This is the information page about the shipwreck Gasfire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 20.14 N,1 53.76 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. Churston
25. City of kobe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Dagmar (probably)
32. David b summers
33. Denewood
34. Disa (possibly)
35. Dolfijn (probably)
36. Dronning maud (possibly)
37. Dulwich
38. Dunwich bank wk
39. Edernian
40. El argentino
41. El dorado
42. Ethel radcliffe
43. Eva witte
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Farmatyr
46. Fidelio
47. Firth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Geneva
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Glen tilt (possibly)
58. Glynn
59. Golconda (possibly)
60. Grantleyhall (possibly)
61. Grenadier (probably)
62. Groenlo
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Helena
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms christopher (possibly)
68. Hms condor (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms eros (possibly)
71. Hms evesham (possibly)
72. Hms exmoor
73. Hms fontenoy
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms new comet (possibly)
82. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
83. Hms orthos (probably)
84. Hms pelton (probably)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms sisters melville
88. Hms speeton (possibly)
89. Hms spider
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms tettenhall
92. Hms tonbridge
93. Hms tugela
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hmsm d5
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Impulsion
100. Jamesina
101. Jim
102. Kenneth hawksfield
103. Knarsdale
104. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
105. Knitsley (possibly)
106. Kwasind
107. Lapwing
108. Lincairn (possibly)
109. Lindisfarne (probably)
110. Lingfield
111. Lisette
112. Magdapur
113. Mangara
114. Mardyke
115. Maria rosa
116. Marianne (probably)
117. Mascota (possibly)
118. Mascotte
119. Memento (possibly)
120. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
121. Mercurius
122. Mirella
123. Mudo
124. Nadir
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nominoe
127. Nordborg (possibly)
128. Novocastrian
129. Ocean pride
130. Oil trader
131. Ostprussen (possibly)
132. Otis tarda
133. Pescado
134. Petshenga (possibly)
135. Phryne
136. Plawsworth (possibly)
137. Pluton
138. Polaris
139. Prima
140. Ren
141. Reward (possibly)
142. Rhenas (possibly)
143. Rhineland
144. Robin iv
145. Rochester city
146. Rogate
147. Roxanna
148. Savona (probably)
149. Scimitar
150. Scotia
151. Sea rhine
152. Silksworth hall (probably).
153. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
154. Skodsburg (possibly)
155. Southford
156. St patrick
157. Stad alkmaar
158. Sunniside (probably)
159. Taber park
160. Tergestea
161. Thomas m (possibly)
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Tidal (possibly)
164. Torchbearer
165. Tregantle (possibly)
166. U 13 (probably)
167. Ui-001
168. Vae victis
169. War mehtar
170. White lady
171. White swan
172. White swan (possibly)
173. Wyetown
174. Yewkyle (possibly)
175. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GASFIRE

Length 96.9 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3001 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1936 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single screw. machinery aft by richardsons, westgarth & co sunderland. passage london for sunderland. in ballast. struck a mine while in tow of hm trawler peter hendriks & sank. (hms leeds 1941).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: REPD MINED IN VICINITY OF 54E BUOY IN 521900N, 015900E. H01001/40 POSN GIVEN AS ABOUT 10M DUE E OF SOUTHWOLD OR APPROX 522000N, 015700E. (TRADE DIV LIST). H0423/41 POSN 521800N, 015900E NO FURTHER INFORMATION. H04100/41 REPD POSN OF SINKING BY TRAWLER PETER HENDRIKS (WHICH HAD GASFIRE IN TOW) IS 280DEG 4M FROM 54E BUOY OR ABOUT 521936N, 015230E. (NORE, TELECON APRIL 1942). H5371/51 28.5.51 EXAM'D IN 522006N, 015353E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 60FT. LEAST E/S 64FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 43FT. SEABED 103FT. LENGTH 320FT. LIES 110/290 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). INS AS WK 10FMS. BR STD. H3449/61 3.11.61 NOTHING FOUND IN POSN 521800N, 015900E. (HMS SCOTT 1961/62). H3273/61 10.9.62 WRECK 66FT LOCATED IN 522004N, 015350E. (HMS SCOTT 1962). NOTHING FOUND IN POSN 521930N, 015230E. H1270/71 18.11.71 CONSIDERED TO BE ALMOST CERTAINLY GASFIRE, BEING A WRECK OF ABOUT 3000 TONS. BOW & STERN EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. LAST 30FT OF STERN IS COLLAPSED & TIPPED TO ONE SIDE. GENERAL STRUCTURE STRONG & QUITE UPRIGHT. PART OF BRIDGE INTACT & IS HIGHEST POINT OF WRECK. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 13.10.71). H4629/71 21.12.71 LOOKS AS THOUGH IT SANK ON FIRE. DAMAGE THROUGHOUT LENGTH ESPECIALLY STB SIDE MIDSHIPS WITH 10FT RENT FROM GUNWALE TO KEEL. CANOE TYPE STERN,WITH 3 GUNS. LARGE ONE IN CENTRE OF STERN & SMALLER ONE ON EACH SIDE. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 22.11.71). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 18.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 20.8.82 EXAM'D 10.2.82 IN 522006N, 015354E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. LYING 114/284 DEGS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.2MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 15.3MTRS. AFTER PART OF VESSEL APPEARS DAMAGED. BOWS W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 18.07.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5220.140N, 0153.760E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 95.5MTRS, WIDTH 15.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 104/284 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 20MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 104 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 20.14 N,1 53.76 E

 

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