This is the information page about the shipwreck Gateway (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.964 N,3 3.199 W (50.11025, -2.8444333333333)

 

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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. Ave
2. Beatty rose (possibly)
3. Bostonian (probably)
4. Cantonad
5. Cheshire
6. Cistude
7. Clan stuart (probably)
8. Cornelia
9. Ece
10. Einar jarl
11. Gateway (probably)
12. Greenville
13. Gudrun
14. Hms formidable
15. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
16. Kondor (probably)
17. La blanca (possibly)
18. La portaise (probably)
19. Lofoten (probably)
20. Moel tryvan
21. Murree
22. Orangemoor (possibly)
23. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
24. Perintis
25. Rhona (probably)
26. Roi leopold (possibly)
27. Siren
28. Ster de zee (possibly)
29. Tom roper (possibly)
30. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
31. U 1191
32. Ub 19 (probably)

 

Name: GATEWAY (PROBABLY)

Length 62.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: containers

Cause: 11.2.93 capsized and sank in strong winds while on passage honfleur to conakry. (mrcs brixham & ll, 11.2.93).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 20150616

Details measurements/cartography: HH226/410/02 12.2.93 SANK IN 495504N, 030306W. (MRSC BRIXHAM SIG DTD 23.1.93). SANK IN 495524.5N, 030151W. (LL, 11.2.93). CHART AS USC PA 30MTRS IN MEAN POSN 495515N, 030230W.

- NM 701/93. HH226/410/02 23.6.93 WK LOCATED IN 495500N, 030312W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.1 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS (HMS BULLDOG, SIG DTD 20.6.93). NCA YET. HH226/410/02 13.7.93 EXAM'D 14.6.93 IN 495457.5N, 030312W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.1 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.0MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 050/230DEGS IN AREA OF MAJOR SANDWAVES UP TO 20MTRS HIGH. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES FERROUS CONTENT OF ABOUT 475TONS.THOUGHT TO BE WK OF 'GATEWAY'. (HMS BULLDOG, 24.6.93). AMEND TO WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2644/93. HH100/351/14 4.3.99 LOCATED IN 4954.937N, 0303.149W [OGB] USING DGPS. CINC REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). NCA, RETAIN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN. 13.1.09 CINC REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 14.10.15 EXAM'D 16.6.15 IN 4954.964N, 0303.199W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 65MTRS. LENGTH 61.5MTRS, WIDTH 11.7MTRS, HT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 050/230 DEGS, BOWS 230 DEG. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BOWS 230DEGS.

Position: 49 54.964 N,3 3.199 W

 

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