Wreck: Knuthenborg (Steam ship)

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 (53.740283, 0.209967)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

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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