This is the information page about the shipwreck Garden city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.14 N,2 18.321 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GARDEN CITY
Length 148.7 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 6933 ton
Cause: Built in 1946 by forges et chantiers de la gironde, bordeaux. owned at time of loss by atlantic maritime co ltd. passage hamburg for port sudan. sank after collision with polish mv zaglebie dabrowskie. crew of 38 recovered. (msd).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H2774/69 24.3.69 SANK IN PA 512900N, 021800E. (LLOYDS MAR '69). INS AS DW PA.
- NM 585/69. H2774/69 26.3.69 WK FIXED IN 512911N, 021815E BY TH. MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, INT QKFLG CLOSE NE OF WK. (TH SIGNAL DTD 21.3.69).
- NM 1114/69. H2774/69 20.7.70 WK NOW MARKED BY G SPH BUOY, INT QKFL.G, RAFL, 040DEG 2C FROM WK. (TH LTR DTD 10.7.70). NOW A BELGIAN RESPONSIBILITY.
- NM 1287/70. H27743/69 20.8.70 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 9.8MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 16/109/70).
- NM 1464/70. H2774/69 18.1.71 NOW WK SW 11.3MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 25/158/70). BR STD. 9.11.72 LT BUOY UNLIT. (NAVEAM 486/72). 21.1.74 WK BUOY TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN. (NAVEAM 431/73). H2774/69 20.9.74 DELAPIDATED SPH WK BUOY REPD ON STATION. (CAPT MERRICK, CHANNEL PILOT). TELECOM WITH TH HARWICH REPORTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WK BUOY TRANSFERRED TO BELGIAN AUTHORITIES, WHO HAVE PRESUMABLY REPLACED. H2820/71 11.11.81 W CARD PILLAR LT BUOY SHOWN IN 512910N, 021812E [EUR] & SHOAL DEPTH 23.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS IN 512910N, 021825E ON DUTCH SURVEY, MAR '81 [K8495/15]. THIS POSSIBLY THE WK, BUT NOT SHOWN AS SUCH. POSNS FROM HIFIX/6. NCA. H1310/83/8 2.2.83 DESCRIBED AS HUGE WK OF A TRANSPORT SHIP. (J COULON, 8.1.83). NCA. 25.4.89 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS SURVEY DEC '87 - MAR '88 [M1326/22]. NCA. HH342/710/03 13.9.95 NOW IN 512912N, 021825E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 18/137/95). BR STD. 30.1.97 SHOWN AS WK 11.5MTRS WITH BUOY CLOSE W ON BELGIAN D11. BR STD. SEP 2009000169530 18.12.09 DIVING, FISHING, ANCHORING OR DRAGGING WITHIN 1M RADIUS OF 5129.12N, 0217.92E. SHIPPING MUST MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF 0.5M DUE TO DIVING ACTIVITIES BY SAR UNITS. (BELGIAN TNM 23/226/09).
- NM 6875T/09. 23.7.13 SHOWN AS SW 11.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5129.140N, 0218.321E [WGD] ON BA 1872 [EDN 7 DTD 11.10.12].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 29.14 N,2 18.321 E