This is the information page about the shipwreck Gaslight (parts of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 57.092 N,2 8.697 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

 

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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. Accra
2. Aikaterini
3. Alida gorthon
4. Ampleforth
5. Ardgour ii
6. Asta (probably)
7. Astra ii
8. Auriac (probably)
9. Ballochbuie (possibly)
10. Baron st jernblad
11. Baron stjernblad
12. Bear
13. Borgland
14. Boyne castle (possibly)
15. Calabria
16. Calafatis
17. Captain
18. Centaruo i
19. Conch
20. Dalblair
21. Dione ii
22. Diplomat
23. Efploia
24. Empire moose
25. Fanefjeld
26. Fellside
27. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
28. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
29. Glanmire
30. Gyda
31. Halland (probably)
32. Havilde
33. Hms pathfinder
34. Hms strathrannock
35. Hmsm k17
36. Hmsm k4
37. King robert
38. Loch lomond
39. Mandros
40. Martin goldschmidt
41. Nerissa
42. Odense
43. Olympier
44. Onoba
45. President
46. River garry
47. Rushpool
48. Sabbia
49. Scotia
50. Sea hunter
51. Sesostris
52. Shadwan
53. Shakespeare
54. Sitala
55. Storjen
56. Thornlea
57. Tortuguero
58. U 1103
59. U 1194
60. U 12
61. U 2354
62. U 3514
63. U 532
64. U 714
65. Ulva (possibly)
66. Venus
67. Victor ross
68. Vinemoor
69. Vingaland

 

Name: GASLIGHT (PARTS OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11 meter, tonnage 1406 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-springfal'40, ex-uhti '39, ex-whitworth '36. built in 1919 by w harkness & sons ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by williamson shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage grangemouth for blyth. in ballast. torpedoed by u-978, six men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20200331

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2 MILES N3/4E (MAGNETIC) FROM ST ABB'S HD. (LL WW2 LOSSES). POSN 5557.0N, 0208.5W [WGD] FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/051/01 16.1.04 EXAM'D 12.10.03 IN 5557.093N, 0208.697W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.1 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. A SCATTERED DEBRIS FIELD. (NP 1008, HI 1051). INS AS WK 63MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 31.3.20 IN 5557.092N, 0208.697W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 62.92MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS, LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. ONE BOILER VISIBLE. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS, POSSIBLY PART OF [62287] & [96876]

Position: 55 57.092 N,2 8.697 W

 

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