This is the information page about the shipwreck Gorizia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.794 N,2 47.461 W (50.429900, -2.791017)

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: GORIZIA

Length 75.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1957 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: ?ex-glenmount. built 1907 as great lakes ss. was under contract to french govt. passage new york for le havre. (c davies). captured by german submarine and scuttled. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 H113/45 1945 SONAR CONTACT IN 502530N, 024700W. LENGTH 51FT, HT 18FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST 1945). 4.3.45 4.3 45 SONAR CONTACT. GOOD POSN 502600N, 024742W. HEIGHT 24FT. (AUBD 303/16, ESCORT GROUP 2 4.3.45). H3971/52 30.6.52 H3971/52 30.6.52 INS AS NDW IN 502530N, 024700W. F6840. H4623/55 20.7.55 H4623/55 20.7.55 EXAM' D IN 502546N, 024720W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20FMS IN GEN DEPTH 26FMS. SEABED SAND, GRAVEL & SHELL. FAIR A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 1.10.54). CHART AS WK 20FMS IN REVISED POSN. LC 3315. 7.7.70 7.7.70 REPD AS WK OF SS GLENMOUNT. LENGTH 247FT, BEAM 42FT. (FO SEA TRAINING, HM PORTLAND). H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. NC 3315. H4551/76 25.10.76 H4551/76 25.10.76 REPD TO BE THE GORIZIA. DESCRIBED AS AN UPRIGHT CARGO VESSEL IN 502548N, 024721W. POSN BY DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 15.10.76). NCA. H5982/82 25.1.83 H5982/82 25.1.83 WK SHWON IN 502550N, 024723W ON KINGFISHER CHT K(SW)1, 1982. NCA. 22.10.86 22.10.86 WK THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF USA LST, EITHER NO 507 OR 531. SUNK 1944. (M SKELSEY). 24.7.87 24.7.87 WK NOW THOUGHT TO BE THE WRECK OF A BARGE. (M SKELSEY). H1310/88/44 14.9.88 H1310/88/44 14.9.88 DIVERS DESCRIBE VESSEL AS SS, 250FT LONG, WITH MACHINERY AFT AND BOWS PART BLOWN OFF. CONSIDERED TO BE THE GORIZIA (EX GLENMOUNT). (C DAVIES, 24.8.88). HH100/351/01 24.8.89 HH100/351/01 24.8.89 CONFIRMED AS WK OF GORIZIA. SALVAGE REPORT INDICATES THAT MOST OF HER CARGO OF BRASS HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (C DAVIES, 19.7.89). HH090/961/01 3.12.03 HH090/961/01 3.12.03 EXAM'D 8.5.03 IN 5025.794N, 0247.461W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.7 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 6MTRS W. PARTY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 42MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, PARTY BURIED

Position: 50 25.794 N,2 47.461 W

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