This is the information page about the shipwreck Gefion, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.095 N,3 15.267 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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5. Avalon g ii
6. Bamse (probably)
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8. Berar
9. Bleamoor (probably)
10. Blue marlin
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Chateau yqem
20. Chorley
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. City of swansea (probably)
23. Colorado (possibly)
24. Dudley rose
25. Elsa
26. Elsa (possibly)
27. Emma
28. Emsstrom
29. Farn
30. Galicia
31. Garm (possibly)
32. Gefion
33. General leman (possibly)
34. Girl barbara
35. Glocliffe
36. Greatham
37. Greleen
38. Greta c
39. Gro
40. Hms amazon
41. Hms benton castle
42. Hms bittern
43. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
44. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
45. Hms formidable
46. Hms harstad
47. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
48. Hms lord hailsham
49. Hms manor
50. Hms picton castle
51. Hms savage
52. Hmsm d1
53. Irma germaine (possibly)
54. Isbjorn
55. Jade star gypsy
56. Jordan a
57. Karen marie (probably)
58. Kendal castle
59. Kongshaug (probably)
60. La blanca (possibly)
61. Lct 381
62. Les mercenaires
63. Lofoten (probably)
64. Lord stewart
65. Majorca
66. Marguerite (possibly)
67. Marie des isles
68. Marjolene
69. Medina
70. Modavia
71. Motano (probably)
72. Nil desperandum (probably)
73. Northville (possibly)
74. Ocean vagabond
75. Pergo
76. Peronne
77. Pomella
78. Quest
79. Radaas (probably)
80. Rayder
81. Reggestroom (probably)
82. Renilde
83. Rosten (possibly)
84. Rota
85. Rotorua
86. Sarah jayne
87. Sevilla
88. Shirley betty
89. Siren
90. Tandil (probably)
91. Two sisters
92. Uc 49 (probably)
93. Ursa (probably)
94. W h dwyer
95. Waikawa (possibly)
96. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: GEFION

Length 68.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1123 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 14.1.75 built in 1914 by bergens mek vaerks, bergen. owned at time of loss by a/s dpskisk, gefion. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 115 nhp, single shaft. passage penarth for honfleur. torpedoed by ub-40. two lives lost. (sibi & dti telecon, 14.1.75).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10M NE OF BERRY HD. (BOT). H8109/38 19.12.38 WK IN 503005N, 031509W, 10.66M, 182DEGS 55MINS FROM SIDMOUTH CH. CLEAR OROPESA SWEEP AT 11FMS, LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 12FMS. LIES IN 18FMS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 12FMS [21.5MTRS]. BR STD. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 503003N, 031509W. DEPTH OVER WK 12FMS. WK ABOVE SEA BED 31FT CONTACTED BY SONAR. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.4.70 LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE ABOUT 1000TONS GROSS, BOW DAMAGE. (MR RUNDTREE, SUB AQUA, 22.4.70). NCA. H1286/79/244 2.10.79 DEFINITELY THE GEFION. IDENTIFIED BY ENGINE NUMBER. WK BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. FOREPART & CENTRE SECTION LYING ON PORT SIDE AT 90DEG. TRACING OF ENGINE PLATE SUPPLIED. (A HILLGROVE). NCA. H1309/79 22.11.79 WK IN 503008N, 031511W [OGB] USING DECCA. (A HILLGROVE). NCA. H1286/81/247 13.1.82 WK PURCHASED BY EXE DIVE 1049 BSAC. (B L HARPER). NCA. H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502950N 031514W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 19.11.84 EXAM'D 10.6.84 IN 503004N, 031512W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.8MTRS, FOUL AT 23.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.1 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. BROKEN SECTIONS EVIDENT, BUT WRECKAGE SEEMS CONFINED IN ONE MAIN CONTACT WITH OVERALL LENGTH 100MTRS. LYING 084/264DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.8MTRS IN 5030.095N, 0315.267W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 33MTRS. LENGTH 74.3MTRS, WIDTH 26.4MTRS, HEIGHT 7.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS. ON STBD SIDE, BROKEN UP. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BROKEN

Position: 50 30.095 N,3 15.267 W

 

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