Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Gasfire, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 52 20.14 N,1 53.76 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.

 

1. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. British captain
17. British fortune (probably)
18. Brixton
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Carica milica
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Cedarwood (possibly)
25. Churston
26. City of kobe
27. Claudia (possibly)
28. Cormead
29. Cresta
30. Crichtoun
31. Cross sand ltv
32. Dagmar (probably)
33. Daisy (possibly)
34. David b summers
35. Db 8 (possibly)
36. Denewood
37. Disa (possibly)
38. Dolfijn (probably)
39. Dronning maud (possibly)
40. Dulwich
41. Dunwich bank wk
42. Edernian
43. El argentino
44. El dorado
45. Elnet
46. Ethel radcliffe
47. Eva witte
48. F stobart (probably)
49. Farmatyr
50. Fidelio
51. Firth
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Friargate (possibly)
54. Frumenton
55. G and e (possibly)
56. Gannet (possibly)
57. Gasfire
58. Gena
59. Geneva
60. Gerhard
61. Gipsy (possibly)
62. Glen tilt (possibly)
63. Glynn
64. Golconda (possibly)
65. Grantleyhall (possibly)
66. Grenadier (probably)
67. Groenlo
68. Gulf breaker
69. H h petersen
70. Helena
71. Hms adonis (possibly)
72. Hms christopher (possibly)
73. Hms condor (probably)
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms exmoor
78. Hms fontenoy
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms irvana (part of)
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms kaphreda
84. Hms m a west (probably)
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms new comet (possibly)
88. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
89. Hms orthos (probably)
90. Hms pelton (probably)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms speeton (possibly)
95. Hms spider
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tettenhall
98. Hms tonbridge
99. Hms tugela
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms whooper
102. Hmsm d5
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Impulsion
106. Jamesina
107. Jim
108. Kenneth hawksfield
109. Knarsdale
110. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
111. Knitsley (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. Lapwing
114. Lapwing (possibly)
115. Lincairn (possibly)
116. Lindisfarne (probably)
117. Lingfield
118. Lisette
119. Magdapur
120. Mangara
121. Mardyke
122. Maria rosa
123. Marianne (probably)
124. Mascota (possibly)
125. Mascotte
126. Memento (possibly)
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mercurius
129. Mirella
130. Mudo
131. Nadir
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nominoe
134. Nordborg (possibly)
135. Novocastrian
136. Ocean pride
137. Oil trader
138. Ostprussen (possibly)
139. Otis tarda
140. Pescado
141. Petshenga (possibly)
142. Phryne
143. Plawsworth (possibly)
144. Pluton
145. Polaris
146. Prima
147. Ren
148. Reward (possibly)
149. Rhenas (possibly)
150. Rhineland
151. Robin iv
152. Rochester city
153. Rogate
154. Roxanna
155. Savona (probably)
156. Scimitar
157. Scotia
158. Sea king
159. Sea rhine
160. Silksworth hall (probably).
161. Sir william stephenson
162. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
163. Skodsburg (possibly)
164. Southford
165. St patrick
166. Stad alkmaar
167. Sunniside (probably)
168. Taber park
169. Tergestea
170. Thomas m (possibly)
171. Thornaby (possibly)
172. Tidal (possibly)
173. Torchbearer
174. Tregantle (possibly)
175. Tunisiana
176. U 13 (probably)
177. Uc 62 (possibly)
178. Ui-001
179. Vae victis
180. War mehtar
181. White lady
182. White swan
183. White swan (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yewkyle (possibly)
186. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GASFIRE

Länge96.9 meter, Breite: 14 meter, Tiefgang: 6.1, Tonnage 3001 ton
Last: ballast

Ursache: built in 1936 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single screw. machinery aft by richardsons, westgarth & co sunderland. passage london for sunderland. in ballast. struck a mine while in tow of hm trawler peter hendriks & sank. (hms leeds 1941).

Jahr der Registrierung: 1940

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 31 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 104 cm

Bekannt seit: 1940, zuletzt detektiert: 20161211

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: REPD MINED IN VICINITY OF 54E BUOY IN 521900N, 015900E. H01001/40 POSN GIVEN AS ABOUT 10M DUE E OF SOUTHWOLD OR APPROX 522000N, 015700E. (TRADE DIV LIST). H0423/41 POSN 521800N, 015900E NO FURTHER INFORMATION. H04100/41 REPD POSN OF SINKING BY TRAWLER PETER HENDRIKS (WHICH HAD GASFIRE IN TOW) IS 280DEG 4M FROM 54E BUOY OR ABOUT 521936N, 015230E. (NORE, TELECON APRIL 1942). H5371/51 28.5.51 EXAM'D IN 522006N, 015353E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 60FT. LEAST E/S 64FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 43FT. SEABED 103FT. LENGTH 320FT. LIES 110/290 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). INS AS WK 10FMS. BR STD. H3449/61 3.11.61 NOTHING FOUND IN POSN 521800N, 015900E. (HMS SCOTT 1961/62). H3273/61 10.9.62 WRECK 66FT LOCATED IN 522004N, 015350E. (HMS SCOTT 1962). NOTHING FOUND IN POSN 521930N, 015230E. H1270/71 18.11.71 CONSIDERED TO BE ALMOST CERTAINLY GASFIRE, BEING A WRECK OF ABOUT 3000 TONS. BOW & STERN EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. LAST 30FT OF STERN IS COLLAPSED & TIPPED TO ONE SIDE. GENERAL STRUCTURE STRONG & QUITE UPRIGHT. PART OF BRIDGE INTACT & IS HIGHEST POINT OF WRECK. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 13.10.71). H4629/71 21.12.71 LOOKS AS THOUGH IT SANK ON FIRE. DAMAGE THROUGHOUT LENGTH ESPECIALLY STB SIDE MIDSHIPS WITH 10FT RENT FROM GUNWALE TO KEEL. CANOE TYPE STERN,WITH 3 GUNS. LARGE ONE IN CENTRE OF STERN & SMALLER ONE ON EACH SIDE. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 22.11.71). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 18.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 20.8.82 EXAM'D 10.2.82 IN 522006N, 015354E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. LYING 114/284 DEGS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.2MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 15.3MTRS. AFTER PART OF VESSEL APPEARS DAMAGED. BOWS W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 18.07.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5220.140N, 0153.760E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 95.5MTRS, WIDTH 15.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 104/284 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 20MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 104 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 20.14 N,1 53.76 E

 

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