This is the information page about the shipwreck Girnigoe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.472 N,2 19.617 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Amy
4. Antonis g lemos (probably)
5. Athen
6. Black hawk (aft section)
7. Bonita
8. Britannia (possibly)
9. Centurion
10. Chasseur 6
11. Chasseur 7
12. Conch
13. Dagmar
14. Dallas city (possibly)
15. Deucalion
16. Elmcrest
17. Ethel (probably)
18. Evertsen
19. Finn
20. Finnborg
21. Franziska
22. Frigga
23. Gallia
24. Girnigoe
25. Gripfast
26. Hartburn (probably)
27. Hms blackwood
28. Hms dark gladiator
29. Hms delight
30. Hms fisgard ii
31. Hms gossamer
32. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
33. Hms warrior ii
34. Hmsm l24
35. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
36. Ice prince
37. Ievoli sun
38. Iolanthe
39. Jeanne
40. Johan (possibly)
41. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
42. K m b (possibly)
43. Kolga
44. Malka
45. Mallard (possibly)
46. Marie therese
47. Martha
48. Meknes
49. Merchant royal
50. Mersey
51. Milo
52. Miniota
53. Neree (possibly)
54. Neree (probably)
55. Netley abbey (possibly)
56. Orne (possibly)
57. Pan
58. Pas (c.182)
59. Perra (possibly)
60. Pitchipoy (possibly)
61. Regina coeli (possibly)
62. Rfa bacchus
63. Snowdrop
64. Spiral (possibly)
65. Stade (after part)
66. Stancrest
67. Thera (possibly)
68. U 322 (possibly)
69. U 672 (possibly)
70. Uffe
71. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: GIRNIGOE

Length 42.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 310 ton
Load: stone,sawdust/wood chips

Cause: built by s mcknight & co. owned at time of loss by h burden (jn'r) & co ltd. ss with machinery aft and well deck. compound engine of 65hp. foundered 18 miles se of portland. cargo granite chips.

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: FOUNDERED 18 MILES SE OF PORTLAND. (N CHIPCHASE). HH090/533/01 20.2.93 HH090/533/01 WK EXAM'D 20.2.93 IN 501028.3N, 021937W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.9 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. INTACT. LYING 050/230 DEG. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 65 TONS. SHOALEST PART AT SW END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). INS AS WK 53MTRS.

- NM 2106/93. HH100/351/16 4.9.00 HH100/351/16 4.9.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LIES SLIGHTLY ON THE PORT SIDE WITH THE INTACT STERN TO THE WEST. BOWS PARTLY BROKEN. IDENTIFIED BY THE BUILDER'S PLATE. (N CHIPCHASE, LTR DTD 8.00). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT. LISTS TO PORT, BOWS SW

Position: 50 10.472 N,2 19.617 W

 

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