This is the information page about the shipwreck Genevieve (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.709 N,5 20.733 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: GENEVIEVE (POSSIBLY)
Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1598 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1912 by osbourne, graham & co, sunderland. owned at the time of loss by f bouet. passage rouen for swansea. torpedoed and sunk. (ww1sl, ll ww1, dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 81 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 502300N, 052000W. (LL WW1). NCA. H2537/28 H2537/28 SUNK IN 502300N, 052000W. (DOCKET M.3416). FOR FILING ONLY. 21.11.11 21.11.11 NOT LOCATED IN 5023.0N, 0520.0W [OGB] BY M/B. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA. 30.11.11 30.11.11 LOCATED 22.3.10 IN 5022.709N, 0520.733W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.19 IN GEN DEPTH 40.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 101.2MTRS, WIDTH 27.5MTRS, HT 5.71MTRS. LIES 081/261 DEGS WITH BOWS E. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). IN TWO PARTS, IN LINE. INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS E, IN TWO PARTS
Position: 50 22.709 N,5 20.733 W