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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Benito
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Cape finisterre (probably)
24. Carmarthen
25. Caroline
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Centurion (possibly)
29. Cieszyn
30. Citrine
31. City of corinth (possibly)
32. City of ghent
33. Clan apline
34. Clan malcolm
35. Corvus
36. Cromdale
37. Cyrenian
38. Czar
39. Dionne marie
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Elisabeth (possibly)
42. Epsilon
43. Erato
44. Eric calvert (possibly)
45. Eskdale
46. Eva (possibly)
47. Forde
48. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
49. Ganymede
50. Gap
51. Godolphin
52. Grip (part of)
53. Gunvor
54. Hansy
55. Happy returns (possibly)
56. Hera
57. Hmml 380
58. Hms almond (after part)
59. Hms almond (bow part)
60. Hms anson
61. Hms brandlebas
62. Hms comet
63. Hms gloaming
64. Hms javelin (stern section)
65. Hms kurd
66. Hms lady of the isles
67. Hms primrose
68. Hms rinovia
69. Hms roche bonne
70. Hms torrent
71. Hmy sappho (possibly)
72. Hnlms brielle
73. Hockwold
74. Ilston
75. Jersey queen (possibly)
76. John
77. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
78. Juno
79. Karen marie
80. Kerris reed
81. Krosfond
82. Kwester
83. La suippe
84. Lady cory-wright
85. Lady dalhousie
86. Le vieux tigre
87. Leander
88. Leon martin (part of)
89. Libourne
90. Loe bar wk
91. Lord snowden (probably)
92. Lorle (probably)
93. Lucent (possibly)
94. Lydie
95. Merle
96. Mervyn (possibly)
97. Mina cantiquin
98. Mitera marigo
99. Mohegan
100. Mosel
101. Mountby
102. Mourne (probably)
103. N g petersen
104. Normand
105. Noya (possibly)
106. Nyassa
107. Ocklinge
108. Omer denise
109. Ospra
110. Pearl (possibly)
111. Penelope jane (possibly)
112. Pindos
113. Plantaganet
114. Poljames
115. Poljames
116. Ponus
117. Port chalmers
118. Prestige
119. Queen (possibly)
120. Rigmor (possibly)
121. Robert
122. Rock island bridge
123. Royal anne galley
124. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
125. Schiedam
126. Secil japan (bow section)
127. Secil japan (stern section)
128. Shoal fisher
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Twilight water
134. U 1018
135. U 399
136. U 95
137. Ub 106 (possibly)
138. Ub 112 (possibly)
139. Ub 128 (possibly)
140. Ub 86 (possibly)
141. Ub 97 (possibly)
142. Uc 66
143. Ula
144. Veritas
145. Vigrid (possibly)
146. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
147. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
148. Violet
149. Volnay
150. War tune
151. Westwood (possibly)
152. Wyndcliffe
153. Zebra

 

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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