This is the information page about the shipwreck Gasray (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 57.05 N,2 8.451 W (55.950833, -2.140850)

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.

Name: GASRAY (PART 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: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 354 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20201007

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 2 MILES FROM ST ABBS HD, IN 555600N, 020900W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). 6.6.72 INS AS NDWPA. LC 1192. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. H4271/71 16.6.81 AMEND TO USCPA 40MTRS. BR STD. HH090/915/01 15.1.02 NOT LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. (GARDLINE, HI 915). DELETE. BR STD. 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 5557.064N, 0208.627W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.4 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. BROKEN UP WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1051). INS WK 56MTRS. BR STD. HH242/640/06 29.1.04 INS BY NM.

- NM 1306/04 [PNM 1307/04 ISSUED FOR BA 175, 1407]. SEP 2020/000187791 11.8.2020 EXAM'D 4.8.20 IN 5557.061N, 0208.448W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.08MTRS. (MS LODE, H102 HI1682 001). AMEND DW 46MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2021/000090526 9.4.21 EXAM'D 31.3.20 IN 5557.050N, 0208.452W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS, LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 350/170 DEGS. UPRIGHT PARTIALLY BROKEN UP WITH BOW MISSING. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000134234 30.6.21 EXAM'D 7.10.20 IN 5557.050N, 0208.451W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 354/174 DEGS. WRECK STANDING ON SEABED COLLAPSED.(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1682-H525-62287). AMEND NDW 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 57.05 N,2 8.451 W

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