This is the information page about the shipwreck Gem (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 15.706 N,0 15.37 W (54.2617667, -0.2561667)

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.

Name: GEM (BOW SECTION)

Length 53.3 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 461 ton
Load: salt,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1887 by j fullerton & co of paisley. owned at time of loss by william robertson of glasgow. single boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by w king & co of glasgow. passage mostyn for the tyne. in ballast. struck a mine thought have been laid by the german light cruiser kolberg. broke in two and sank. ten men lost.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3.5 MILES, SE BY E 0.25 E FROM SCARBOROUGH. (WW1SL). H1310/86/34 18.12.86 BOW SECTION OF VESSEL, THOUGHT TO BE GEM FROM BEAM MEASUREMENT AND FITTINGS, LOCATED IN 541548N, 001518W. LIES UPRIGHT AND BROKEN CLEAN AFT OF BRIDGE. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS [MHWS]. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 10.3.93 BOW OF GEM LOCATED IN 541542N, 001521W USING RADAR. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). STERN SECTION LIES IN 541529N, 001511W. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). NCA YET. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 8.7.97 IN 541542.1N, 001522.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.5, FOUL 32.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.4 IN GEN DEPTH 36.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. WELL DEFINED. UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 15.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5415.706N, 0015.370W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 36.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.8MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182. SCOUR LENGTH 48MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 347. THE WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, IT ALSO APPEARS TO OF BEEN BROKEN APART, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE STRUCTURE VISIBLE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 29.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 15.706 N,0 15.37 W

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