This is the information page about the shipwreck Gorm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.131 N,3 12.971 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)

 

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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. Admiralengracht
3. Anna catharina
4. Ardmount
5. Birkenfels
6. Charles d mciver
7. Childwall (possibly)
8. Christiaan huygens
9. Croxteth hall
10. Doris
11. Edward dawson
12. Eleftheria
13. Empire blessing
14. Fort maisonneuve
15. Foscolo
16. Francis asbury
17. Frigg (possibly)
18. G 88
19. Garonne
20. Gorm
21. Grauw
22. Greta dania
23. Hmmms 248
24. Hmmms 257
25. Hms brilliant
26. Hms maori
27. Hms plumpton (probably)
28. Hms sirius
29. Jeannine andre
30. Jonge catharina
31. Kompas
32. Loodsboot 14
33. Lookout
34. Lst 80
35. M 3231 (possibly)
36. M 3267 (possibly)
37. Magne
38. Marie
39. Maurice
40. Meerkerk
41. Mont louis
42. Nashaba
43. Neutron
44. Neutron
45. Nippon
46. Noordzee
47. Prangehof
48. Ra.2 (possibly)
49. Samselbu (after part)
50. Samselbu (fwd part)
51. Samsip
52. Samvern (e part)
53. Samvern (w part)
54. Santos
55. Seablue
56. Segre
57. Senator sthamer
58. Slera ventana
59. Steel traveler
60. Tojaro
61. Trawl
62. Tuskar ii
63. Tysla
64. Ub 20 (possibly)
65. Uc 14
66. V 1405 (possibly)
67. Vestland
68. War diwan (after part)
69. War diwan (fore-ship)
70. Zuidpool

 

Name: GORM

Length 88.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2156 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: mined, while on passage antwerp to ostend. (ww2sl; ll ww2). 10.5.40 ex danish vessel. was seized by belgium on 10.5.40 and sailed under belgian flag. (r verpoorte).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 020DEG, 1.3M FROM S MOLE LT, ZEEBRUGGE. (WW2SL, LL WW2) H0461/40 23.5.40 DW IN 512207N, 031252E OR 020DEGS, 1.3M FROM ZEEBRUGGE SOUTH MOLE LT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1281/40. H21127/45 22.1.45 AMENDED TO NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 325. H5371/46 21.11.46 DW IN 512212N, 031259E. (NETHERLANDS NM 82/632/46).

- NM 3231/46. 13.10.48 HOWN AS WK 0FMS 5FT [1.5MTRS] ON SURVEY E8277. NE 325. H3697/52 14.5.54 BUOY LAID CLOSE NE OF WK. (OSTEND NM 8/51).

- NM 1115/54. H5371/46 30.5.56 SALVAGE IN PROGRESS. BUOYS LAID. (OSTEND TNM 10/52/56) H3697/52 26.11.59 BUOYS REMOVED TEMPORARILY. (DB2 23/59) H5371/46 18.7.60 SALVAGE IN PROGRESS. (DB2 12/85/60) H5371/46 20.1.64 NOW WK 4.5MTRS IN 512212N, 031305E. (OSTEND NM 23/203/63).

- NM 2590/63. H3697/52 16.12.64 NOW NDW. BUOY REMOVED. (OSTEND NM 26/236/64).

- NM 425/65. 3.9.68 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 97. 14.3.77 POSN 512212N, 031305E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS). 25.9.78 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN D101 [1977 EDN]. H2731/86 28.11.88 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 7.2MTRS. (OSTEND NM 125/88). 11.2.91 LEAST DEPTH 7.2MTRS, IN 512212N, 031303E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, SEP'90, NO.S10 1283).

- NM 3715/88. HH342/720/01 19.5.93 NOW SW 6.9MTRS IN 512212N, 031303E (OSTEND NM 94/93). BR STD. 28.10.93 SHOWN ON BELGIUM 101 [1993 EDN]. NCA. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512211N, 031305E AND 512212N, 031304E. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97) PRESUMABLY IN 2 PARTS. MEAN POSN ACCEPTED. BR STD. 17.12.02 SHOWN AS WKS SW 6.9MTRS IN 5122.133N, 0312.978E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [2002 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874. 17.8.15 SHOWN AS [LAT] ON BELGIAN 101. (MAY 2015, COR TO 23/4/15).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?IN TWO PARTS

Position: 51 22.131 N,3 12.971 E

 

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