This is the information page about the shipwreck Kurland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.807 N,1 3.301 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Asger ryg
9. Ashanti (possibly)
10. Bettann (bow section)
11. Bettann (stern section)
12. Braat ii
13. Camberwell
14. Cambrian
15. Cambrian (part of)
16. Cambrian princess (probably)
17. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
18. Camswan
19. Capable
20. Cuba
21. Cuba
22. Daylesford
23. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
24. Donegal (possibly)
25. Duddon (probably)
26. Elford
27. Empress queen
28. Excelsior
29. Faith
30. Fallodon
31. Flag theofano
32. Fort yale
33. Fpt iv
34. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
35. G-cbpt
36. Gerarda
37. Germa geisha
38. Glen (possibly)
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
44. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
45. Hm lct 427 (after part)
46. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
47. Hmcs alberni
48. Hms apley (possibly)
49. Hms boxer
50. Hms crestflower
51. Hms hazard
52. Hms hazardous
53. Hms insolent
54. Hms invincible
55. Hms listrac (probably)
56. Hms p12 (stern section).
57. Hms prince leopold
58. Hms tiger
59. Hms undine
60. Hms velox
61. Hmsm a1
62. Inger
63. Irishman
64. Isleworth
65. Kurland
66. Lct 1068
67. Lct 757 (possibly)
68. Leon
69. Lowmount
70. Luciston
71. Luis
72. Mary rose
73. Meandros (possibly)
74. Mendi
75. Minerva (possibly)
76. Montecrana (possibly)
77. Moonraker (probably)
78. Neath (possibly)
79. Oriflamme
80. Orion
81. Pearl (probably)
82. Polandia (possibly)
83. Ps ryde
84. Redesmere
85. Roway
86. Rtc no.9
87. Saint enogat
88. Simla
89. Sinah
90. Sines (possibly)
91. Spearfish
92. Stokes bay pier (remains)
93. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
94. Teelin head
95. Tweed
96. U 1195
97. U 90
98. Ub 21
99. Ub 81
100. Vadne
101. Vanessa (probably)
102. Venus
103. Volkerak
104. Wapello
105. Weston maid (possibly)
106. Withern

 

Name: KURLAND

Length 86.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2022 ton
Load: armament,construction materials,animals (land & sea) and birds,general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-william branfoot. built in 1888 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by ocean soc anon belge d'arm. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 211nhp, single shaft. passage new york for calais. sank following a collision with a vessel thought to be the deventia.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 195 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: H490/18 4.2.18 WK, WITH MAST VISIBLE 3FT, REPORTED IN 503445N, 010330W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 165/18. H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4607/28 4.8.28 A SMALL OBSTRUCTION WAS LOCATED BY SWEEP IN 503452N, 010315W. FOULED AT DEPTH 62FT. (TH, 27.7.28). INS AS WK 10FMS (1918). H4613/73 16.10.73 IDENTIFIED AS AN UPRIGHT CARGO VESSEL WITH 4 HOLDS AND DAMAGED AMIDSHIPS. STANDS 20FT ABOVE SEABED. GEN DEPTH 80FT. LENGTH ABOUT 300FT. CARGO IS MAINLY BRICKS. LIES E/W. HAS AN IRON PROPELLER. MAY BE SHOALER THAN CHARTED. (MR TODD, OCT 1973). H2979/74 15.5.74 REPD ABOUT 2 CABLES W OF CHARTED POSN. (E GILES, 17.4.74). NCA YET. H1310/83/12 18.3.83 LOCATED DURING SONAR SURVEY IN 503445N, 010316W [OGB] USING DECCA. (SOUTH COAST SHIPPING CO LTD, 15.2.83). NCA YET. H1310/83/25 16.5.83 POSN NOW 503444N, 010320W USING DECCA. SONAR TRACE INDICATES WK IS UPRIGHT, BUT NO SONAR HT OBTAINABLE. (S COAST SHIPPING CO. LTD, 13.5.83). APPARENTLY ORIENTATED NNW/SSE. BR STD. . 1.3.94 WK IDENTIFIED AS SS KURLAND. BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (M WOODWARD, 28.2.94). 19.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH100/351/16 12.10.00 DIVED IN 5034.770N, 0103.200W [WGD] USING DGPS. WK IS HEAVILY BROKEN UP AND CONFUSING. PORTION OF HOLD IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. BOXED .303 LEE ENFIELD RIFLES AND OTHER MUNITIONS NOTED AND POSSIBLY HORSE SHOES. SEABED SHELLY. (M JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5034.796N, 0103.311W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 4.5MTRS HIGH BY E/S BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN WK 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 3.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.807N, 0103.301W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 5.59MTRS. ORIENTATION 195/015 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 80MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 035DEGS. OUTLINE OF HULL IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. IDENTIFIABLE FEATURES INCLUDE TWO BOILERS AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED

Position: 50 34.807 N,1 3.301 W

 

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