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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corbrook
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Django
25. Dronning maud (possibly)
26. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Excellenz mehnert
29. Fidelio
30. Frumenton
31. Gasfire
32. Geneva
33. George fisher
34. Gipsy (possibly)
35. Girl linda
36. Glen derry (probably)
37. Glen tilt (possibly)
38. Glynn
39. Groenlo
40. Gulf breaker
41. H h petersen
42. Helena
43. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
44. Hms christopher (possibly)
45. Hms condor (probably)
46. Hms dhoon (probably)
47. Hms donside (possibly)
48. Hms evesham (possibly)
49. Hms exmoor
50. Hms fontenoy
51. Hms force
52. Hms glen prosen
53. Hms irvana (part of)
54. Hms jessie nutten
55. Hms kaphreda
56. Hms m a west (probably)
57. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
58. Hms orthos (probably)
59. Hms pelton (probably)
60. Hms speeton (possibly)
61. Hms spider
62. Hms tettenhall
63. Hms tonbridge
64. Hms tugela
65. Hmsm d5
66. Impulsion
67. Ionian (probably)
68. Kenneth hawksfield
69. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
70. Knitsley (possibly)
71. La perouse (possibly)
72. Langeli (possibly)
73. Liliane (possibly)
74. Lindisfarne (probably)
75. Lingfield
76. Mardyke
77. Maria rosa
78. Marianne (probably)
79. Mascota (possibly)
80. Mascotte
81. Memento (possibly)
82. Merchant
83. Mercurius
84. Mirella
85. Montferland
86. Mudo
87. Murdoch (probably)
88. Navarra (possibly)
89. Nereus
90. Newland (possibly)
91. Nominoe
92. Nordborg (possibly)
93. Noreen
94. Novocastrian
95. Oil trader
96. Onto
97. Otis tarda
98. Philipp m
99. Pluton
100. Prima
101. Quest
102. Regain
103. Ren
104. Reward (possibly)
105. Rhineland
106. Robin iv
107. Robrix
108. Rochester city
109. Rogate
110. Roine
111. Rye
112. Scotia
113. Sea rhine
114. Silksworth hall (probably).
115. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
116. Skodsburg (possibly)
117. Southford
118. St patrick
119. Stad alkmaar
120. Stanmount
121. Strive
122. Sunniside (probably)
123. Taber park
124. Thomas m (possibly)
125. Tidal (possibly)
126. Togston
127. Tregantle (possibly)
128. Trevethoe
129. U 13 (probably)
130. Vanguard
131. Viola (possibly)
132. Virgilia
133. War mehtar
134. War valley
135. Yewvalley (possibly)
136. 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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