The true identity of the wreck known locally as the Gumbar or Gumbor is the Norwegian steamship Gunvor. The Gunvor was built in 1935 by Trondhjems Mek Verksted of Trondheim and owned by Bachke & Co. She was 277.7 feet long, had a 43.2 foot beam, displaced 1,942 gross tons and was powered by a 214 nhp double compound steam engine with low pressure exhaust turbine. Sources say the Gunvor was on a voyage from Mobile to Trinidad with a general cargo when she was lost in a U.S. mine field on June 15, 1942. Others claim she was sunk on June 10, due to a torpedo attack from a German submarine, but after careful research, we feel confident that this ship was sunk by a U.S. mine.

Marine life at the wreck site, which is also known as the Danish Freighter, abounds. Depth to the sand is 60 feet, and the wreck rises to within 40 feet of the surface. Billy Deans reports that the wreck is scattered but lies east to west.

Photo: The Norwegian steamship Gunvor was227.7 feet long and had a43.2 foot beam. Photo courtesy R. Scozafava, William Schell collection.

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