This is the information page about the shipwreck Gjeso (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 11.538 N,0 42.22 W (55.3447833, -0.8955833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GJESO (PROBABLY)
Length 68.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1094 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1912 by trondhjems mek vaerks, trondheim. owned at time of loss by a/s sorlandet. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 116nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for christiana. foundered. (sibi). mined. (dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 179 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: 6.4.17 6.4.17 POSN 551139N, 004700W. (MC). 14.1.76 14.1.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 551137N, 004203W ON KINGFISHER CHART NO KE 155-1A [MAY 1970 EDN]. H6330/87/2 8.12.88 H6330/87/2 8.12.88 WK EXAM'D 20.9.88 IN 551132N, 004207W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.4 IN GEN DEPTH 70.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 70.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS, LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 179/359 DEG, APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE AND GENERALLY INTACT. ANOTHER WK LIES ABOUT 75MTRS E. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). INS AS WKS 63MTRS IN 551132N, 004205W. COMBINED WITH WK CLOSE SE. BR STD. 12.7.06 12.7.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. WK IS UPRIGHT, INTACT BUT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BUT DIMENSIONS APPEAR APPROXIMATELY ACCURATE. (S SLATER). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED
Position: 55 11.538 N,0 42.22 W