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 (50.174533, -2.326950)

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: 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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