This is the information page about the shipwreck Garm (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.593 N,3 28.504 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: GARM (POSSIBLY)
Length 54.8 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 725 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1916 by n v schpsw de merwede, hardinxveld. owned at time of loss by a s garm. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage liverpool for rouen. torpedoed by uc-58. (llww1, ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 1983
Details measurements/cartography: H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK 25FMS IN 501633N, 032823W. (HMS GLEANER). BR STD. H2502/51 26.2.60 H2502/51 26.2.60 DEPTH OVER WK 25FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 30FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). 23.9.70 23.9.70 AMEND TO WK 46MTRS. NC 1613. H2396/77 14.3.77 H2396/77 14.3.77 LOCATED IN 501621N, 032836W [OGB] USING DECCA. LOCATED APPROX 1C AWAY FROM CHARTED POSITION. APPROX 170FT LONG BY SONAR. LIES NE/SW. NOT DIVED ON. FROM SIZE & POSITION IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS WRECK TO BE THE SMALL COLLIER 'GARM'. SURVEYED IN JUNE 1975. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, LTR DTD 10.2.77). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2061/82 13.9.83 H2061/82 13.9.83 EXAM'D 25 & 29.3.83 IN 501633N, 032821W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.1 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER CONTACT. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). AMEND TO WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.4.13 26.4.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5016.593N, 0328.504W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.43 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.8MTRS, HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. INVERTED OR ON ITS SIDE. ASSOCIATED POSSIBLE DEBRIS 140MTRS SW OF MAIN WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?INVERTED OR ON ITS SIDE
Position: 50 16.593 N,3 28.504 W