This is the information page about the shipwreck Gorizont, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.45 N,1 13.257 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

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2. Albert
3. Aline montreuil
4. Ambiorix
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Borgsten (probably)
10. Braat ii
11. Brestois
12. Chatburn (possibly)
13. Cleddy (probably)
14. Cuba
15. Daylesford
16. Empire crusader
17. Empire javelin
18. Ernest lagouve
19. Espagne
20. Faith
21. Fallodon
22. Fort yale
23. Gerarda
24. Gorizont
25. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
26. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
27. Hms acheron (bow section)
28. Hms acheron (stern section)
29. Hms crestflower
30. Hms listrac (probably)
31. Hms michael clements
32. Hms tiger
33. Hms towhee
34. Hmsm swordfish
35. Iduna
36. Implacable
37. Inger
38. Kingsdyke
39. Lct 2331 (probably)
40. Lct 757 (possibly)
41. Londonier
42. Meandros (possibly)
43. Mendi
44. Minerva (possibly)
45. Olivine
46. Pool fisher
47. Redesmere
48. Simla
49. Smyrna
50. Spearfish
51. Tweed
52. U 122 (possibly)
53. U 123
54. U 152
55. U 153 (possibly)
56. U 90
57. Ub 122 (possibly)
58. Ub 81
59. Uss osprey
60. Val de saire
61. Victor-maurice
62. Wapello
63. Wyndhurst
64. Y48

 

Name: GORIZONT

Length 117.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 4537 ton

Cause: 2.12.75 built in 1961 by schiffwerft neptun-ross. 6 cylinder, 2 stroke oil engine, single shaft. sank following a collision with moroccan mv 'ifni'. bow remained showing above water until the night 1/2.12.75.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H5227/75 27.11.75 H5227/75 27.11.75 LOCATED IN 501324N, 011324W [OGB]. G SPH LT BUOYS, EACH INT Q G 10S, RARFL, LAID 263DEGS, 2.7C & 083DEGS, 2C FROM WK. APPROX 40FT OF BOW REMAINS ABOVE WATER. (TH COWES, TELEX). NAVEAMS 393/75 & 395/75 ISSUED. H5227/75 5.12.75 H5227/75 5.12.75 LOCATED IN 501324N, 011324W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR USING SINGLE OROPESA [BY HMS LEWISTON] AT 23.4MTRS. BUOY TO W OF WK RECOVERED. (HMS FAWN, SIG DTD 5.12.75). CHART AS WK 12FMS 5FT IN 501324N, 011324W. INS G SPH BUOY, INT Q G 10S, 083DEGS, 2C, FROM WK.

- NM 2448(T)/75. H5227/75 12.12.75 H5227/75 12.12.75 DIVERS REPORT WK LIES UPSIDE DOWN WITH HIGHEST POINT 24FMS 3FT BELOW LW ON 11.12.75. (FO PORTSMOUTH, SIG DTD 12.12.75). [TIDAL CORRN FOR LAT - APPROX 5FT]. H5227/75 16.12.75 H5227/75 16.12.75 AMEND TO WK 23FMS 4FT.

- NM 54/76. H5227/75 9.1.76 H5227/75 9.1.76 SECOND BUOY NOW REMOVED. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED NOW 24FMS 3FT. WK EMBEDDED IN SEABED AND UNLIKELY TO RIGHT ITSELF. (C-IN-C FLEET, SIG DTD 17.12.75 & TH LETTER A(N) 560/7/4, 6.1.76). AMEND TO WK 24FMS 3FT [44MTRS]. R/P. HH090/588/01 1.11.93 HH090/588/01 1.11.93 EXAM'D 21.4.93 IN 501327N, 011315.4W [WGD] USING PORTLAND CHAIN HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.2 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 21MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BREADTH 15MTRS. LIES 085/265DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK. (NP 1008, HI 588). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 21.2.07 21.2.07 WK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 13.45 N,1 13.257 W

 

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