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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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