Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Gorsethorn, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 53 32.073 N,3 22.274 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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.
Name: GORSETHORN
Länge45.7 meter, Breite: 7.3 meter, Tiefgang: 1.2, Tonnage 429 ton
Last: general and mixed goods
Ursache: ex-jarrix '39. built in 1917 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. owned at time of loss by ribble shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 69nhp, single shaft. passage preston for cork. lost with all hands. later dispersed. (sibi).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1941
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 21 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 20 cm
Bekannt seit: 1941, zuletzt detektiert: 2003
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H01116/40 4.2.41 H01116/40 4.2.41 INS AS NDW IN 532936N, 032336W .
- NM 249/41. H01116/40 4.11.44 H01116/40 4.11.44 AMEND TO DW WITH G SPH LT BUOY, FL G 3 SEC, IN 533207N, 032112W.
- NM 2379/44. H01116/40 21.9.45 H01116/40 21.9.45 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2918/45. H01116/40 22.10.46 H01116/40 22.10.46 INS G SPH LT BUOY, FL G, CLOSE W OF WK. (TH NM 123/46).
- NM 3555/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 H6706/48 24.11.48 AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. DELETE BUOY. (HMS SEAGULL).
- NM 2626/48. H1893/64 12.3.68 H1893/64 12.3.68 EXAM'D BY SONAR & E/S SWEEP USING HIFIX/3 (POSN NOT QUOTED). LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. SCOUR DEPTH 70FT. SEABED OF SAND & SHELL. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 1/67). 30.8.73 30.8.73 INFORMATION FROM LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS: 4.4.44 LOCATED BY E/S & BUOY ESTABLISHED. 20/22.6.45 EXAMINED BY DIVER & E/S. WEATHER UNSUITABLE FOR FULL EXAMINATION. 3.7.45 VESSEL HAS LIST TO PORT OF ABOUT 10/12DEG. LYING BOW S. TOP OF WINDLASS 44FT, AFTER DECK 54 FT. 4.7.45 TOP OF BOAT STBD SIDE 40FT. 11/14.7.45 BAR SWEEPS CLEAR 37FT, FOUL 38FT. 17.7.45 SOME DISPERSAL WAS CARRIED OUT. 26/28.8.45 SWEPT TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 40FT BELOW LBD. WK BUOY WITHDRAWN. 7.46 POSN 533203N, 032206W OR 2.85 MILES, 077.5 DEG TO QUEENS TR. SWEPT 40FT, E/S 45FT. (HMS SEAGULL). 4.10.46 SPH WK BUOY, FL(G)5SEC ESTAB'D 270 DEG, 450FT FROM WRECK. 4.10.46 DEPTH OVER WRECK 53FT. POSN 533207N, 032213W, OR 258DEG, 1.7M FROM BAR LTV. 28.1.81 28.1.81 SHOWN AS WK 15.7 MTRS (LAT) ON K3500/KF NO 10. H3838/86 6.11.87 H3838/86 6.11.87 EXAM'D IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20.7MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 05.11.87,). NCA YET. H3838/86 24.5.88 H3838/86 24.5.88 DESCRIBED AS OLD AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357, R OF S). AMEND TO WK 17.9MTRS IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB]. BR STD. H3838/86 31.10.88 H3838/86 31.10.88 EXAM'D 26.10.87 IN 533204N, 032212W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR. HYDROSEARCH - VERTICAL HEIGHT 3.4MTRS; SHADOW HT 1.7MTRS. LIES UPRIGHT ON HDG 020 DEG WITH BOWS APPARENTLY COVERED BY SAND. LENGTH 51.3MTRS, BEAM 10.4MTRS. SONAR INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF TWO MASTS LYING ON SEABED TO THE E OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). HH206/460/11 19.3.03 HH206/460/11 19.3.03 HIGHEST PART OF WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 5332.073N, 0322.274W [WGD] USING DGPS. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 17.3.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: UPRIGHT, BOW COVERED WITH SAND
Position: 53 32.073 N,3 22.274 W