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 (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Avalanche
8. Bamse (probably)
9. Baygitano
10. Bayonne
11. Berar
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. Conch
18. Frogner ?
19. Gibel-hamam
20. Gorizia
21. Grane
22. Greta c
23. Gripfast
24. Heroine (probably)
25. Hms amazon
26. Hms bittern
27. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
28. Hms boadicea
29. Hms buccaneer
30. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
31. Hms fisgard ii
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
36. Hms landrail (probably)
37. Hms lord hailsham
38. Hms manor
39. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
40. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
41. Hms remindo (possibly)
42. Hmsm l24
43. Hmsm m2
44. Hmsm p555
45. Hmsm sidon
46. Inisinver
47. Isbjorn
48. K m b (possibly)
49. Kongshaug (probably)
50. L h carl
51. Lct 381
52. Lst 507 (bow section)
53. Lst 507 (stern section)
54. Lst 531
55. Lucinda (possibly)
56. Majorca
57. Marguerite (possibly)
58. Marie therese
59. Martha
60. Memnon
61. Merchant royal
62. Minerva (probably)
63. Modavia
64. Moidart
65. Motano (probably)
66. Netley abbey (possibly)
67. Nil desperandum (probably)
68. Nyasaland
69. Ocean vagabond
70. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
71. Pergo
72. Pomella
73. Pomeranian
74. Radaas (probably)
75. Reggestroom (probably)
76. Romsdalen (probably)
77. Rosten (possibly)
78. Rotorua
79. Salsette ii
80. Scaldis
81. Siren
82. Sparkling foam (possibly)
83. St dunstan
84. Stancrest
85. Tandil (probably)
86. Thera (possibly)
87. Tracy
88. Trito
89. Ub 74
90. Ull (probably)
91. Ursa (probably)

 

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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