
55. Hms fontenoy
56. Hms force
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms pelton (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tugela
70. Hmsm d5
71. Impulsion
72. Ionian (probably)
73. Kenneth hawksfield
74. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
75. Knitsley (possibly)
76. La perouse (possibly)
77. Langeli (possibly)
78. Liliane (possibly)
79. Lindisfarne (probably)
80. Lingfield
81. Mardyke
82. Maria rosa
83. Marianne (probably)
84. Mascota (possibly)
85. Mascotte
86. Memento (possibly)
87. Merchant
88. Mercurius
89. Meriones
90. Mirella
91. Montferland
92. Mudo
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Newland (possibly)
97. Nominoe
98. Nordborg (possibly)
99. Noreen
100. Novocastrian
101. Oil trader
102. Onto
103. Otis tarda
104. Philipp m
105. Pluton
106. Prima
107. Quest
108. Regain
109. Ren
110. Reward (possibly)
111. Rhineland
112. Robin iv
113. Robrix
114. Rochester city
115. Rogate
116. Roine
117. Rye
118. Scotia
119. Sea rhine
120. Silksworth hall (probably).
121. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
122. Skodsburg (possibly)
123. Southford
124. St patrick
125. Stad alkmaar
126. Stanmount
127. Strive
128. Sunniside (probably)
129. Taber park
130. Thomas m (possibly)
131. Tidal (possibly)
132. Togston
133. Tregantle (possibly)
134. Trevethoe
135. Tunisiana
136. U 13 (probably)
137. Uc 62 (possibly)
138. Vanguard
139. Viola (possibly)
140. Virgilia
141. War mehtar
142. War valley
143. Yewvalley (possibly)
144. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: KNITSLEY (PART OF)(PROBABLY)

Length 89.6 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2272 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-thornhope '37. built in 1923 by wood, skinner & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the consett iron co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 239 nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engineering co ltd, newcastle. passage london for the tyne. torpedoed by e-boat. 12 crew and 1 dems gunner lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1994

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1994, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 8.7.94 IN 523311.7N, 020414.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.7, FOUL 24.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.2 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1-3MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. DUE TO SMALL SIZE, CHAOTIC APPEARANCE AND PROXIMITY THIS MAY BE THE BOW/STERN OF WK [11028], THE MAIN PART LYING SOME 250MTRS FURTHER SOUTH. BOTH PARTS ADDED TOGETHER WOULD AGREE WITH THE LENGTH OF THE SUNKEN VESSEL. FURTHER DEBRIS LIES IN 523310.8N, 020415.6E WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 28.0 IN GEN DEPTHS OF 28.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.2MTRS. ANOTHER PORTION LIES IN 523309.9N, 020413.4E. SWEPT CLEAR 26.8, FOUL 27.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.7 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. COVERS AREA SOME 5MTRS BY 5MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2017/00067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.224N, 0204.134E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 18.9MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 24.3MTRS, 1.75MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 166 DEGS. WK IS BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?PART OF WRECK [11028]

Position: 52 33.224 N,2 4.134 E

 

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