This is the information page about the shipwreck Kyno, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 6 N,13 26 W (58.1, -13.433333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: KYNO
Length 101.2 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 3946 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1924 by goole shipbuilding co., with triple expansion engine of 241nhp. owned at time of loss by ellerman's wilson line. passage new york for hull. torpedoed by german submarine u 28. 5 of 37 crew lost. (dods, axis submarine successes, ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 252 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SINKING POSN 580600N, 132600W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 9.2.78 SUNK APPROX 200M W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). 29.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 580600N, 132600W. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW2). PLOTS IN APPROX 252MTRS. NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 6 N,13 26 W