This is the information page about the shipwreck Gold shell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 20.984 N,2 54.005 E (51.381633333333, 2.6202333333333)

 

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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. "t" vliegent hart
2. A 10 (possibly)
3. A-15 (possibly)
4. Admiralengracht
5. Aloha
6. Anton hammerbacher
7. Apache
8. Ardmount
9. Auretta
10. Charles d mciver
11. Cmb 1
12. Cmb 71a
13. Croxteth hall
14. Dawdon
15. Dortmund
16. Eleftheria
17. Emeraude
18. Empire path
19. Fl5
20. Francis asbury
21. G 96
22. Gold shell
23. Harpalyce
24. Heinkel 111
25. Hm motor launch 561
26. Hms brilliant
27. Hms colsay
28. Hms gracie fields
29. Hms grafton
30. Hms grafton
31. Hms hayburn wyke
32. Hms maori
33. Hms plumpton (probably)
34. Hms polly johnson
35. Hms sirius
36. Hms wakeful
37. Hms waverley
38. Hms whitley
39. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
40. Jeannine andre
41. John mahn
42. Kap arkona
43. Keulse vaart iv
44. Kompas
45. Lct(r) 457
46. Lst 420 (bow section)
47. Lst 420 (stern section)
48. Lst 80
49. Lucy jenny ii
50. M 3610
51. Marie
52. Maurice
53. Mont louis
54. Mts vector
55. Nashaba
56. Nautica ena
57. Neutron
58. Neutron
59. Nippon
60. P 319
61. Putten
62. Queen of the channel (possibly)
63. Ra.2 (possibly)
64. Rijnstroom
65. Rita
66. Robert l vann
67. S 220
68. S.192 (possibly)
69. Saint therese de jesus
70. Sampa
71. Samselbu (after part)
72. Samselbu (fwd part)
73. Samsip
74. Samvern (e part)
75. Samvern (w part)
76. Santos
77. Senator holthusen
78. Senator sthamer
79. Sigurds faulbaums
80. Slera ventana
81. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
82. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
83. Torpilleur branlebas
84. U 11
85. Ub 13
86. Ub29

 

Name: GOLD SHELL

Length 137.5 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8208 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1931 by bremen vulkan. owned at time of loss by anglo-saxon petroleum co. oil engine of 714nhp for 12.5 knots. mined. 35 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H02156/45 18.6.45 DW IN 512108N, 025400E, WITH G SPH BUOY FL.G.10S CLOSE NW. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1680/45. H02156/45 7.11.47 AMEND BUOY TO G CON GP FL(3)G10S WITH INVERTED TRIANGLE TOPMARK.

- NM 2923/47. H02156/45 9.11.51 AMEND LT TO GP FL(3)G 20S. (BELGIAN NM 36/61).

- NM 2092/51. H3697/52 7.10.55 AMEND TO WK 0.6 MTRS, MARKED BY SAME BUOY. BR STD. H3697/52 10.12.55 AMEND TO WK 2.3 MTRS, MARKED BY BUOY. (HAGUE NM 252/3439/55). AMEND WK 1.25 FMS, WITH BUOY.

- NM 2942/55. H02156/45 2.4.58 BUOY DRIFTED 2C E. (OSTEND NM 70/58). NCA. H3697/52 26.11.59 BUOY DRIFTED 0.5C NE. (DDZ 23/59). H02156/45 18.7.60 SALVAGE OPERATIONS. (OSTENDE NM 12/88(T)/60). H02156/45 22.6.61 AMEND TO NDW & DELETE BUOY. (OSTENDE NM 10/77/61).

- NM 1364/61. 12.1.73 NDW SHOWN IN 512102N, 025403E [EUR] SHOWN ON BELGIAN 101. BR STD. 23.4.74 NOT SHOWN ON NETH 1035. NCA. 17.6.93 POSN NOW SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIUM 102 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN IN 5120.984N, 0254.005E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 20.984 N,2 54.005 E

 

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