Loss

Date 31 January 1918

Event ID 610494

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

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Located in 1962 by HMS SCOTT, least depth 46m and standing some 7m proud of the seabed at 53m. K4 was sunk in collision with K6. She turned over on sinking and is now possibly upside down. There were no survivors.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

(Classified as submarine: date of loss cited as 31 January 1918). HMS [HMS/M] K4: [this vessel was in] collision and sank.

Registration: London. 1850 tons displacement. Length: 103m. Beam: 8m.

(Location of loss cited as N56 15.53 W2 11.40).

I G Whittaker 1998.