This is the information page about the shipwreck Gothic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.235 N,0 10.896 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GOTHIC
Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 2444 ton
Cause: Built in 1919 by h grayson & co. owned at time of loss by gothic ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 229hp, single shaft. passage immingham for killinghome. cargo creosote. mined.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1974
Details measurements/cartography: H0847/40 24.9.40 H0847/40 24.9.40 MINED IN 533216N, 001102E. TWO MASTS VISIBLE 30FT ABOVE HW. (HMS FRANKLIN, 15.9.40). - PFNM 2322/40. H0273/40 28.1.41 H0273/40 28.1.41 INS ST IN 533216N, 001102E.
- NM 179/41. H0847/40 17.12.41 H0847/40 17.12.41 AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2991/41. H0847/40 26.5.43 H0847/40 26.5.43 AMEMD TO WK 3FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1077/43. H0847/40 12.10.50 H0847/40 12.10.50 SURVEYED AFTER DISPERSAL IN 533211N, 001100E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 24FT, FOUL AT 25FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27FT IN GEN DEPTH 26FT TO 37FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 22.9.50). AMEND TO WK 4FMS.
- NM 1964/50. H6450/68 5.12.68 H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 22.5.68 IN 533213N, 001100E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FT IN GEN DEPTH 30-32FT. SCOUR 36FT. WK APPEARED TO BE LYING IN SCOUR ALMOST LEVEL WITH THE SURROUNDING SEABED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). RETAIN AS K 4FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2395/73 9.1.74 H2395/73 9.1.74 EXAM'D IN 533211N, 001100E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.2 IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS. SCOUR 10.2MTRS. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN UP INTO A NUMBER OF PIECES & LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (HMS ECHO, K6826/2). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN INTO A NUMBER OF PIECES, LIES IN OWN SCOUR
Position: 53 32.235 N,0 10.896 E