This is the information page about the shipwreck St gothard (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 44.575 N,1 41.467 W (59.742916666667, -1.6911166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ST GOTHARD (POSSIBLY)
Length 97.4 meter, width: 13.9 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 2788 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1903 by j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by st gothard shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 257nhp, single shaft. passage swarbacks minn for the forth. captured by u 44 and later torpedoed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 113 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN PA 594100N, 014500W. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 17). 22.2.80 22.2.80 NDWPA IN 594300N, 014830W. (US P/O DATED 16.10.76). NCA. HH270/440/05 20.5.94 HH270/440/05 20.5.94 EXAM'D IN 594434.5N, 014128.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105.0 IN GEN DEPTH 113MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. LARGE, INTACT WRECK WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. PROBABLY LIES ON ITS SIDE. (NP 1008, HI 612, HN).
- NM 1919/94. HH090/612/01 2.9.94 HH090/612/01 2.9.94 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. (NP 1008, HI 612). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?ON ITS SIDE, HAS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
Position: 59 44.575 N,1 41.467 W