Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Gascony, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 39.478 N,0 39.586 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Angry fish
6. Ariel
7. Armenier
8. Arno (possibly)
9. Atlas (probably)
10. Axwell
11. Basil-2
12. Bettann (bow section)
13. Cairndhu
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Candia
16. Carbineer
17. City of mexico
18. Donegal (possibly)
19. Duke of buccleuch
20. Fort yale
21. Fpt iv
22. Frode
23. Gartland
24. Gascony
25. Gerarda
26. Germa geisha
27. Glenlee
28. Hedwig lunstedt
29. Highland corrie
30. Hms apley (possibly)
31. Hms evadne (possibly)
32. Hms hazardous
33. Hms implacable
34. Hms moldavia
35. Hms northcoates
36. Hms pine
37. Hms prince leopold
38. Hms sapper
39. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
40. Hmsm a1
41. Indiana
42. Jaffa
43. Lightfoot (possibly)
44. Lola (possibly)
45. Lowmount
46. Marga
47. Molesey (possibly)
48. Montecrana (possibly)
49. Ny-eeasteyr
50. Polandia (possibly)
51. Ramsgarth
52. Ramsholm (possibly)
53. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
54. Saint andre (probably)
55. Shirala
56. Sines (possibly)
57. Spearfish
58. Stavros (possibly)
59. Teelin head
60. U 1195
61. U 86 (formerly)
62. U 86 (possibly)
63. Vesuvio (possibly)
64. Vigda
65. War helmet
66. Zaanstroom

 

Naam: GASCONY

Lengte 109.7 meter, breedte: 14.6 meter, diepgang: 6.4, tonnage 3133 ton
Lading: solid fuel,armament,foodstuffs: solid

Oorzaak: Built in 1908 by r craggs, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by d maciver & sons ltd, liverpool. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage southampton for calais. cargo, hay, guns & charcoal. torpedoed & sunk by uc-37.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 26 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 65 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20180210

Details metingen/cartografie: H827/18 7.1.18 SUNK IN 503930N, 003930W. (PORTSMOUTH). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. NOTE. 11.1.18 SUNK 4M NE OF OWERS LTV. ALSO REPD 10M SSE FROM OWERS & NO DANGER TO SURFACE NAVIGATION. LATER REPD AS OWERS LT S 38DEGS W 25C. (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M1781). H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3947/33 29.11.33 LOCATED IN 503927N, 003942W BY OROPESA SWEEP SET AT 12FMS. DRIFT SWEEP LEAST DEPTH 45FT. (HMS FLINDERS, 23.11.33). AMEND TO WK 7.5FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1915/33. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.7MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H1270/72 29.8.72 WRECK OF 'GASCONY' IN 503927N, 003924W [OGB]. INVERTED, LYING NE/SW, BOWS SW. INTACT BUT FOR LARGE HOLE AMIDSHIPS. MAX HEIGHT 30FT AT STERN IN ABOUT 16FMS [FROM CHART]. (MR DILLINGHAM, 13.6.72). AMEND TO WK 11FMS [20.1MTRS] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1901/72. H2318/74 16.9.75 LOCATED 9.7.75, EXAM'D 18.7.75 IN 503927N, 003931W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.2MTRS. POSN GIVEN ABOVE IS THE NORTH EASTERN END OF WK, WHERE ONE LEAST DEPTH WAS FOUND. HOWEVER THE SAME LEAST DEPTH WAS ALSO OBTAINED SLIGHTLY AFT OF AMIDSHIPS. ORIENTATION ABOUT 040/220DEGS. (SCES, HI 62/75). AMEND TO WK 17.8MTRS [9FMS 4FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 980/76. H1289/76/351 21.10.76 CONTRARY TO EXISTING REPORTS ONLY THE STERN OF THE GASCONY IS UPSIDE DOWN, THE BOW LIES ON ITS SIDE FACING NORTH. (R D SOUTHERN, 18.10.76). HH091/002/01 22.10.02 EXAM'D 26.7.02 IN 5039.476N, 0039.585W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 17.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. MODERATE MAGENTIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1002). FAIRLY INTACT. LENGTH FROM DCS3 IS 100MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 10.02.18; IN 5039.478N, 0039.586W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS, HEIGHT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 065/245 DEGS. SEVERELY DECAYED. APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED OVER TO THE PORT SIDE, AS BOTH MASTS LIE TOWARDS THE NW &THE SE SIDE SHOWS THE REMAINING HULL PLATE OVERLYING THE DEBRIS. THREE MAIN BOILERS &A SMALLER AUXILLIARY BOILER ARE MIDSHIPS. IT APPEARS THAT THE STERN IS ORIENTATED TOWARDS 065 DEGS, AS THE REMAINS OF THE PRESUMED PROPELLER SHAFT ARE VISIBLE EXTENDING BEYOND THE LINE OF THE HULL. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEVERELY DECAYED, COLLAPSED OVER TO PORT SIDE, BOW WSW.

Positie: 50 39.478 N,0 39.586 W

 

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