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 (52.4370167, 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. 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. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Corduff
24. Cormead
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. David b summers
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. Ems
31. English trader
32. Ethel
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Fidelio
36. Frumenton
37. Fulgens
38. Galatea (possibly)
39. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
40. Gasfire
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Glen derry (probably)
45. Glynn
46. Groenlo
47. Gulf breaker
48. H h petersen
49. Helena
50. Hms agate
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms dungeness
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms force
59. Hms francolin
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms kaphreda
63. Hms m a west (probably)
64. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
65. Hms orthos (probably)
66. Hms pelton (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hms washington (probably)
73. Hmsm d5
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. Kenneth hawksfield
78. King egbert
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Leelite
84. Lingfield
85. Mardyke
86. Maria rosa
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Marsworth
89. Mascota (possibly)
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mercurius
92. Montferland
93. Mudo
94. Murdoch (probably)
95. Nadir
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Nominoe
99. Nordborg (possibly)
100. Norman queen
101. Novocastrian
102. Oil trader
103. Ole bull
104. Osprey
105. Otter
106. Oxshott (possibly)
107. Pluton
108. Polaris
109. Prima
110. Regain
111. Ren
112. Reward (possibly)
113. Rhineland
114. Robin iv
115. Robrix
116. Rochester city
117. Rogate
118. Roine
119. Roxanna
120. Rye
121. Scotia
122. Sea rhine
123. Seagull
124. Seaham
125. Sheaf water
126. Silksworth hall (probably).
127. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
128. Skodsburg (possibly)
129. Southford
130. St patrick
131. Stad alkmaar
132. Stanmount
133. Sunniside (probably)
134. Taber park
135. Thomas m (possibly)
136. Tidal (possibly)
137. Tregantle (possibly)
138. Trevethoe
139. U 13 (probably)
140. Ui-001
141. Vanguard
142. Viola (possibly)
143. Walkure
144. War valley
145. Whintown (possibly)
146. White swan
147. White swan (possibly)
148. Willowpool
149. Xanthe
150. Yewvalley (possibly)
151. 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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