This is the information page about the shipwreck Gannet (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.64 N,1 46.661 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. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Hendon hall
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms hastfen
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms holdene
81. Hms japan
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms lord airedale
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms monarch
87. Hms moravia (possibly)
88. Hms nadine
89. Hms new comet (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms resono (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jamesina
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
113. Koningen emma (possibly)
114. Kwasind
115. Lady salisbury
116. Lapwing
117. Lincairn (possibly)
118. Lisette
119. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
120. Lonhelen (possibly)
121. Lord bute
122. Lowland
123. Magdapur
124. Mangara
125. Maria rosa
126. Marie leonhardt (probably)
127. Mascotte
128. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
129. Mercurius
130. Mexico
131. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
132. Mirella
133. Moidart
134. Mudo
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nicolaos piangos
138. Nominoe
139. Norhauk
140. Norwich trader
141. Novocastrian
142. Ocean pride
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Protinus (possibly)
151. Ravenscraig (possibly)
152. Ren
153. Rhenas (possibly)
154. Rhineland
155. Rochester city
156. Savona (probably)
157. Scimitar
158. Scotia
159. Sea rhine
160. Second chance (possibly)
161. Skodsburg (possibly)
162. Southford
163. St patrick
164. Stad alkmaar
165. Storm
166. Sunniside (probably)
167. Taber park
168. Tergestea
169. Terukuni maru
170. Thornaby (possibly)
171. Thyra
172. Tidal (possibly)
173. Torchbearer
174. Uc 11 (possibly)
175. Vae victis
176. Vancouver
177. Victorious
178. Warrenpoint
179. White lady
180. Wychwood (possibly)
181. Wyetown
182. Yarmouth
183. Yewkyle (possibly)
184. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GANNET (POSSIBLY)

Length 74.7 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1127 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1879 by m pearse & co, stockton on tees. owned at time of loss by the general steam navigation co. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 181hp, single shaft. passage rotterdam for london. general cargo. struck mine laid by uc6 and sank. 8 lost.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 20161215

Details measurements/cartography: HH242/405/02 3.8.94 WK IN 520837.2N, 014647.4E [OGB]. ESTIMATED HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, LIES 045/225 DEGS. (MV BETELGEUSE, HN FOR HI 616). NCA YET. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 9.8.94 IN 520837.11N, 014646.71E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 16.2, FOUL 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. SEP 2016/000091759 18.8.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16; IN 5208.640N, 0146.661E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 74.9MTRS, WIDTH 12.3MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 043/223 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 193.38MTRS, 2.32MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 014DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.64 N,1 46.661 E

 

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