This is the information page about the shipwreck Gunborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 13.98 N,11 0.023 W (57.199666666667, -10.717083333333)
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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: GUNBORG
Length 82 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1572 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built 1930. was torpedoed & sunk by u 46, whilst en-route halifax, nova scotia to the clyde. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b sylvia.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2200 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 571400N, 103500W. SUNK 150M W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). POSN GIVEN AS 571400N, 110000W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 30.7.87 30.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 571400N, 103800W, PLOTS IN OVER 2200MTRS. (LL WW2, WW2SL).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 13.98 N,11 0.023 W