This is the information page about the shipwreck Gemini, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.725 N,5 36.352 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Dageid
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Fanny lambert
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Gemini
42. Genevieve (possibly)
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Glendale
45. Gleno
46. Hampshire
47. Helene (probably)
48. Hellopes
49. Hms anson
50. Hms royalo
51. Hms warspite
52. Hms warspite (part of)
53. Hms warwick
54. Hmy viva 2
55. Hopeful (possibly)
56. Iona
57. J duncan
58. Jose de aramburu
59. Joshua nicholson
60. Juan ferrer
61. Juanita
62. Kate thomas (possibly)
63. Kildonan ?
64. Kintuck
65. Kynance (probably)
66. Lake grafton
67. Lake grafton (possibly)
68. Liberty
69. Lincoln
70. Luna
71. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
72. Luxembourg (probably)
73. Lyminge
74. Madeline
75. Maria de larrinaga
76. Maroc
77. Moorview
78. Mystique (possibly)
79. New pioneer
80. Nile
81. Ocean harvest
82. Onega
83. Oriskany
84. Pacific reliance
85. Peer gynt (possibly)
86. Petersham
87. Phoenix 202
88. Phoenix 203
89. Pioneer (possibly)
90. Polesley (possibly)
91. Ponthieu
92. Primo ?
93. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
94. Princess royal
95. Quarnero
96. Reidar (possibly)
97. Rms mulheim
98. Saint guenole
99. Saxon briton
100. Sea viper
101. Secil japan (bow section)
102. Secil japan (stern section)
103. Setubel(probably)
104. Shanes castle
105. Sirius (possibly)
106. Sna i (possibly)
107. St chamond
108. St george
109. St george (possibly)
110. Stabil (possibly)
111. Sten (possibly)
112. Sylvia-mary z-525
113. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
114. Traute sarnow
115. Tungufoss
116. Tyrhaug
117. U 400 (possibly)
118. Umbre
119. Underwood
120. Union crystal (possibly)
121. Union star (parts of)(probably)
122. Veghtstroom (possibly)
123. Vesuvius
124. Vigrid (possibly)
125. Vine branch (possibly)
126. War baron (probably)
127. Wild boar
128. William cory
129. Yewcroft
130. Zone (probably)

 

Name: GEMINI

Length 84 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 2128 ton
Load: timber,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: ex-dingwall. built in 1892 by blyth shipbuilding co, blyth. owned at time of loss by the british china ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 181 nhp, single shaft. machinery by black, hawthorn & co, gateshead. passage belfast for st helen's roads under tow after being torpedoed u-60 7m nw 1/2 n of godrevy lt. two men lost. (ll ww1, ww1sl, der krieg zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H4509/18 25.7.18 H4509/18 25.7.18 SANK 7M NW 0.5 N FROM GODREVY LTHO, IN 501630N, 053500W, APPROX. (BOT). H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 WK LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501744N, 053620W USING DECCA. EXAM'D BY DIVERS. BOILERS STAND 10FT HIGH, ENGINE ABOUT 9FT. REMAINDER OF WK FLATTENED, ABOUT 4 TO 5FT. CAST IRON PROP. LIES NNE/SSW WITH BOWS N. NO CARGO. (E GILES, 26.6.73). CHART AS WK 26MTRS (14FMS). HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 SHIP'S BELL, WITH INSCRIPTION 'GEMINI', RECOVERED FROM THIS WK ON 19.6.89. WK FOUND IN 501741N, 053617W USING DECCA. VERY FLATTENED AND SCATTERED IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS AT HW NEAPS. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 LARGE AREA SEARCHED AROUND LISTED POSN. BEST MAGNETOMETER READING IN 501745.5N, 053616W [OGB] BY GPS. NOT LOCATED ON E/S. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). NCA. HH100/351/15 17.9.99 HH100/351/15 17.9.99 DIVED IN 5017.715N, 0536.360W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. HT 3MTRS APPROX. NO. SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED OF SAND, SHINGLE AND ROCK. WRECK IS GENERALLY FLATTENED. HIGHEST POINTS ARE TWO BOILERS AND THE ENGINE, WHICH IS TILTED ON ITS PORT SIDE. STERN SHAFT INTACT WITH STEEL PROPELLER IN PLACE. STERN AREA MOSTLY INTACT BUT DETACHED, STANDS 3MTRS OFF SEABED SOME 6-7MTRS FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. RUDDER DETACHED. LIVE 12LB SHELL CASE RECOVERED FROM STERN BUT NO GUN VISIBLE. SHELL CASE DATED 1912. VERY LARGE, FLATTENED, AREA OF PLATING SEEN FWD OF BOILERS BUT NOT YET EXAMINED. (G J LOCKETT, 17.9.99). RETAIN AS WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.12.11 16.12.11 LOCATED 19.3.10 IN 5017.725N, 0536.352W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.95 IN GEN DEPTH 31.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 631.MTRS, WIDTH 11.8MTRS, HT 3.45MTRS. LIES 142/322 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: GENERALLY FLATTENED. BOWS N

Position: 50 17.725 N,5 36.352 W

 

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