This is the information page about the shipwreck Porthkerry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.803 N,0 18.858 W (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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.

 

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Name: PORTHKERRY

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1920 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1911 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by porthcawl ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220 nhp, single shaft. passage portland for sheerness. torpedoed by ub-40 while picking up the crew of ss tycho, whose boats were alongisde. 7 men lost, plus 15 from tycho. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/30 28.6.88 WK LOCATED IN 503746N, 001846W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES ON SIDE IN 45-50MTRS AND STANDS ABOUT 8MTRS HIGH. BELL RECOVERED WHICH IDENTIFIES WK AS THE 'PORTHKERRY'. (P A VAN DER BOON). CHART AS USC 35MTRS. NE 1652. HH100/351/09 16.5.95 NOT LOCATED USING DGPS AND E/S. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, HT BY DIVER

Position: 50 37.803 N,0 18.858 W

 

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