Wreck: Gorm (Steam ship)

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 (51.6047167, 3.38255)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

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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