HMS Kite
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Kite | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | sloop-of-war | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Norwegian Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 73.0167, 3.9500 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Kite (U87) was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1944 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).
Named after the bird of the same name, she was built at Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, on the banks of the river Mersey (she was to later to be based across the river in Gladstone Dock, Bootle). She was launched on 13 October 1942 and commissioned on 1 March 1943.
Diving & visiting
On 21 August 2004, the 60th anniversary of Kite's sinking a memorial stone was unveiled in the Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens.
Location
- Recorded position: 73.0167, 3.9500 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Norwegian Sea
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Kite (U87) (revision 1375004736), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “HMS Kite Memorial”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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- U-289 1944 · 125 km
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