This is the information page about the shipwreck Gorsethorn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.073 N,3 22.274 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Admiral nelson
3. Agnes
4. Alarm
5. Alcides
6. Alice
7. Anatolian
8. Angola
9. Angola (part of)(possibly)
10. Ann sumner
11. Anne elizabeth
12. Ant
13. Armagh
14. Auchenarden
15. Auspicious
16. Avon
17. Azalea
18. Bella
19. Berwyn
20. Bessie
21. Blairnevis
22. Blanche (possibly)
23. Boston
24. Bradda
25. Brazilian
26. Burbo tower (remains)
27. Burbo tower (remains)
28. Burbo tower (remains)
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burgedin
31. Cairnross
32. Calcium (probably)
33. Calderon
34. Cameronian
35. Caroline
36. Chase
37. Christina shearer
38. City of brussels
39. City of st andrews
40. Colin russell
41. Colombus
42. Colorado
43. Concord
44. Coniston (probably)
45. Coral bank
46. Counsellor iii
47. Countess of devon
48. Croydon
49. Cumbrae
50. Denbigh coast
51. Denham
52. Dublin
53. Dunmail
54. Ebeneezer
55. Edward finch
56. El oso
57. Elephant
58. Elizabeth
59. Elizabeth lathom
60. Ellan vannin
61. Ellen sarah
62. Ellen southwold
63. Emelie
64. Eros
65. Eversfield
66. Fairy
67. Fb 118 (possibly)
68. Fb 275 (possibly)
69. Fb 278 (possibly)
70. Fb 295 (possibly)
71. Fb 296 (possibly)
72. Fb 297 (possibly)
73. Fb 300 (possibly)
74. Fb 72 (possibly)
75. Fb 83 (possibly)
76. Fb 86 (possibly)
77. Four brothers (possibly)
78. Frolic
79. Gannochy
80. Geofredo (part of)
81. Germania
82. Gorsethorn
83. Gratitude
84. Hannah
85. Hannah landles
86. Hebe
87. Hebe (possibly)
88. Henry j smith
89. Herlief
90. Hero
91. Heron 2
92. Hms cochrane
93. Hvideorn
94. Ibis
95. Ida
96. India
97. Ionic star
98. Irene chalmers
99. J b kee
100. James and grace gregory
101. Jerseymoor
102. Jessie brown
103. John pierce
104. John w elliot
105. Juno
106. Kelvindale
107. Leeds (probably)
108. Lelia
109. Letty
110. Lionel george
111. Little burbo beacon
112. Lochmonar (fwd part)
113. Lochranza castle
114. Lord delamere
115. Lord delamere (possibly)
116. Lugar
117. Mancunium
118. Mantura
119. Margaret
120. Marion
121. Marn
122. Mary
123. Mary agnes
124. Mary kate
125. Mary olivia
126. Mayflower (part of)
127. Mermaid (probably)
128. Mersey
129. Mid jordan beacon
130. Munster
131. Murielle
132. Nautilus
133. Nazarine
134. Nestos
135. Nickolai
136. North jordan bn
137. Ocean home
138. Ocean monarch
139. Old england
140. Osctilia
141. Ousebridge
142. Pegu (bow section)
143. Pegu (stern)
144. Penryn
145. Penstone
146. Perseverance
147. Perseverance
148. Peru (probably)
149. Phoenician
150. Pigeon
151. Polly williams
152. Ponce
153. Princess victoria
154. Progress
155. Prudence
156. Queen
157. Queens tower
158. Raoul et aurelie
159. Rea 5
160. Rea 8 (possibly)
161. Rea 9 (possibly)
162. Resurgam
163. Ringsend
164. Robert & elizabeth
165. Robert marsden
166. Robert seymour
167. Rosebud
168. Sarah
169. Seaville (part of)
170. Seaville (part of)
171. Severn
172. Sir george grey
173. Smelter
174. Sons of the sea
175. Sparling
176. Speke (possibly)
177. Sportsman
178. Spurn
179. Stanleigh
180. Star of hope
181. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
182. Sultan
183. Sunda
184. Talbot
185. The lady mostyn
186. Thomas
187. Thomas
188. Thorn
189. Thornton
190. Tongue beacon
191. Tower base
192. Tt 6 (possibly)
193. Ulstermore
194. Valeria
195. Vanguard
196. Ville de llanes
197. W.m.j
198. Walter dean
199. Weazel
200. William huskisson
201. William rawcliffe
202. Woodville
203. Ystroom (probably)
204. Zealandia

 

Name: GORSETHORN

Length 45.7 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 1.2, tonnage 429 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-jarrix '39. built in 1917 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. owned at time of loss by ribble shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 69nhp, single shaft. passage preston for cork. lost with all hands. later dispersed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H01116/40 4.2.41 H01116/40 4.2.41 INS AS NDW IN 532936N, 032336W .

- NM 249/41. H01116/40 4.11.44 H01116/40 4.11.44 AMEND TO DW WITH G SPH LT BUOY, FL G 3 SEC, IN 533207N, 032112W.

- NM 2379/44. H01116/40 21.9.45 H01116/40 21.9.45 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2918/45. H01116/40 22.10.46 H01116/40 22.10.46 INS G SPH LT BUOY, FL G, CLOSE W OF WK. (TH NM 123/46).

- NM 3555/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 H6706/48 24.11.48 AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. DELETE BUOY. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 2626/48. H1893/64 12.3.68 H1893/64 12.3.68 EXAM'D BY SONAR & E/S SWEEP USING HIFIX/3 (POSN NOT QUOTED). LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. SCOUR DEPTH 70FT. SEABED OF SAND & SHELL. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 1/67). 30.8.73 30.8.73 INFORMATION FROM LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS: 4.4.44 LOCATED BY E/S & BUOY ESTABLISHED. 20/22.6.45 EXAMINED BY DIVER & E/S. WEATHER UNSUITABLE FOR FULL EXAMINATION. 3.7.45 VESSEL HAS LIST TO PORT OF ABOUT 10/12DEG. LYING BOW S. TOP OF WINDLASS 44FT, AFTER DECK 54 FT. 4.7.45 TOP OF BOAT STBD SIDE 40FT. 11/14.7.45 BAR SWEEPS CLEAR 37FT, FOUL 38FT. 17.7.45 SOME DISPERSAL WAS CARRIED OUT. 26/28.8.45 SWEPT TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 40FT BELOW LBD. WK BUOY WITHDRAWN. 7.46 POSN 533203N, 032206W OR 2.85 MILES, 077.5 DEG TO QUEENS TR. SWEPT 40FT, E/S 45FT. (HMS SEAGULL). 4.10.46 SPH WK BUOY, FL(G)5SEC ESTAB'D 270 DEG, 450FT FROM WRECK. 4.10.46 DEPTH OVER WRECK 53FT. POSN 533207N, 032213W, OR 258DEG, 1.7M FROM BAR LTV. 28.1.81 28.1.81 SHOWN AS WK 15.7 MTRS (LAT) ON K3500/KF NO 10. H3838/86 6.11.87 H3838/86 6.11.87 EXAM'D IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20.7MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 05.11.87,). NCA YET. H3838/86 24.5.88 H3838/86 24.5.88 DESCRIBED AS OLD AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357, R OF S). AMEND TO WK 17.9MTRS IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB]. BR STD. H3838/86 31.10.88 H3838/86 31.10.88 EXAM'D 26.10.87 IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR. HYDROSEARCH - VERTICAL HEIGHT 3.4MTRS; SHADOW HT 1.7MTRS. LIES UPRIGHT ON HDG 020 DEG WITH BOWS APPARENTLY COVERED BY SAND. LENGTH 51.3MTRS, BEAM 10.4MTRS. SONAR INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF TWO MASTS LYING ON SEABED TO THE E OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). HH206/460/11 19.3.03 HH206/460/11 19.3.03 HIGHEST PART OF WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 5332.073N, 0322.274W [WGD] USING DGPS. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 17.3.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW COVERED WITH SAND

Position: 53 32.073 N,3 22.274 W

 

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