This is the information page about the shipwreck Knuthenborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.438 N,0 3.698 E (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Albatross
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amstelland
14. Anastasia
15. Arctic viking
16. Ardbeg (probably)
17. Argo (possibly)
18. Ariel (possibly)
19. Audentia
20. Aurora
21. Ave maria
22. Ballina
23. Barrister (possibly)
24. Bassa
25. Be ready (probably)
26. Bella
27. Bellerophon
28. Ben cruachan
29. Ben rein (ex-starling)
30. Bessie
31. Beursplein
32. Blanche (possibly)
33. Brema
34. Briar
35. Briton (possibly)
36. Bur
37. C s parnell
38. Cadmus
39. Calista (probably)
40. Cap palos (part of)
41. Cardea
42. Carley marie
43. Carmelite (possibly)
44. Caroline
45. Casanare
46. Cevic
47. Chant 63
48. Chloe (possibly)
49. Chloris (possibly)
50. Citrine
51. Clan macmaster
52. Clan menzies
53. Clwyd (probably)
54. Coalman
55. Conargo
56. Conisbro castle
57. Connemara
58. Conovium (probably)
59. Corinth (possibly)
60. Corrientes
61. Creteboom
62. Crois bhride
63. Crown
64. Crusader (possibly)
65. Cyclope
66. Dalewood (probably)
67. Dana (possibly)
68. Darro
69. Dawn waters
70. Diana
71. Diana
72. Don boscoe
73. Donegal
74. Doris b
75. Downshire (possibly)
76. Downshire (probably)
77. Dryade
78. Dunavil forth (possibly)
79. Dundalk
80. Dunmore
81. Eileen
82. Eleanor
83. Elfrida
84. Eli
85. Elizabeth hyam
86. Ellen sheant
87. Embassage
88. Emerald dawn
89. Empire airman
90. Empire of peace
91. Empire wind
92. Empress (probably)
93. Empress eugenie
94. Express (possibly)
95. Feltre
96. Fenella ann
97. Florence
98. Flowerette
99. Flying meteor
100. Forest queen
101. Fulmar
102. G-azjy
103. Gem (bow section)
104. Gem (stern section)
105. George & mary
106. Georgetown victory (part of)
107. Georgetown victory (part of)
108. Georgina hutton
109. Ginette michel
110. Ginger
111. Girl may
112. Girl sylvia
113. Glencona
114. Glendun
115. Glenford
116. Glenmaroon (possibly)
117. Globe trotter
118. Green hill (part of)(probably)
119. Grinder
120. Guiding star
121. Hannah louisa
122. Heemskerk
123. Helmsman (probably)
124. Herbie
125. Hibernian
126. Hms banyers
127. Hms dirk
128. Hms fairy
129. Hms falcon (stern section)
130. Hms garmo (probably)
131. Hms racehorse
132. Hms racoon
133. Hms silicia
134. Holmar i
135. Hornsund (probably)
136. Horsted
137. Houghton
138. Hugh taylor
139. Hunsdon
140. Ida
141. Irene chalmers
142. J b paddon
143. Jane
144. Jane brown
145. Janeeta (possibly)
146. Jeanette
147. Jenemi
148. John rettig (probably)
149. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
150. Kalo (probably)
151. Keret
152. Kilbroney (probably)
153. Kilrea (probably)
154. Kimberley (possibly)
155. Kingston cameo
156. Knuthenborg
157. L'amite
158. Labora (possibly)
159. Lady ann
160. Lady anstruther (probably)
161. Lady louisa
162. Lagun
163. Landport (possibly)
164. Largo (possibly)
165. Leeds (probably)
166. Lifeguard (possibly)
167. Lily
168. Limesfield
169. Liverpool
170. Lough fisher
171. Lucy
172. Lunevale
173. Lurigethan
174. Lyra
175. Lyra (bow section)
176. M c holm
177. Madame renee
178. Madge wildfire
179. Magdalyn ann
180. Maja
181. Malaguena
182. Manchester engineer (probably)
183. Manx queen
184. Marguerite
185. Marian francis
186. Marianne toft (possibly)
187. Marie l
188. Markersdall (probably)
189. Mary heeley
190. Mayfield
191. Meeuw
192. Megawatt
193. Melfort
194. Merisia
195. Mfv polaris
196. Mhari l
197. Modig
198. Modiva (possibly)
199. Montreal
200. Moonlight
201. Moonlight (possibly)
202. Murielle
203. Nadejda (possibly)
204. Nalon
205. Nar
206. Nichola ann
207. Nitedal
208. No.163
209. Noel du marin
210. Nora
211. Norenda (possibly)
212. Norhilda
213. Ocean harvest ii
214. Octavia
215. Old haws pt lt or west pile
216. Onward (possibly)
217. Oona hall
218. Opal (possibly)
219. Orsa
220. Otis tetrax
221. Our brighter dawn
222. Our golden promise
223. Our lassie
224. Our lorraine
225. Our queen
226. Paraciers
227. Peebles (possibly)
228. Peru (probably)
229. Peshawur
230. Peveril
231. Phare (probably)
232. Playmate (possibly)
233. Portia
234. Pt1 or pt2
235. Queen of the isles (probably)
236. Rebecca
237. Residu
238. Retriever
239. Ringwall
240. Robert dee
241. Rudyard kipling
242. Saint barchan
243. Saint mirren (possibly)
244. Saltaro (fwd part)
245. Saltaro (fwd part)
246. Saltaro (fwd part)
247. Samaria
248. Scathros
249. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
250. Scorpio
251. Scotia
252. Seamew (possibly)
253. Silver crest
254. Silver dee
255. Silver quest 2
256. Silverpine
257. Sixty-six
258. Skerries
259. Skomer
260. Sliedrecht
261. Sna iii
262. Sota eduardo
263. Speedwell
264. St elwyn
265. Stamila
266. Stanburn
267. Storm drift
268. Sulairia
269. Sunbeam
270. Sunrise (possibly)
271. Sy sol
272. Tees
273. Temple mead
274. Thornfield
275. Thracian
276. Tide (probably)
277. Tijl uilenspiegel
278. Tilley anne
279. Tinker
280. Togston (possibly)
281. Topaz
282. Tornamona
283. Trelyon
284. Tullaghmurray lass
285. Tumi joy 2
286. Tuskar
287. Tuskar
288. U 1024 (possibly)
289. U 1024 (probably)
290. Ubier (probably)
291. Uc 39
292. Uc 75
293. Umbe
294. Upminster (possibly)
295. Upwey grange
296. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
297. Vanadis (possibly)
298. Varangmalm (possibly)
299. Vedra
300. Victo (bow section)
301. Victo (stern section)
302. Viking
303. Ville de valenciennes
304. Violet (probably)
305. Waltham (probably)
306. Wayside flower (possibly)
307. Westburn (possibly)
308. Whitemantle (possibly)
309. Wild wave
310. William hanbury

 

Name: KNUTHENBORG

Length 54.9 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 517 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built of iron in 1880 by kockums mek. verk., malmo. owned at time of loss by det. forenede dampskibs, selsk. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 105hp, single shaft. passage grimsby for newcastle-upon-tyne. in ballast. foundered following collision with ss rhone of denmark.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H2534/74 9.4.75 WK IN 540039N, 000412E. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT NO 106). INS AS USC 15MTRS. BR STD. 22.8.77 AMEND TO USC 15MTRS. NC 1191. H2534/74 28.11.79 FOUR BAD OBSTNS IN 540020N, 000418E; 540034N, 000424E; 540039N, 000438E & 540057N, 000432E. POSNS BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS VOL 1). H5084/77 18.3.80 LARGE SAND WAVE LOCATED IN 540039N, 000412E. WK EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 540124N, 000349E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 39.6MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. INTACT WK. 60MTRS LONG, LYING 095/275 DEG. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. 5.8.94 KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE WRECK OF THE `NUFFENBURG'. (AB(SR) WOOD, TELECON DTD 3.8.94). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 INTACT, ON AN EVEN KEEL. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL. BOWS S. TWO BOILERS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. HH100/351/18 30.4.02 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE STEERING WHEEL BOSS MARKED 'BERGEN 1880' WITH THE NAME 'KNUTHENBURG'. (S OLD). NCA. HH100/351/20 27.8.03 DIVED IN 5401.420N, 0003.696E [WGD]. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHINGLE. WK IS MAINLY UPRIGHT WITH BOWS N. STERN FLATTENED TO THE SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE FLATTENED TO THE DECK. 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE. TWO HOLDS FORE AND AFT. NO CARGO EVIDENT. (D ROBINSON, HUMBERSIDE POLICE). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 3.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5401.438N, 0003.698E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 33.33MTRS, GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 58.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS, HT 5.51MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6468). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT

Position: 54 1.438 N,0 3.698 E

 

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