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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hms adonis (possibly)
72. Hms christopher (possibly)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms hastfen
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
85. Hms lord airedale
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms orthos (probably)
93. Hms resono (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms tervani
98. Hms tugela
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hms william wesney
102. Hmsm e6
103. Hmtb 10
104. Hnlms 227
105. Hornchurch
106. Ignis (possibly)
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. J c dalble
109. Jamesina
110. Jim
111. Kenneth hawksfield
112. Khartoum (possibly)
113. Knarsdale
114. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
115. Koningen emma (possibly)
116. Kwasind
117. Lady salisbury
118. Lapwing
119. Lincairn (possibly)
120. Lisette
121. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
122. Lonhelen (possibly)
123. Lord bute
124. Lowland
125. Magdapur
126. Mangara
127. Maria rosa
128. Marie leonhardt (probably)
129. Mascotte
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mercurius
132. Mexico
133. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
134. Moidart
135. Morar
136. Mudo
137. Nereus
138. Newhaven (possibly)
139. Nicolaos piangos
140. Nominoe
141. Norhauk
142. Norwich trader
143. Novocastrian
144. Ocean pride
145. Old charlton
146. Ostprussen (possibly)
147. Palembang (probably)
148. Pescado
149. Petshenga (possibly)
150. Phryne
151. Plawsworth (possibly)
152. Polgarth
153. Protinus (possibly)
154. Ravenscraig (possibly)
155. Ren
156. Rhenas (possibly)
157. Rhineland
158. Rochester city
159. Savona (probably)
160. Scimitar
161. Second chance (possibly)
162. Skodsburg (possibly)
163. Southford
164. St patrick
165. Stad alkmaar
166. Storm
167. Sunniside (probably)
168. Taber park
169. Tergestea
170. Terukuni maru
171. Thornaby (possibly)
172. Thyra
173. Tidal (possibly)
174. Torchbearer
175. Uc 11 (possibly)
176. Vae victis
177. Vancouver
178. Victorious
179. Warrenpoint
180. Wearside
181. White ghost
182. White lady
183. Wychwood (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yarmouth
186. Yewkyle (possibly)
187. 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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