This is the information page about the shipwreck Kyma, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.298 N,0 24.419 E (53.556, 0.1333)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Arduity
6. Argo
7. Audacity
8. Avalon
9. B o borjesson
10. Benmacdhui
11. Box hill
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Capitaine edmond laborie
17. Catford
18. Cecil (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Corland
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Deerpool (for'd section)
27. Deodata
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Egret
33. Empress (probably)
34. Ethel (possibly)
35. Exmoor
36. Fane
37. Faunus
38. Fermo
39. Flourish
40. Fowberry tower (part)
41. Fowberry tower (part)
42. Francis
43. Freidig (possibly)
44. Fryken
45. Georgie
46. Georgios
47. Gerhardt (possibly)
48. Girl kitty (possibly)
49. Giuseppe
50. Gladeto
51. Gluckauf (possibly)
52. Gothic
53. Grangemouth
54. Harlech
55. Heimland
56. Hms benvolio
57. Hms botanic
58. Hms calverton
59. Hms corfield
60. Hms cortina
61. Hms dervish
62. Hms egret
63. Hms kos xvi (probably)
64. Hms lormont
65. Hms princess victoria
66. Hms strathborve (part)
67. Hms susarion
68. Hms warland (possibly)
69. Homer
70. Ightham (possibly)
71. Inge marguerite (possibly)
72. Ionic (probably)
73. Jane (possibly)
74. Janet helen (possibly)
75. Jersey (probably)
76. John and thomas
77. Kalo (probably)
78. Katina bulgari
79. Kimberley (possibly)
80. Konstantinos hadjipateras
81. Kyma
82. Ladas (possibly)
83. Lancaster (possibly)
84. Lightship no 83
85. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
86. Lindy sue
87. Lord haig (possibly)
88. Lord haig (possibly)
89. Lord selborne
90. Lottie (possibly)
91. Lucerne
92. Lutha
93. Lyra (bow section)
94. Maggie
95. Magnolia
96. Marian francis
97. Marie dawn
98. Marshall (probably)
99. Matanuska (probably)
100. Merchiston
101. Modig
102. Modiva (possibly)
103. Nautilus
104. Nimrod
105. Onesta
106. Ophir ii (possibly)
107. Orsa
108. Otis tetrax
109. Paraciers
110. Petroswift
111. Polzella (possibly)
112. Portia
113. Rado (possibly)
114. Ravonia (part)
115. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
116. Rayford
117. Revello
118. Revi
119. Revigo (possibly)
120. Rhuys
121. Rievaulx abbey
122. Rivaulx
123. River don (part of)(probably)
124. River witham
125. Rivergate
126. Rosebud (possibly)
127. Royston
128. Salacon
129. Salmondby
130. Saltoun
131. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
132. Schieland (possibly)
133. Sea pearl
134. Sota eduardo
135. Stylianos chandris
136. Thessaly
137. Triton
138. Umbe
139. Upminster (possibly)
140. Vechstroom
141. Venture (possibly)
142. Whitemantle (possibly)
143. Windsor (part of)
144. Windsor (part of)
145. Winga
146. Xavier
147. Xavier

 

Name: KYMA

Length 107.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3959 ton
Load: vehicles,grain

Cause: ex-rothley '33. built in 1911 by blyth sb & dd co ltd. owned at time of loss by a k peraz. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 356hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engine co ltd. passage montreal for hull. cargo grain and trucks. mined.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: REPD SUNK IN 533300N, 002100E. (WW2SL). H03535/41 17.12.41 SUNK IN 533324N, 002432E. 2 MASTS SHOW. LIES SE/NW. (CAPT M/S, HUMBER). INS AS DW, WITH G CAN, GPFL(2) G 10S, CLOSE NW.

- NM 2991/41. H03535/41 9.9.47 POSN EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL. NOT LOCATED BUT AREA RADIUS 250YDS SWEPT CLEAR AT 37FT [MLWS]. A DEEP SCOUR EXISTS IN CENTRE OF THIS AREA IN 533314N, 002427E. GEN DEPTH 41-48FT. (HMS SCOTT). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 3FT WITH BUOY CLOSE N.

- NM 2326/47. H03535/41 9.9.49 WK LOCATED IN 533314N, 002427E IN SEPT 1948. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 44FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1877/49. 23.6.75 AMEND TO WK 12.7MTRS. NC 107. H1287/78/312 25.9.78 WELL FLATTENED AND LYING IN LARGE SCOUR. (H GARNER, 20.9.78). H1270/73 6.11.78 DIVED. HEAVILY DISPERSED. (KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). HH090/593/01 5.1.94 EXAM'D 18.5.93 IN 533315.4N, 002433.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 15.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, BREADTH 45MTRS. DEBRIS, LYING 160/340 DEG, SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA AND 'SCOURED IN'. (OCEONICS, (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 29.12.13 IN 5333.298N, 0024.419E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.25 IN GEN DEPTH 14.2MTRS. SCOUR 2.0MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 160MTRS TOWARDS 340 DEGS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL BROKEN AND SCATTERED WRECK. CONTAINED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SCOUR AND IS PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). DEBRIS AT SE END OF LARGE SCOUR. AMEND WK 14.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEBRIS AT SE END OF LARGE SCOUR

Position: 53 33.298 N,0 24.419 E

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway