This is the information page about the shipwreck Gottfried (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 9.111 N,1 8.05 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: GOTTFRIED (POSSIBLY)
Length 42.6 meter, width: 7.5 meter, tonnage 425 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: 26.8.1914 built in 1899 by bergsunds mek verks, stockholm. owned at time of loss by k j knudsen. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passae egersund for blyth in ballast. mined and sank. mine had been laid by sms albatross on 26.8.1914. (r young).
Year of registration: 1998
Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm
Known since: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/796/01 11.1.99 EXAM'D 25.7.98 IN 550906.7N, 010803.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82.9 IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 87.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.4MTRS. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. INTACT, DEBRIS CLOSE TO EITHER SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 796). PROBABLY UPRIGHT. INS AS WK 82MTRS. BR STD. 4.3.08 THIS COULD BE GOTTFRIED FROM THE DIMENSIONS. (R YOUNG).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT
Position: 55 9.111 N,1 8.05 W