This is the information page about the shipwreck Gothia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 46 N,9 50 W (57.766666666667, -9.8333333333333)

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.

Name: GOTHIA

Length 86.6 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1640 ton
Load: chemicals,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1937 by w. pickersgill & sons. owned at time of loss by rederiaktieb. svenska lloyd. oil engines of 473 nhp. passage domsjo for genoa. torpedoed by u-51. 11 men recovered from crew of 24. (dods, ww2sl, ll ww2 & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1200 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 45M W BY N OF ST KILDA. (DODS, LL WW2). 3.5.91 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 574600N, 095000W [UND]. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN OVER 1000MTRS. NCA, TOO DEEP AND POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 46 N,9 50 W

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