This is the information page about the shipwreck Yewkyle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.001 N,1 48.958 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Fidelio
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Groeswen (probably)
59. Gulf breaker
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Hebe
65. Hendon hall
66. Heworth
67. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms evesham (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms harvest gleaner
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms orthos (probably)
88. Hms resono (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms st seiriol
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms tugela
95. Hms waveflower
96. Hms whooper
97. Hms william wesney
98. Hmsm e6
99. Hmtb 10
100. Hnlms 227
101. Hornchurch
102. Ignis (possibly)
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
111. Koningen emma (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Maria rosa
124. Marie leonhardt (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Mirella
131. Moidart
132. Mudo
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Nominoe
137. Norwich trader
138. Novocastrian
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Pescado
143. Petshenga (possibly)
144. Phryne
145. Plawsworth (possibly)
146. Polgarth
147. Protinus (possibly)
148. Ravenscraig (possibly)
149. Ren
150. Rhenas (possibly)
151. Rhineland
152. Robin iv
153. Rochester city
154. Savona (probably)
155. Scimitar
156. Scotia
157. Sea king
158. Sea rhine
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Stad alkmaar
163. Storm
164. Sunniside (probably)
165. Taber park
166. Tergestea
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Tidal (possibly)
170. Torchbearer
171. Tunisiana
172. U 13 (probably)
173. Uc 11 (possibly)
174. Ui-001
175. Vae victis
176. Vancouver
177. Victorious
178. Warrenpoint
179. White lady
180. Wychwood (possibly)
181. Wyetown
182. Yarmouth
183. Yewkyle (possibly)
184. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: YEWKYLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 824 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-carterside '36, ex-sunnycroft, ex-ennistown. built in 1917 by bartram & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by j steward & co shipping co. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 119hp, single shaft. machinery by j dickinson & sons ltd. passage blyth for portsmouth. cargo coal. foundered following collision.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161215

Details measurements/cartography: H03210/45 25.3.59 WRECK ACCURATELY LOCATED IN 520848N, 014912E. (C IN C NORE, 15.6.45). H3273/61 10.9.62 LOCATED IN 520900N, 014902E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 87FT IN GEN DEPTH 103FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). INS AS NDW. LC 1543. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. NE 1543. 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 26.5MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 9.8.94 IN 520858.40N, 014903.98E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.5, FOUL 24.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.9 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND SW 24.5MTRS. HH100/351/18 29.8.02 DIVED IN 5209.010N, 0148.948E [WGD] USING GPS. A CARGO VESSEL WITH CENTRE BRIDGE. FROM THE STERN TO THE BRIDGE WK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. STANDS 3MTRS CLEAR AT THE HIGHEST POINT. FWD OF THE BRIDGE THE HULL HAS COLLAPSED AND ONLY RIBS AND THE REMAINS OF THE CARGO ARE VISIBLE. BOW SECTION IS BROKEN OFF AND LIES ON THE SEABED JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 12.7.02). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16; IN 5209.001N, 0148.958E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 55.4MTRS, WIDTH 10.6MTRS, HEIGHT 4.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 103.63MTRS, 2.16MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 011 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 9.001 N,1 48.958 E

 

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