Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Kurland, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 34.807 N,1 3.301 W (50.580117, -1.055017)

De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

Naam: KURLAND

Lengte 86.6 meter, breedte: 11.6 meter, diepgang: 5.5, tonnage 2022 ton
Lading: armament,construction materials,animals (land & sea) and birds,general and mixed goods

Oorzaak: ex-william branfoot. built in 1888 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by ocean soc anon belge d'arm. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 211nhp, single shaft. passage new york for calais. sank following a collision with a vessel thought to be the deventia.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 29 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 195 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20161114

Details metingen/cartografie: H490/18 4.2.18 WK, WITH MAST VISIBLE 3FT, REPORTED IN 503445N, 010330W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 165/18. H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4607/28 4.8.28 A SMALL OBSTRUCTION WAS LOCATED BY SWEEP IN 503452N, 010315W. FOULED AT DEPTH 62FT. (TH, 27.7.28). INS AS WK 10FMS (1918). H4613/73 16.10.73 IDENTIFIED AS AN UPRIGHT CARGO VESSEL WITH 4 HOLDS AND DAMAGED AMIDSHIPS. STANDS 20FT ABOVE SEABED. GEN DEPTH 80FT. LENGTH ABOUT 300FT. CARGO IS MAINLY BRICKS. LIES E/W. HAS AN IRON PROPELLER. MAY BE SHOALER THAN CHARTED. (MR TODD, OCT 1973). H2979/74 15.5.74 REPD ABOUT 2 CABLES W OF CHARTED POSN. (E GILES, 17.4.74). NCA YET. H1310/83/12 18.3.83 LOCATED DURING SONAR SURVEY IN 503445N, 010316W [OGB] USING DECCA. (SOUTH COAST SHIPPING CO LTD, 15.2.83). NCA YET. H1310/83/25 16.5.83 POSN NOW 503444N, 010320W USING DECCA. SONAR TRACE INDICATES WK IS UPRIGHT, BUT NO SONAR HT OBTAINABLE. (S COAST SHIPPING CO. LTD, 13.5.83). APPARENTLY ORIENTATED NNW/SSE. BR STD. . 1.3.94 WK IDENTIFIED AS SS KURLAND. BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (M WOODWARD, 28.2.94). 19.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH100/351/16 12.10.00 DIVED IN 5034.770N, 0103.200W [WGD] USING DGPS. WK IS HEAVILY BROKEN UP AND CONFUSING. PORTION OF HOLD IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. BOXED .303 LEE ENFIELD RIFLES AND OTHER MUNITIONS NOTED AND POSSIBLY HORSE SHOES. SEABED SHELLY. (M JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5034.796N, 0103.311W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 4.5MTRS HIGH BY E/S BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN WK 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 3.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.807N, 0103.301W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 5.59MTRS. ORIENTATION 195/015 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 80MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 035DEGS. OUTLINE OF HULL IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. IDENTIFIABLE FEATURES INCLUDE TWO BOILERS AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED

Positie: 50 34.807 N,1 3.301 W

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