This is the information page about the shipwreck Kwasind, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.063 N,1 45.579 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Grisdeale
60. Groenlo
61. Groeswen (probably)
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Harlington (probably)
65. Harlyn (probably)
66. Harriet
67. Hebe
68. Hendon hall
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hms adonis (possibly)
73. Hms christopher (possibly)
74. Hms donna nook
75. Hms donside (possibly)
76. Hms eros (possibly)
77. Hms evesham (possibly)
78. Hms forward iii
79. Hms franc tireur
80. Hms harvest gleaner
81. Hms hastfen
82. Hms hirose (probably)
83. Hms holdene
84. Hms japan
85. Hms jessie nutten
86. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
87. Hms lord airedale
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms orthos (probably)
95. Hms resono (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisters melville
99. Hms st seiriol
100. Hms tervani
101. Hms tugela
102. Hms waveflower
103. Hms whooper
104. Hms william wesney
105. Hmsm e6
106. Hmtb 10
107. Hnlms 227
108. Hornchurch
109. Ignis (possibly)
110. Ionian (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Jamesina
113. Jim
114. Kenneth hawksfield
115. Khartoum (possibly)
116. Knarsdale
117. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
118. Koningen emma (possibly)
119. Kwasind
120. Lady salisbury
121. Lapwing
122. Lapwing (possibly)
123. Lincairn (possibly)
124. Lisette
125. Little world
126. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
127. Lonhelen (possibly)
128. Lord bute
129. Lowland
130. Magdapur
131. Mangara
132. Maria rosa
133. Marie leonhardt (probably)
134. Mascotte
135. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
136. Mercurius
137. Mexico
138. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
139. Moidart
140. Morar
141. Mudo
142. Nereus
143. Newhaven (possibly)
144. Nicolaos piangos
145. Nominoe
146. Norhauk
147. Norwich trader
148. Novocastrian
149. Ocean pride
150. Old charlton
151. Ostprussen (possibly)
152. Palembang (probably)
153. Pescado
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Protinus (possibly)
159. Ravenscraig (possibly)
160. Ren
161. Rhenas (possibly)
162. Rhineland
163. Rochester city
164. Savona (probably)
165. Scimitar
166. Sea king
167. Second chance (possibly)
168. Skodsburg (possibly)
169. Southford
170. St patrick
171. Stad alkmaar
172. Storm
173. Sunniside (probably)
174. Taber park
175. Tergestea
176. Terukuni maru
177. Thornaby (possibly)
178. Thyra
179. Tidal (possibly)
180. Torchbearer
181. Tunisiana
182. Uc 11 (possibly)
183. Vae victis
184. Vancouver
185. Victorious
186. Warrenpoint
187. Wearside
188. White ghost
189. White lady
190. Wychwood (possibly)
191. Wyetown
192. Yarmouth
193. Yewkyle (possibly)
194. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: KWASIND

Length 90.5 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2211 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-turret bell. built in 1894 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the arctic ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 233hp, single shaft. passage bilbao for west hartlepool. cargo iron ore. mined, fore part sank in 10 seconds.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: 11.3.17 POSN 520800N, 014500E. H3052/31 27.10.31 INS WK 40FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1931). H3052/31 8.7.32 BEING DISPERSED. (TH). - TNM 1058/32. H3052/31 6.9.32 DISPERSED TO 45FT. (TH 1932). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT. BR STD. H3273/61 10.9.62 LOCATED IN 520804N, 014536E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT IN 73FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 13.7MTRS. NC 1543. H2917/83 29.3.85 OUTSIDE AREA SURVEYED, BUT DETECTED ON E/S WHILST TURNING BETWEEN SOUNDING LINES. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAM'D 5.8.94 IN 520802.75N, 014541.17E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5, FOUL 15.8MTRS.LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. IN TWO PIECES AND SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. 24.10.08 DIVED IN 5208.090N, 0145.564E [WGD]. WK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DISPERSED. TWO LARGE BOILERS REMAIN IN AMONGST A MASS OF TANGLED METAL. NO RECOGNISABLE PARTS OF THE SHIP WERE FOUND. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 22.10.08). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16; IN 5208.063N, 0145.579E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 32.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 192.72MTRS, 1.53MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 020 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.063 N,1 45.579 E

 

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