This is the information page about the shipwreck Kromwyk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 9.507 N,2 13.013 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)

 

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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. Agenoria
2. Altair
3. Ambassadrice
4. Amelia de llano
5. Amiable lucitte
6. Antoxo
7. Armande
8. Arnold maersk
9. Aviemore
10. Balance
11. Barunga
12. Beauport
13. Beaverburn
14. Beaverburn (probably)
15. Bizon (possibly)
16. Bizon (probably)
17. Brockley combe
18. Cabo villano
19. Ciscar
20. Commerce
21. Conlea
22. Cote ouest
23. Courier
24. Cuo
25. Diament
26. Dora
27. Dr rudolf wahrendorff
28. Dromore
29. Echo
30. Empire toucan
31. Estornino
32. Fink
33. Flamer
34. Ford power
35. Francis
36. Fulbore iii
37. Gabrielle
38. Gulnare
39. Guyona
40. Heron
41. Hms ashanti (bow section)
42. Hms ashanti (stern section)
43. Hms determinee (ex la determinee)
44. Hms edgehill
45. Hms rapid
46. Hms severn
47. Hopper
48. Isis
49. James
50. Jeanne marie
51. Joseph and margaret
52. Kathleen
53. Kromwyk
54. La blainvillaise
55. La josephine
56. La mauve
57. Le cap
58. Le poilu
59. Le squale
60. Leastilien
61. Lili joli
62. Louise
63. Lynwood
64. M 343 (possibly)
65. M 343 (probably)
66. M 483
67. M'as tu vu
68. Marie galante
69. Matelda
70. Megazan
71. Molares alvarez
72. Nathan jerome
73. Neptunia
74. Normandy
75. Olivegrove
76. Olway
77. Oost vlaanderen
78. Orphee
79. Pap 1
80. Pap 2
81. Pap 3
82. Peter paul
83. Petite anna
84. Prima
85. Princess ena
86. Raffio
87. Ribbledale
88. Rossgull
89. Saint louis
90. Sarcelle
91. Sarmatia
92. Schelde
93. Schokland
94. Silvonia
95. Sneaton
96. Songa (possibly)
97. Storesand
98. Sultan star
99. Susan k
100. Swift
101. Switha
102. Thrasyvoulos
103. Uss pt 509
104. Venus
105. Voorwaarts
106. Wonder

 

Name: KROMWYK

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 1978

Details measurements/cartography: H3635/71 25.2.72 LOCATED IN 490934N, 021306W USING RANGES. PROBABLY SS 'KROMWYK', AN EX RHINE BARGE CONVERTED AT ROTTERDAM BY GERMANS. WK UPSIDE DOWN AND STARTING TO DIG INTO GRAVEL. SUPERSTRUCTURE DISAPPEARED OR CRUSHED. FORWARD HOLD CONTAINED CONCRETE BRICKS SEEN THROUGH BROKEN SECTION OF HULL. ENGINE ROOM AFT WITH RAGGED HOLE PORTSIDE. TWIN ENGINES. SCREWS OF POOR QUALITY. LIES IN 70FT WITH BOWS E. (T A TITTERINGTON, JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM, 22.2.72). INS AS WK 14.6MTRS. BR STD. H1280/77 31.1.77 SUGGEST POSN BE MADE PA UNTIL DECCA FIX IS TAKEN. MOST NON-FERROUS METAL REMOVED. FORWARD SECTION COLLAPSED. PLATING AROUND ENGINE ROOM IN STERN REMOVED. BELL LOCATED, MADE OF IRON. (T A TITTERINGTON, JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM, 6.1.77). AMEND TO WK PA 14.6MTRS. BR STD. H4984/74 6.3.78 WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 490934N, 021306W. (FRENCH NM 78 05 20). NCA. H3801/78 25.9.78 LOCATED 10.6.78 IN 490934N, 021256W [EUR] USING HSA. LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.3MTRS. LIES E/W WITH BOWS E. BOWS & STERN INTACT. MIDSHIPS COLLAPSED. (RAF LAARBRUCH SUB AQUA EXPEDITION, JUN '78). AMEND TO WK 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2344/78. 13.5.04 WGD POSN: 4909.507N, 0213.013W. NE 1137.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS E. ONLY BOW AND STERN INTACT

Position: 49 9.507 N,2 13.013 W

 

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