This is the information page about the shipwreck Gulf breaker, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.159 N,1 56.049 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: GULF BREAKER
Length 21.9 meter
Cause: Caught nets on seabed obstruction and capsized. crew of three rescued. vessel of steel construction. (th tlx). stated to be of wooden construction with aft gantry. (th, ros).
Year of registration: 1995
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 200 cm
Known since: 1995, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: HH242/550/06 26.5.95 EXAM'D 20.5.95 IN 522509N, 015610E [OGB]. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR 20.1, FOUL 20.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. (TH, TLX DTD 20.5.95). HH242/550/06 5.6.95 EXAM'D 20.5.95 IN 522509N, 015610E [OGB] USING DGPS. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR 19.1, FOUL 20.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. POSSIBLY NETS ABOVE WK. SOME OIL BEING RELEASED. (TH, SURVEY REPORT, DTD 24.5.95).
- NM 1933/95. SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5225.159N, 0156.049E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.40MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 25.3MTRS, WIDTH 6.8MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 200/020 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 25.159 N,1 56.049 E