This is the information page about the shipwreck Guido (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 58.796 N,1 17.481 W (57.757033333333, -1.3633833333333)
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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: GUIDO (POSSIBLY)
Length 98.5 meter, width: 13.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2093 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1913 by dunlop, bremner & co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by t wildon & sons ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 304hp, single shaft. passage london & hull for archangel. general cargo. captured by u-25 then torpedoed and sunk.
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 96 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN 27 MILES NE 0.25 N FROM RATTRAY HEAD. (WW1SL). H2396/77 18.3.77 H2396/77 18.3.77 WK LOCATED 1959 OR 1960 IN 575845N, 011706W. POSN BY DECCA. FLUSH DECKED SHIP NEARLY UPSIDE DOWN. HEIGHT 9.1 MTRS. GEN DEPTH OF SEABED 109MTRS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, LTR DTD 3.3.77). INS AS WK 100MTRS. BR STD. H1310/85/36 16.10.85 H1310/85/36 16.10.85 LOCATED IN 575849N, 011652W. LEAST DEPTH 100 IN GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. (KILBURNS SALVAGE CO LTD, 11.10.85). NCA. HH091/155/01 20.1.10 HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000027978 20.1.10 EXAM'D 13.6.09 IN 5758.796N, 0117.481W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 89.55 IN GEN DEPTH 96.9MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP TO N AND S. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED AND IN TWO PIECES. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). ?BOWS SE, BOW DETACHED. DEBRIS LIES CLOSE S. AMEND WK 89MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ALMOST INVERTED, ?BOWS SE & DETACHED, SCOUR N & S
Position: 57 58.796 N,1 17.481 W