This is the information page about the shipwreck Gibel-hamam, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.872 N,2 53.043 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. General leman (possibly)
17. Gibel-hamam
18. Gorizia
19. Grane
20. Greta c
21. Heroine (probably)
22. Hms bittern
23. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
24. Hms boadicea
25. Hms buccaneer
26. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
27. Hms harstad
28. Hms hickory
29. Hms landrail (probably)
30. Hms lord hailsham
31. Hms manor
32. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
33. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
34. Hms remindo (possibly)
35. Hmsm l24
36. Hmsm sidon
37. Inisinver
38. Isbjorn
39. Kongshaug (probably)
40. L h carl
41. Lct 381
42. Lst 507 (bow section)
43. Lst 507 (stern section)
44. Lst 531
45. Lucinda (possibly)
46. Majorca
47. Marguerite (possibly)
48. Marie therese
49. Martha
50. Minerva (probably)
51. Modavia
52. Moidart
53. Nil desperandum (probably)
54. Nyasaland
55. Pomella
56. Pomeranian
57. Radaas (probably)
58. Reggestroom (probably)
59. Romsdalen (probably)
60. Rosten (possibly)
61. Rotorua
62. Salsette ii
63. Scaldis
64. Sparkling foam (possibly)
65. St dunstan
66. Tandil (probably)
67. Tracy
68. Trito
69. Ull (probably)
70. Ursa (probably)
71. W h dwyer
72. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: GIBEL-HAMAM

Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 647 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1895 by wood, skinner & co. owned at the time of loss by m h bland & co. passage swansea for france. torpedoed by ub-103. 21 lives lost, including the captain. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 176 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150311

Details measurements/cartography: ATTACKED 15M W OF PORTLAND BILL. (WAR RISK INSURANCE OFFICE). H2537/28 9.1.50 CHART AS DW (1917) IN 503549N, 025300W. (HN 9.1.50). NC 2454. H3971/52 9.10.52 WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 26.6.52 IN 503549N, 025300W. CLEAR AT 12FMS FOUL AT 13FMS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 90FT IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. SEABED FINE SAND OVER CHALK. LENGTH 300FT. LYING IN A NNE/SSW DIRECTION. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E9419], SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND SURVEY SWEEP REPORT, 14.12.52). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21.5MTRS [LAT -0.4MTRS]. NC 3315. H3923/74 9.10.78 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'GIBEL-HAMAM'. PURCHASED BY MEMBERS OF THE TAUNTON BRANCH, BSAC. LIES IN TWO PARTS AND IT IS RECOMMEND THAT DIVERS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE WK BECAUSE OF THE POOR STATE OF THE HULL. (K C MCLEAN, HN 1/78 DTD 27.9.78). H5982/82 18.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 503547N, 025259W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 30.6.84 IN 503550N, 025258W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.0, FOUL AT 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LYING, IN ONE PIECE, NW/SE. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5035.867N, 0253.043W. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 11.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.57MTRS IN 5035.872N, 0253.043W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 29MTRS. LENGTH 66.9MTRS, WIDTH 12.4MTRS, HEIGHT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 176/356 DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO.

Position: 50 35.872 N,2 53.043 W

 

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