This is the information page about the shipwreck Gartland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.297 N,0 39.438 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Ala
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Angry fish
7. Ariel
8. Armenier
9. Arno (possibly)
10. Atlas (probably)
11. Axwell
12. Basil-2
13. Bettann (bow section)
14. Cairndhu
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Candia
17. Carbineer
18. City of mexico
19. Donegal (possibly)
20. Duke of buccleuch
21. Fort yale
22. Fpt iv
23. Frode
24. Gartland
25. Gascony
26. Gerarda
27. Germa geisha
28. Glenlee
29. Hedwig lunstedt
30. Highland corrie
31. Hms apley (possibly)
32. Hms evadne (possibly)
33. Hms hazardous
34. Hms implacable
35. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
36. Hms moldavia
37. Hms northcoates
38. Hms pine
39. Hms prince leopold
40. Hms sapper
41. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
42. Hmsm a1
43. Indiana
44. Jaffa
45. Lightfoot (possibly)
46. Lola (possibly)
47. Lowmount
48. Marga
49. Molesey (possibly)
50. Montecrana (possibly)
51. Ny-eeasteyr
52. Polandia (possibly)
53. Ramsgarth
54. Ramsholm (possibly)
55. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
56. Saint andre (probably)
57. Shirala
58. Sines (possibly)
59. Spearfish
60. Stavros (possibly)
61. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
62. Teelin head
63. U 1195
64. U 86 (formerly)
65. U 86 (possibly)
66. Vesuvio (possibly)
67. Vigda
68. War helmet
69. Zaanstroom

 

Name: GARTLAND

Length 91 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2613 ton
Load: coal

Cause:

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20180207

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE LIGHTFOOT. SEE [19948]. 18.3.18 SUNK IN 503630N, 004000W. REPD SUNK IN 3MINS. (IDSA, DOCKET M13891). 23.3.18 SUNK IN 503630N, 004000W, 1M SE FROM OWERS LTV. (AP PORTSMOUTH, DOCKET M07900) TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY SUBMARINE 2M S FROM OWERS LTV. (WW1SL). H6391/19 25.3.20 WK PA (1918) IN 503630N, 004000W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 674/20. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW PD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H1998/24 20.3.24 TO BE SURVEYED BY HMS KELLETT IN 1924. H4607/28 9.8.28 FOUND TO BE NON-DANGEROUS. (TH, 27.7.28). AMEND TO NDW.

- NM 1258/28. H6667/57 28.4.61 NUMEROUS ASDIC CONTACTS IN VICINITY BUT NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, SURVEY [K2007/3], 1958). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC 15MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1652. H1284/75 19.6.75 WK REPORTED 1 MILE S OF OWERS LT VESSEL, IS WELL BROKEN & SILTED. THE HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILER AT 14FT. LYING N/S. (MR TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD., 20.5.75). H2318/74 26.8.75 EXAM'D 1.7.75 IN 503616N, 003922W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.0MTRS. SCOUR 32MTRS. (SCES, HI 102/75). AMEND TO WK 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 980/76. HH091/002/01 28.10.02 EXAM'D 27.7.02 IN 5036.294N, 0039.690W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 26.7, FOUL 27.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.0 IN GEN DEPTH 31.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.0MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. LIES ON THE SLOPE OF A SMALL RIDGE. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 26MTRS. BR STD. 3.7.13 THIS IS THE WRECK OF THE GARTLAND. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE NAMPLATE FROM THE ENGINE. (R LEE, EMAIL DTD 10.6.13). SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5036.297N, 0039.438W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 26.30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 95.4MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HEIGHT 4.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. SEVERELY DEGRADED, LYING ON A GENTLE SLOPE, BOW TOWARDS 310 DEGS. THE BROKEN OUTLINE OF THE HULL, TWO BOILERS &THE PROPELLER SHAFT EXTENDING TOWARDS THE SE END ARE DISCERNIBLE. DEBRIS IS SCATTERED TO THE NE, STBD SIDE - THE SUPERSTRUCTURE &HULL MAY HAVE COLLAPSED THIS WAY. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEVERELY DEGRADED, LIES ON GENTLE SLOPE. BROKEN OUTLINE OF HULL, TWO BOILERS AND PROPELLER SHAFT EXTENDING TOWARDS SE, (STERN), END ARE DISCERNIBLE.

Position: 50 36.297 N,0 39.438 W

 

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