This is the information page about the shipwreck Kong guttorm (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.202 N,1 40.453 W (50.5655, -1.5311833333333)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Badger (probably)
10. Baron garioch
11. Borgny
12. Borgsten (probably)
13. Braedale (probably)
14. Brestois
15. Britannia (probably)
16. Carentan
17. Castlereagh
18. Charles rogers (probably)
19. Clarinda
20. Cleddy (probably)
21. Coquetdale (probably)
22. Dumfries
23. Dungrange
24. El kahira
25. Empire crusader
26. Ernest lagouve
27. Espagne
28. Eugene schneider (probably)
29. Eugene schneider (probably)
30. Everleigh
31. Fluent
32. Guernsey coast
33. Hartley (possibly)
34. Hms acheron (bow section)
35. Hms acheron (stern section)
36. Hms eleanor (probably)
37. Hms john mitchell
38. Hms michael clements
39. Hms sargasso
40. Hms warwick deeping
41. Hms waterlily
42. Hmsm swordfish
43. Hmsm upstart
44. Iduna
45. Indutionmare
46. Ioannis fafalios
47. Kong guttorm (probably)
48. Kyarra
49. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
50. Londonier
51. Luxor
52. Messina
53. Molina
54. Myrtlegrove (probably)
55. Neree (possibly)
56. Normandy
57. Nurnberg
58. Oiekast (probably)
59. Pangani
60. Pool fisher
61. Rosehill (probably)
62. Security (possibly)
63. Smyrna
64. Sphene
65. Start
66. Terlings
67. U 122 (possibly)
68. U 480
69. Ub 37 (probably)
70. Venezuela
71. Vera (probably)
72. Vikholmen
73. Waitara
74. Westville

 

Name: KONG GUTTORM (PROBABLY)

Length 58.4 meter, width: 9.2 meter, tonnage 731 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1901 by nylands vaerksted, christiania. owned at time of loss by a/s det sonderfjelds-norske dampskibsselskap. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 97 nhp, single shaft. passage caen and le havre for weymouth in ballast. torpedoed by ub-103. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 20210108

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/962/01 27.6.02 EXAM'D 27.6.02 IN 5017.202N, 0140.453W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.2 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. AREA OF WRECKAGE COVERING 60MTRS BY 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 45MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 9.10.03 DIVED 8.2003. WK LIES IN TWO HALVES, NOT IN LINE, WITH A DEBRIS FIELD BETWEEN. STERN IS INTACT WITH PROPELLOR AND A SPARE PROPELLOR BEHIND THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. THE SINGLE BOILER HAS ROLLED OUT OF THE WRECK ON THE PORT SIDE. OFF THE PORT SIDE OF THE STERN SECTION IS THE BOW, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN TO THE TOP OF THE CHAIN LOCKER. THERE IS A WINCH ON TOP OF THIS SECTION. WK HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A COASTER OF ABOUT 900 GRT. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). NCA. 28.4.05 LIES IN TWO PARTS, STERN SECTION N/S WITH STERN S, BOW SECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES CLOSE W WITH BOWS W. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 2.2.07 IDENTITY NOT PROVED. DESCRIPTION FITS CLOSELY AND POSN IS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF REPORTED POSN. UNMARKED FO'C'S'LE BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED WHICH HAS BEEN JUDGED TO BE NORWEGIAN AND THE TELEGRAPH IS OF IDENTICAL DESIGN TO THAT OF ANOTHER SHIP OF THE SAME COMPANY. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP2020/000273534 9.8.21 EXAM'D 08.01.21; IN 5017.202N, 0140.453W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 45.401MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS, LENGTH 58.5MTRS, WIDTH 30.9MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 060/240 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, 1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 060 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK IN TWO MAIN PARTS WITH ASSOCIATED SCOUR WITH DEBRIS BETWEEN TWO MAIN PIECES. WITH SOME WRECKAGE OFFSET TO THE NORTH. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1595-H525-61763). RETAIN NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE IN TWO MAIN PARTS, UPRIGHT WITH ASSOCIATED SCOUR AND DEBRIS BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN SECTIONS.

Position: 50 17.202 N,1 40.453 W

 

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