This is the information page about the shipwreck Kyarra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.929 N,1 56.619 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Aeolian sky
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Barryman
14. Betelgeuse (bow section)
15. Betsy anna
16. Black hawk (fwd section)
17. Bobbyb
18. Borgny
19. Braedale (probably)
20. Bretagne
21. Britannia (probably)
22. Carentan
23. Castlereagh
24. Chasseur 6
25. Chasseur 7
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Clarinda
29. Coquetdale (probably)
30. Dagmar
31. Derna (probably)
32. Dumfries
33. Everleigh
34. Evertsen
35. Excelsior (possibly)
36. Fenna (probably)
37. Fleur de lys
38. Fluent
39. General jackson
40. Georgios kyriakides
41. Goathland
42. Halsewell
43. Hartburn (probably)
44. Hartley (possibly)
45. Hms arfon
46. Hms eleanor (probably)
47. Hms fame
48. Hms john mitchell
49. Hms sargasso
50. Hms warrior ii
51. Hms waterlily
52. Hmsm a3
53. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
54. Iolanthe
55. Iona
56. Janna
57. Jgena (possibly)
58. Kong guttorm (probably)
59. Kyarra
60. Lady of avenel
61. Lcvp 120
62. Leny (possibly)
63. License to kill (possibly)
64. Lil boat
65. Lochavon
66. Magog
67. Mayflower
68. Messina
69. Michelle
70. Midland queen
71. Miefield
72. Milo
73. Nailsea lass
74. Navasota
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Neree (probably)
77. Nestlea
78. Nidarholm
79. Normandy
80. Pescalanza
81. Piedras
82. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
83. Rapana
84. Sally jane
85. San fernando
86. Seahawk
87. Security (possibly)
88. Sheer grace
89. Southampton
90. Start
91. Surdelo
92. Tamele
93. Tiiu
94. Togimo
95. Trafalgar (possibly)
96. U 480
97. Venezuela
98. Vera (probably)
99. Woodbury

 

Name: KYARRA

Length 126.8 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 6953 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: 1.7.08 built in 1903 by w denny & brothers, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by australasian united steam navigation co. four boilers, two triple expansion engine of 770 nhp, twin shaft. passage london for devonport. torpedoed by ub-57 and sank in 19 minutes. six crew lost. (sibi, bournemouth echo 1.7.08, lloyds war losses, dive dorset).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 59 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK ABOUT 1.25M SSE OF ANVIL POINT. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H2980/18 27.5.18 WK IN 503430N, 015620W. MAST SHOWING NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (TELEGRAMS FROM BASINTAL, PORTSMOUTH). 4.5.18 SUNK 1.5M S OF ANVIL PT. (MASTER BOT WR 8/1537, DOCKET M27599). SUNK 2M SSE FROM ANVIL PT. (WW1SL & DODS). 4.6.18 SUNK IN 503400N, 015800W. (PORTLAND AP REPORT, DOCKET M010743). H6391/19 25.3.20 POSN 503430N, 015620W ACCEPTED. (LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF ADMIRALTY).

- NM 674/20. H4607/28 2.8.28 NOT FOUND IN 503430N, 015620W. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 1258/28. H1268/66 22.5.66 IDENTIFIED AS 'KYARRA'. LARGE VESSEL, LYING ON HER SIDE. MANY DECK FITTINGS WINCHES ETC ARE STILL RECOGNISABLE. TRANSIT MARKS SUPPLIED. (MISS L BLAKE, SUB-AQUA DIVER, 22.5.66). H1730/65 3.5.68 DRIFT SWEEP IN 503453N, 015633W USING HSA. DECCA USED. WK CLEARED AT 62FT, FOULED AT 63FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 62FT IN GEN DEPTH BY E/S 90FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR BY ECHO 7FT. SEABED COARSE SAND, SHELL AND SMALL STONES. WK IS EVIDENTLY STARTING TO BREAK UP HAVING 3FT MORE WATER OVER IT THAN IN 1958 & A LOCAL FISHERMAN REPORTED THAT HE HAD KNOCKED SEVERAL PIECES OFF WK IN RECENT YEARS. (FSL WATERWITCH, R OF S 7.6.67). BR STD. H1246/69 6.5.69 WK LYING APPROX E/W, BOWS POINTING E. COVERS AN AREA 600 X 150FT. LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE, WHEEL-HOUSE AND TOP SUPERSTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY. STANDING 30FT HIGH ON SEABED, BUT BOW STANDS SOME 5FT HIGHER THAN THIS. SHIP HAS BROKEN BACK, SEVERAL INTERIOR DECKS HAVE COLLAPSED. SEABED IS SAND & ROCKS. SOME SALVAGE HAS TAKEN PLACE. HOPE TO REMOVE PROP DURING SUMMER 1969. (D W WEIGHTMAN, KINGSTON SAC, 2.5.69). 5.10.88 WK STANDS 18MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. MUCH OF CARGO STILL IN HOLDS INCLUDES FRENCH PERFUME, CHAMPAGNE, STOUT, RED WINE, SEALING WAX, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LINO & CLOTH. WK INHABITED BY LARGE POLLOCK & CONGER EELS. (DIVE DORSET, J & V HINCHCLIFFE, 1984). HH091/154/01 & SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 28.1.09 IN 5034.929N, 0156.619W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.59 IN GEN DEPTH 26.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 138.5MTRS, WIDTH 64.8MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 059/239 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 19.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE

Position: 50 34.929 N,1 56.619 W

 

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