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 (51.398883333333, 2.4536166666667)

 

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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. Amor
2. Andre
3. Birkenfels
4. Bourrasque
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Breda
9. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
10. Dageraad
11. Dawdon
12. Deo gratias
13. Duke of york (bows)
14. Fauvette
15. G 96
16. Garden city
17. Halo (probably)
18. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
19. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
20. Hms thuringia (possibly)
21. Hms westella
22. Jarita
23. Jonrix
24. Katie h
25. Kilmore
26. Laura
27. Madimba (probably)
28. Marie
29. Mariner (possibly)
30. Medee
31. Melrose
32. Merlijn
33. Msc alyssa
34. Nautilus
35. Okeania
36. Paris (possibly)
37. Peppinella
38. Ptarmigan
39. Quo vadis
40. Rigel
41. S 168
42. Sabrina
43. Sea hunter
44. Sint annaland
45. Texel
46. Trifels
47. Tringa
48. Uc 1
49. Uc 63
50. Vecht (probably)
51. West-hinder
52. Wielingen ii (possibly)
53. Wielingen ltv

 

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

 

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