This is the information page about the shipwreck Geneva, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 36.584 N,1 45.976 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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alto (possibly)
8. Artemisia
9. Astrologer
10. Avonwood
11. Axminster (probably)
12. Barkis
13. Barrhill
14. Begona no 5
15. Bob read (probably)
16. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. City of kobe
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Corduff
25. Cormead
26. Crichtoun
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Daisy (possibly)
29. David b summers
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. Ems
35. English trader
36. Ethel
37. Ethel radcliffe
38. Excellenz mehnert
39. Fidelio
40. Frumenton
41. Fulgens
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Galatea (possibly)
44. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
45. Gasfire
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Georgia (for'd part)
49. Glen derry (probably)
50. Glynn
51. Groenlo
52. Gulf breaker
53. H h petersen
54. Helena
55. Hms agate
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms donside (possibly)
61. Hms dungeness
62. Hms evesham (possibly)
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms force
65. Hms francolin
66. Hms glen prosen
67. Hms harvest gleaner
68. Hms irvana (part of)
69. Hms kaphreda
70. Hms m a west (probably)
71. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
72. Hms orthos (probably)
73. Hms pelton (probably)
74. Hms speeton (possibly)
75. Hms spider
76. Hms tettenhall
77. Hms tonbridge
78. Hms tugela
79. Hms washington (probably)
80. Hmsm d5
81. Ilse
82. Impulsion
83. Ionian (probably)
84. Kenneth hawksfield
85. King egbert
86. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
87. Knitsley (possibly)
88. La perouse (possibly)
89. Langeli (possibly)
90. Leelite
91. Lingfield
92. Mardyke
93. Maria rosa
94. Marianne (probably)
95. Marsworth
96. Mascota (possibly)
97. Memento (possibly)
98. Mercurius
99. Meriones
100. Montferland
101. Mudo
102. Murdoch (probably)
103. Nadir
104. Navarra (possibly)
105. Nereus
106. Nominoe
107. Nordborg (possibly)
108. Norman queen
109. Novocastrian
110. Oil trader
111. Ole bull
112. Osprey
113. Otter
114. Oxshott (possibly)
115. Pluton
116. Polaris
117. Prima
118. Regain
119. Ren
120. Reward (possibly)
121. Rhineland
122. Robin iv
123. Robrix
124. Rochester city
125. Rogate
126. Roine
127. Roxanna
128. Rye
129. Scotia
130. Sea rhine
131. Seagull
132. Seaham
133. Sheaf water
134. Silksworth hall (probably).
135. Sir william stephenson
136. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
137. Skodsburg (possibly)
138. Southford
139. St patrick
140. Stad alkmaar
141. Stanmount
142. Sunniside (probably)
143. Taber park
144. Thomas m (possibly)
145. Tidal (possibly)
146. Tregantle (possibly)
147. Trevethoe
148. Tunisiana
149. U 13 (probably)
150. Uc 62 (possibly)
151. Ui-001
152. Vanguard
153. Vigo
154. Viola (possibly)
155. Walkure
156. War valley
157. Whintown (possibly)
158. White swan
159. White swan (possibly)
160. Willowpool
161. Xanthe
162. Yewvalley (possibly)
163. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GENEVA

Length 60.4 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 711 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1878 by blackwood & gordon, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by james currie & co, leith. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 98 nhp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for fecamp. struck sunken wreck and was beached. later towed off but sank while still under tow. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1362/18 H1362/18,H4342/18 INS WK 50FT IN 523630N, 014555E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 183/18. H6391/19 H6391/19 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS. H335/31 13.1.31 H335/31,H336/31 13.1.31 SHOWN AS WK 60FT ON BA 1543 ONLY. H3478/45 27.8.45 H3478/45 27.8.45 DELETED.

- NM BLOCK. H4852/74 20.12.74 H4852/74 20.12.74 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 SEARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 11/74). H1960/79 31.3.81 H1960/79 31.3.81 EXAM'D 2.10.80 IN 523634N, 014607E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 16.0, FOUL 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.3 IN GEN DEPTH 19.6MTRS. SCOUR 21.6MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. 60MTRS LONG. E/S DEPTH PERHAPS WEED OR FISH - RECOMMEND IT BE ACCEPTED FOR CHARTING. (HMS EGERIA, HI 62B/80). CHART AS WK 14.3MTRS.

- NM 888/81. H2339/84 26.6.85 H2339/84 26.6.85 EXAM'D 25.4.85 IN 523633N, 014605E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23.5MTRS. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. NFS. (NP 1016, HI 249). NCA. HH090/513/01 13.6.91 HH090/513/01 13.6.91 EXAM'D 28.4.91 IN 523630N, 014605E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR 15.4, FOUL 15.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 3.2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. ABOUT 35MTRS LONG, LYING 082/262DEGS. MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HI 513). AMEND TO SW 15.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/513 15.7.91 HH090/513.01 15.7.91 FOLLOWING RE-ASSESSMENT OF TIDAL REDUCTION, NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.3MTRS. OTHER DATA UNCHANGED. (NP 1016, HI 513). AMEND TO SW 15.3MTRS. BR STD. HH00/846/01 14.5.99 HH00/846/01 14.5.99 EXAM'D 8.4.99 IN 5236.585N, 0145.973E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.0, FOUL 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.1MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. SCOUR EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 060DEGS. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF LARGE PIECES OF BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 846). AMEND TO SW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.3.09 13.3.09 LOCATED JUST BEYOND LIMITS OF OTHER SURVEY AREA IN 5236.584N, 0145.976E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.32MTRS. (SDC & RT1B, EMAIL DTD 12.3.09). NFS. WAIT FULL SURVEY. NCA. HH091/292/01 15.1.10 HH091/292/01 & SEP 2010/000012793 15.1.10 EXAM'D 2.8.09 IN 5236.584N, 0145.975E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.18 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1292). PROBABLY BOWS WSW. GENERALLY INTACT. HIGH POINT MIDSHIPS, ?BOILER. AMEND WK 15.1MTRS. BR STD. 20.10.11 20.10.11 LOCATED 17.5.11 IN 5236.584N, 0145.975E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS. LIES 076/256 DEGS. UPRIGHT, BOILER IS HIGHEST PART. (MMT, HI 1367). NCA. SEP 2021/000000486 10.10.20 EXAM'D 10.10.20; WRECK LOCATED IN 5236.584N, 0145.976E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.15MTRS. LENGTH 66.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.75MTRS, HEIGHT 6.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 80. SCOUR LENGTH 10.08MTRS, WIDTH 23.10MTRS, DEPTH 2.60METRS, ORIENTATION 350 DEGREES. WRECK IS INTACT.(FPV MORVEN, HI1687. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?BOWS W, HIGH POINT ?BOILER

Position: 52 36.584 N,1 45.976 E

 

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