This is the information page about the shipwreck Knitsley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.082 N,2 4.08 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 tilt (possibly)
41. Glynn
42. Groenlo
43. Gulf breaker
44. H h petersen
45. Helena
46. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
47. Hms cantatrice
48. Hms christopher (possibly)
49. Hms condor (probably)
50. Hms dhoon (probably)
51. Hms donside (possibly)
52. Hms evesham (possibly)
53. Hms exmoor
54. Hms fontenoy
55. Hms force
56. Hms glen prosen
57. Hms irvana (part of)
58. Hms jessie nutten
59. Hms kaphreda
60. Hms m a west (probably)
61. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
62. Hms orthos (probably)
63. Hms pelton (probably)
64. Hms speeton (possibly)
65. Hms spider
66. Hms tettenhall
67. Hms tonbridge
68. Hms tugela
69. Hmsm d5
70. Impulsion
71. Ionian (probably)
72. Kenneth hawksfield
73. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
74. Knitsley (possibly)
75. La perouse (possibly)
76. Langeli (possibly)
77. Liliane (possibly)
78. Lindisfarne (probably)
79. Lingfield
80. Mardyke
81. Maria rosa
82. Marianne (probably)
83. Mascota (possibly)
84. Mascotte
85. Memento (possibly)
86. Merchant
87. Mercurius
88. Mirella
89. Montferland
90. Mudo
91. Murdoch (probably)
92. Navarra (possibly)
93. Nereus
94. Newland (possibly)
95. Nominoe
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Noreen
98. Novocastrian
99. Oil trader
100. Onto
101. Otis tarda
102. Philipp m
103. Pluton
104. Prima
105. Quest
106. Regain
107. Ren
108. Reward (possibly)
109. Rhineland
110. Robin iv
111. Robrix
112. Rochester city
113. Rogate
114. Roine
115. Rye
116. Scotia
117. Sea rhine
118. Silksworth hall (probably).
119. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
120. Skodsburg (possibly)
121. Southford
122. St patrick
123. Stad alkmaar
124. Stanmount
125. Strive
126. Sunniside (probably)
127. Taber park
128. Thomas m (possibly)
129. Tidal (possibly)
130. Togston
131. Tregantle (possibly)
132. Trevethoe
133. Tunisiana
134. U 13 (probably)
135. Uc 62 (possibly)
136. Vanguard
137. Viola (possibly)
138. Virgilia
139. War mehtar
140. War valley
141. Yewvalley (possibly)
142. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: KNITSLEY (POSSIBLY)

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: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 92 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: H04114/42 18.12.42 POSN 353DEG 2.1M FROM NO4 BUOY OR 523318N, 020354E PA. (HMS VALESCA, 17.12.42). H04114/42 25.12.42 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 32FT MLWS. (SO(H) NIBLOCK 24.12.42). H04114/42 26.6.47 UNKNOWN WRECK IN POSN 523316N, 020358E DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 45FT. (HMS SWITHA, 25.6.47). H04114/42 15.7.48 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT IN 523328N, 020404E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 14.7.48). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 1673/48. H3730/69 1.6.69 EXAM'D IN 523307N, 020410E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78FT IN GEN DEPTH 95FT. SCOUR 107FT. DEEP SCOUR ON N. LIES E/W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 13FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523306N, 020406E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.0MTRS, FOUL AT 21.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.8MTRS IN 29.0MTRS. SCOUR 33.0MTRS. LIES N/S. APPROX 400FT BY 200FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 24 18.6.71). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 5FT. BR STD. 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 20.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 523303.2N, 020411.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3, FOUL 22.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTH 28.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. HULL APPEARS DAMAGED AND DISTORTED. BOW OR STERN SECTION COULD BE MISSING AND MAY BE [11230]. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.082N, 0204.080E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 69.1MTRS, WIDTH 21.0MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 092/272 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 65.1MTRS, 5.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 001 DEGS. WK IS BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 33.082 N,2 4.08 E

 

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