This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms gaillardia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.753 N,1 49.485 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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.

Name: HMS GAILLARDIA

Length 79.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1290 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by blyth shipbuilding co. triple expansion engine of 2500ihp. two 4 inch guns, two 12pdr guns. blown up by british mine which vessel fouled whilst buoying a mine in a british minefield. majority of crew of 93 lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 93 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H2489/18 2.5.18 POSN 585530N, 014900W. CONFIRMED BY H3085/26. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3875/26 18.6.26 INS NDW (1918) (PA) IN 585530N, 014900W. H1357/62 27.3.62 AMEND TO NDW PA. NC 1942. 6.9.78 AMEND TO WK USC PA 80MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1942. HH091/137/01 - SEP 2009/000003219 24.12.08 EXAM'D 14.8.08 IN 5855.7529N, 0149.4845W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 88.75 IN GEN DEPTH 93.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP AROUND WK. LENGTH 72.7MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS WITH BOWS ?NE. ?ON IT SIDE. LIMITED DETAIL DUE TO DEPTH. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). AMEND WK 88MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?ON ITS SIDE, SCOUR AROUND WK, ?BOWS NE

Position: 58 55.753 N,1 49.485 W

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