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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms christopher (possibly)
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms evesham (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms resono (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms tugela
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Jim
104. Kenneth hawksfield
105. Khartoum (possibly)
106. Knarsdale
107. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
108. Koningen emma (possibly)
109. Kwasind
110. Lady salisbury
111. Lapwing
112. Lincairn (possibly)
113. Lisette
114. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
115. Lonhelen (possibly)
116. Lord bute
117. Magdapur
118. Mangara
119. Maria rosa
120. Marie leonhardt (probably)
121. Mascotte
122. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
123. Mercurius
124. Mexico
125. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
126. Mirella
127. Moidart
128. Mudo
129. Nereus
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nicolaos piangos
132. Nominoe
133. Norwich trader
134. Novocastrian
135. Ocean pride
136. Old charlton
137. Ostprussen (possibly)
138. Pescado
139. Petshenga (possibly)
140. Phryne
141. Plawsworth (possibly)
142. Polgarth
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Ravenscraig (possibly)
145. Ren
146. Rhenas (possibly)
147. Rhineland
148. Robin iv
149. Rochester city
150. Savona (probably)
151. Scimitar
152. Scotia
153. Sea rhine
154. Skodsburg (possibly)
155. Southford
156. St patrick
157. Stad alkmaar
158. Storm
159. Sunniside (probably)
160. Taber park
161. Tergestea
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Thyra
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Torchbearer
166. U 13 (probably)
167. Uc 11 (possibly)
168. Ui-001
169. Vae victis
170. Vancouver
171. Victorious
172. Warrenpoint
173. White lady
174. Wychwood (possibly)
175. Wyetown
176. Yarmouth
177. Yewkyle (possibly)
178. 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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