This is the information page about the shipwreck Gem (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 15.606 N,0 15.282 W (54.2601, -0.2547)

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 (STERN 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: 100 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3.5M SE BY E 0.25 E FROM SCARBOROUGH. (WW1SL). H1310/84/22 2.8.84 WK LOCATED AND DIVED IN 541540N, 001517W USING RADAR. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH38MTRS [HMS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 29MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/34 18.12.86 STERN SECTION, MACHINERY COMPARTMENTS, ETC, LOCATED IN 541536N, 001512W. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOILER EXPOSED. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS [MHWS]. THOUGHT TO BE STERN SECTION OF GEM. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION -6MTRS. NCA. HH100/351/06 10.3.93 LOCATED IN 541532N, 001524W USING RADAR. 3MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NCA. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 8.7.97 IN 541536.2N, 001516.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.4, FOUL 33.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.6 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. WELL DEFINED. LARGELY INTACT SECTION SITTING PROUD OF THE SEABED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5415.606N, 0015.282W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 18.5MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280. SCOUR LENGTH 25.9MTRS, 2.4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 282.0. NOT INTACT, MOSTLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472) AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mostly buried

Position: 54 15.606 N,0 15.282 W

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