This is the information page about the shipwreck Gapern, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3.407 N,0 4.641 E (55.3447833, -0.8955833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: GAPERN

Length 86 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2286 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: Built 1972 by flekkfjord slipp. & mask. owned at time of loss by o f ahlmark & co., eftr., a/b. passage kotka for hartlepool. cargo woodpulp. took water in the engine room and later sank. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter

Known since: 1973, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: 19.11.73 19.11.73 SANK IN 550300N, 00400E. (TYNEMOUTH CG, TLX DTD 18.11.73). INS AS USCPA 15FMS.

- NM 2447/73. 7.12.73 7.12.73 WK IN 550324N, 000445E BY DECCA. (S TRAWLER KINGSTON EMERALD, VIA WHITE FISH AUTHORITY). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1270/84 1.4.85 H1270/84 1.4.85 AMEND TO NDW. NE 1191 & 1192. HH160/350/01 10.11.89 HH160/350/01 10.11.89 AMEND TO USC 47MTRS (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 2182.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 3.407 N,0 4.641 E

 

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