This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms golden gift, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 24.989 N,5 28.538 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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 GOLDEN GIFT

Length 36.6 meter, tonnage 89 ton

Cause: built in 1911 by richards, lowestoft. hired in 1914-1919 and in 11.1939. in harbour service in 1941. sunk in collision with with ferry 'lochinvar'. one 3pdr gun. (shipwrecks of the west of scotland & argyll shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H3820/73 6.8.73 YACHT ANCHORED IN 5FMS OFF THE PARK HOTEL, CAUGHT ON OBSTRUCTION. THIS WK IS KNOWN TO HAVE EXISTED FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS BY LOCALS. (LT CDR HEAP, HN DTD 17.7.73). H3820/73 3.10.73 OBSTN 7MTRS IN 562454.5N, 052827.5W [OGB]. (LT CDR HEAP, DETACHED BOAT PARTY, HN DTD SEPT '73). NC 1790. H3820/73 20.2.76 POSN NOW 562459N, 052829W [OGB]. (LT CDR HEAP, HN DTD 13.1.76). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1270/86 27.5.82 WRECKAGE REPD TO STAND 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 10-14MTRS. MAIN FRAMES, BOILERS AND IRON PROPELLER REMAIN. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). AMEND TO WK 7MTRS. BR STD. 19.10.89 WK OF PUFFER 'GOLDEN GIFT' LIES IN 11-14MTRS, JUST OFF OBAN SEAFRONT IN FRONT OF PARK HOTEL. MAINFRAME OF 36MTR DRIFTER STILL INTACT. SITE IS A POPULAR NIGHT DIVE. (DIVE W SCOTLAND, VOL 1, P.155). HH272/470/01 6.12.89 EXTENSIVE DIVING INVESTIGATIONS SUGGEST WK IS NON-EXISTENT. (PIERMASTER, STRATHCLYDE COUNCIL, TELECON WITH CB). NCA YET. HH272/470/01 17.1.90 WK CONFIRMED STILL EXISTENT BY OBAN DIVERS, WHO USE IT AS A TRAINING AREA. (CB TELECON, DTD 14.12.89). 25.4.05 LIES ON HER SIDE, ALL WOODEN STRUCTURES ROTTED AWAY. METAL FRAMEWORK, ENGINE AND BOILER REMAIN STANDING PROUD OF MUDDY SEABED. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND, 1995, & ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, 1994). EUT POSN: 5624.974N, 0528.551W. NE 1790. 24.9.13 EXAM'D 19.6.13 IN 5624.989N, 0528.538W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.73 IN GEN DEPTH 9.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 16MTRS, WIDTH 3.1MTRS, HT 2.42MTRS. LITTLE IDENTIFIABLE. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1354). AMEND WK 8.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FRAME AND BOILERS REMAIN

Position: 56 24.989 N,5 28.538 W

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway