This is the information page about the shipwreck Gold coast, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 45.52 N,7 35.3 W (51.867, -7.5675)
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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: GOLD COAST
Length 103.8 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 4255 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-hans woermann. built in j d dunlop co, port glasgow. owneda time of loss by british & american steam navigation co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 257 nhp, single shaft. passage dakar for liverpool. torpedoed by, probably, uc-47. (ww1sl, llww1 & sii).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 14 MILES S FROM MINE HEAD. (WW1SL). 13.3.78 13.3.78 INS AS WK USCPA 50MTRS IN 514530N, 073515W. NC 2049.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 45.52 N,7 35.3 W