This is the information page about the shipwreck Gull (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.817 N,0 2.243 W (50.54695, -0.0373833)
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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: GULL (POSSIBLY)
Length 34.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 270 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: Built of wood in 1920 by a/b saltviks suip. owned at time of loss by nk @ oscarshamn. passage fowey for stockholm. foundered following collision. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1925
Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1925, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H6758/25 12.10.25 NDW PA IN 503100N, 002000W. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS NDW PA (1925). BR STD. H2699/76 9.12.80 LOCATED 25.6.75 IN 503300N, 000214W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. H2330/84 23.9.85 EXAM'D 5.5.85 IN 503248N, 000208W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.3 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 17MTRS. LENGTH 175MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. VERY LARGE, SUBSTANTIAL WK, APPARENTLY UPSIDE DOWN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). SONAR TRACES INDICATE LENGTH IS ABOUT 90MTRS. AMEND TO WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/86/10 1.4.86 EXAM'D JUN '85. STANDS 12MTRS HIGH. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, 13.3.86). NCA. H2350/85 17.2.87 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1008, HI 317B). NCA. HH100/351/11 22.2.96 REPD TO BE LARGE CARGO VESSEL LYING ON ITS BEAM ENDS AND OF APPROX 5000 TONS. (T BENNETTO, 10.1.96). NCA. 24.4.14 EXAM'D 4.3.14 IN 5032.817N, 0002.243W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.98 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 126.5MTRS, WIDTH 25.8MTRS, HT 15.02MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INVERTED OR ON SIDE, QUITE BROKEN UP. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). ?ON PORT BEAM, BOWS SW. STERN COLLAPSED, BOW PROMINENT. RETAIN WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?ON PORT SIDE, STERN COLLAPSING, BOW PROMINENT
Position: 50 32.817 N,0 2.243 W