This is the information page about the shipwreck Gena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.523 N,1 46.031 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Corcrest
25. Cormorant
26. Cormount (probably)
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. Denewood
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Dunwich bank wk
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. Elnet
39. Empire bridge
40. Estrella (possibly)
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Faithful star
44. Farmatyr
45. Fidelio
46. Firth
47. Fort massac
48. Forth
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Frumenton
52. Gannet (possibly)
53. Gasfire
54. Gena
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Grisdeale
61. Groenlo
62. Groeswen (probably)
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Harlington (probably)
66. Harlyn (probably)
67. Harriet
68. Hebe
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hms adonis (possibly)
73. Hms christopher (possibly)
74. Hms condor (probably)
75. Hms donna nook
76. Hms donside (possibly)
77. Hms eros (possibly)
78. Hms evesham (possibly)
79. Hms fontenoy
80. Hms forward iii
81. Hms franc tireur
82. Hms harvest gleaner
83. Hms hirose (probably)
84. Hms holdene
85. Hms japan
86. Hms jessie nutten
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
95. Hms orthos (probably)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisters melville
99. Hms spider
100. Hms st seiriol
101. Hms tervani
102. Hms tettenhall
103. Hms tugela
104. Hms waveflower
105. Hms whooper
106. Hms william wesney
107. Hornchurch
108. Ignis (possibly)
109. Impulsion
110. Ionian (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Jamesina
113. Jim
114. Kenneth hawksfield
115. Khartoum (possibly)
116. Knarsdale
117. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
118. Koningen emma (possibly)
119. Kwasind
120. Lapwing
121. Lapwing (possibly)
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lingfield
124. Lisette
125. Little world
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lord bute
128. Magdapur
129. Mangara
130. Maria rosa
131. Marianne (probably)
132. Mascota (possibly)
133. Mascotte
134. Memento (possibly)
135. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
136. Mercurius
137. Mexico
138. Moidart
139. Mudo
140. Nadir
141. Nereus
142. Newhaven (possibly)
143. Nicolaos piangos
144. Nominoe
145. Norwich trader
146. Novocastrian
147. Ocean pride
148. Old charlton
149. Ostprussen (possibly)
150. Pescado
151. Petshenga (possibly)
152. Phryne
153. Plawsworth (possibly)
154. Polgarth
155. Protinus (possibly)
156. Ravenscraig (possibly)
157. Ren
158. Reward (possibly)
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rhineland
161. Robin iv
162. Rochester city
163. Savona (probably)
164. Scimitar
165. Scotia
166. Sea king
167. Sea rhine
168. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
169. Skodsburg (possibly)
170. Southford
171. St patrick
172. Stad alkmaar
173. Sunniside (probably)
174. Taber park
175. Tergestea
176. Thornaby (possibly)
177. Thyra
178. Tidal (possibly)
179. Torchbearer
180. Tunisiana
181. U 13 (probably)
182. Uc 11 (possibly)
183. Uc 62 (possibly)
184. Ui-001
185. Vae victis
186. Victorious
187. Warrenpoint
188. White ghost
189. White lady
190. Wychwood (possibly)
191. Wyetown
192. Yarmouth
193. Yewkyle (possibly)
194. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GENA

Length 95.1 meter, width: 12.2 meter, tonnage 2784 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1893 by t turnbull & son, whitby. owned at time of loss by thomas turnbull & son shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 236hp, single shaft. machiney by blair & co, stockton-on-tees. passage from the tyne for ? under sealed orders. torpedoed by german seaplane.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161219

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 0.75M, S X W 0.5 W OF 'A' WAR CHANNEL BUOY, SOUTHWOLD. (LL WW1 LOSSES). H7062/18 INS WK IN 521115N, 014600E. 1923 AMEND TO DW. H3052/31 27.10.31 EXAM'D IN 521128N, 014605E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 55, FOUL AT 57FT. GEN DEPTH 93FT. LARGE OBSTN GIVING A NOTICEABLE SURFACE DISTURBANCE. (HMS KELLET, 1931). BR STD. H3273/61 10.9.61 LOCATED IN 521128N, 014610E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79 IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. (HMS SCOTT, HI 19 & 20/62). AMEND POSN ONLY. H4629/71 21.12.72 DIVED ON. LIES APPROX E/W WITH BOW W. ON STBD SIDE ON HARD SAND. HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AMIDSHIPS ON PORT SIDE OTHERWISE REMAINS IN A GOOD CONDITION. CAST IRON PROPELLER. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 1972). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 20.1.93 EXAM'D 7.11.92 IN 521129.7N, 014608.3E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.3 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 35.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.1MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 275/195 DEG. GAVE STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 564). BR STD. HH090/564/01 11.8.93 DRIFT SWEPT 27.6.93. CLEAR AT 22.6, FOUL AT 22.9MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 564). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 19.12.16; IN 5211.523N, 0146.031E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 93.4MTRS, WIDTH 21.1MTRS, HEIGHT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 097/277 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 183.31MTRS, 5.14MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 017 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 11.523 N,1 46.031 E

 

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