Wreck: Gunvor (Sailing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Gunvor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.116 N,5 6.297 W (50.001933, -5.104950)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: GUNVOR

Length 80.2 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 1491 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: built of steel in 1895 by laporte & cie, rouen. passage caleta buena, chile for falmouth. ran aground in fog.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: 7.4.82 REPORTED THAT ONLY SOME PLATING AND RIBS REMAIN, LYING IN SHELTERED WATER IN ABOUT 15MTRS GEN DEPTH. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III). POSN 500004N, 050640W FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED IN 1996 IN 5000.116N, 0506.297W [WGD] USING DGPS. VERY BROKEN UP WITH WRECKAGE IN GULLIES. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 2MTRS. SEABED SAND & ROCK. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J ROSEBEARE). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 25.10.01 CINC REMOVED. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 25.10.01)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN, WRECKAGE IN GULLIES, HT BY DIVER

Position: 50 0.116 N,5 6.297 W

 

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