This is the information page about the shipwreck Alida gorthon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 6 N,12 12 W (55.916666666667, -12.4)

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.

Name: ALIDA GORTHON

Length 92 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2373 ton

Cause: built in 1902 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by rederiaktieb activ. triple expansion engine of 221nhp. passage london for st john's. torpedoed by u-100. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2725 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560600N, 121200W. (LLOYDS & D.S.). H01001/40 18.11.40 H01001/40 18.11.40 POSN GIVEN AS 590900N, 121400W APPROX. POSN NOT ACCEPTED. (O.U 6353A/40). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 590900N 121400W APPROX. (WW2SL). INCORRECT POSN SEE ABOVE. 5.8.87 5.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560900N, 121400W. U-100 SANK OTHER VESSELS IN THIS AREA ON SAME DAY. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). POSN PLOTS IN APPROX 2725 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 6 N,12 12 W

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