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 (52.4370167, 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 tilt (possibly)
37. Glynn
38. Groenlo
39. Gulf breaker
40. H h petersen
41. Helena
42. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
43. Hms christopher (possibly)
44. Hms condor (probably)
45. Hms dhoon (probably)
46. Hms donside (possibly)
47. Hms evesham (possibly)
48. Hms exmoor
49. Hms fontenoy
50. Hms force
51. Hms glen prosen
52. Hms irvana (part of)
53. Hms jessie nutten
54. Hms kaphreda
55. Hms m a west (probably)
56. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
57. Hms orthos (probably)
58. Hms pelton (probably)
59. Hms speeton (possibly)
60. Hms spider
61. Hms tettenhall
62. Hms tonbridge
63. Hms tugela
64. Hmsm d5
65. Impulsion
66. Ionian (probably)
67. Kenneth hawksfield
68. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
69. Knitsley (possibly)
70. La perouse (possibly)
71. Langeli (possibly)
72. Liliane (possibly)
73. Lindisfarne (probably)
74. Lingfield
75. Mardyke
76. Maria rosa
77. Marianne (probably)
78. Mascota (possibly)
79. Mascotte
80. Memento (possibly)
81. Merchant
82. Mercurius
83. Mirella
84. Montferland
85. Mudo
86. Murdoch (probably)
87. Navarra (possibly)
88. Nereus
89. Newland (possibly)
90. Nominoe
91. Nordborg (possibly)
92. Noreen
93. Novocastrian
94. Oil trader
95. Onto
96. Otis tarda
97. Philipp m
98. Pluton
99. Prima
100. Quest
101. Regain
102. Ren
103. Reward (possibly)
104. Rhineland
105. Robin iv
106. Robrix
107. Rochester city
108. Rogate
109. Roine
110. Rye
111. Scotia
112. Sea rhine
113. Silksworth hall (probably).
114. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
115. Skodsburg (possibly)
116. Southford
117. St patrick
118. Stad alkmaar
119. Stanmount
120. Strive
121. Sunniside (probably)
122. Taber park
123. Thomas m (possibly)
124. Tidal (possibly)
125. Togston
126. Tregantle (possibly)
127. Trevethoe
128. U 13 (probably)
129. Vanguard
130. Viola (possibly)
131. Virgilia
132. War mehtar
133. War valley
134. Yewvalley (possibly)
135. 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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