Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Guernsey coast, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 7.308 N,1 38.862 W (50.24245, -1.9068)
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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.
Naam: GUERNSEY COAST
Lengte 63.8 meter, breedte: 10.1 meter, diepgang: 4.1, tonnage 646 ton
Lading: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods
Oorzaak: built in 1938 by ardrossan dockyard ltd, ardrossan. owned at time of loss by british channel islands shipping co ltd. 6 cylinder, 4 stroke oil engine, single shaft. machinery aft. passage guernsey for shoreham. cargo 46800 trays of tomatoes. sank following collision in thick fog with liberian ss catcher. one man lost. (msd).
Jaar registratie: 1984
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 58 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 45 cm
Bekend sinds: 1984, laatst gedetecteerd: 2005
Details metingen/cartografie: HH090/588/01 28.6.94 EXAM'D 11.7.93 IN 500718.7N, 013851.4W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.2 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, LIES 045/225DEGS. SITTING UPRIGHT ON SEABED. (NP 1008, HI 588). BR STD. HH226/410/03 14.3.95 WK 44MTRS IN 500722N, 013847W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 95 08 18). AMEND TO WK 44MTRS, RETAIN POSN. BR STD. 16.11.98 EUR POSN: 500720.5N, 013846.5W. NC 2613. HH100/351/15 28.9.99 LARGE WK, COMPLETELY UPRIGHT AND INTACT ALTHOUGH NO MAST OR POSTS STANDING. BOWS E. STERN ACCOMMODATION REMAINS INTACT. VERY LARGE 'V' SHAPED HOLE IN THE PORT SIDE OF THE WK IMMEDIATELY FWD OF THE ACCOMMODATION. EXTENDS FROM KEEL TO UPPERDECK, CONSISTENT WITH COLLISION DAMAGE. SUGGESTS THE VESSEL WAS STRUCK AT RIGHT ANGLES. DECK HOUSING AMIDSHIPS IS PRESENT, ALTHOUGH THE BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED FWD. BOW SECTION IS INTACT. GENERAL CONDITION OF THIS 4 HOLD VESSEL IS VERY GOOD, SUGGESTING THAT IT SANK POST WW2. PROBABLY IN THE 1960S OR 1970S. NO CARGO. (D C WENDES). NCA. HH226/410/06 1.8.01 DIVED IN 5007.26N, 0138.76W [OGB]. CONSTRUCTION AND GOOD CONDITION SUGGEST POST-WWII SINKING DATE. DIESEL ENGINE AFT. ALL MASTS COLLAPSED. STANDS 14MTRS HIGH IN 63MTRS. (D C WENDES). HH100/351/19 24.10.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A COMPLETELY INTACT WK WITH ENGINES AFT AND BRIDGE MIDSHIPS. HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A POST-WAR COASTER. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/19 4.4.03 THIS COULD BE 'GUERNSEY COAST'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 28.4.05 CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS 'GUERNSEY COAST'. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 4.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 5007.308N, 0138.862W.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, BOWS E
Positie: 50 7.308 N,1 38.862 W