This is the information page about the shipwreck Genimar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 10.474 N,1 39.564 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: GENIMAR
Length 105.5 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3535 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: Built in 1962 by hitachi zosen, mukaishima. owned at time of loss by genimar development corp. passage new brunswick for rotterdam. sakn following a collision with greek m bulk carrier 'larry l'. (msd).
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 41 cm
Known since: 1972, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: H4453/72 16.10.72 LOCATED IN 511030N, 013936E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 7FMS BUT RESULTS NOT ENTIRELY ACCEPTABLE DUE TO FLOATING ROPES. BUOYS LAID CLOSE NE & SW. FUNNEL & MAST, ETC WILL BE REMOVED AND CLEARED TO 70FT. (TH, HARWICH & RNW - TELECON, TH NM 66/72). CHART AS DW WITH G SPH BUOY, INTQFLG.10S, 600FT 040 & 220DEGS FROM WK.
- NM 1994/72. NAVEAM 439 ISSUED. H4453/72 13.7.73 TO BE DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 70FT. CONTRACT PLACED WITH SALVAGE & CABLE (FOLKESTONE) LTD. (TH, 21.6.73). NCA YET. H4453/72 13.9.73 SWEPT ON 17.8.73 AFTER DISPERSAL OPS. CLEAR AT 90, FOUL AT 100FT. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH, HARWICH SIG DTD 30.8.73 & TELECON). AMEND TO SW 15FMS [27MTRS] & DELETE BUOYS.
- NM 1863/73. H2350/85 8.12.86 EXAM'D 14.8.86 IN 511027N, 013941E USING TRISPONDER RANGES. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 42-43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT, ORIENTATED 045/225 DEGS. GIVES GOOD MAGNETIC RESPONSE. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 317A). RETAIN SW DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 - SEP 2007/000062509 29.8.07 LOCATED 25.12.06 IN 5110.479N, 0139.573E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.88 IN GEN DEPTH 43.0MTRS. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 16.1MTRS. LIES 042/222 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). UPRIGHT, INTACT. CLEAR DAMAGE TO BOW. AMEND WK 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 4455/07. SEP2016/000181431 01.12.16 EXAM'D 31.07.16; IN 5110.474N, 0139.564E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 27.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43.5MTRS, LENGTH 102.3MTRS, WIDTH 16.6MTRS, HEIGHT 16.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 221/041 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 15.7MTRS, 1.1MTRS DEEP, DIRECTION TOWARDS 275DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT WITH MINIMAL DEBRIS. WRECK LARGELY INTACT WITH DEGRADED PORT BOW SECTION.(EGS PIONEER, HI 1523). AMEND WK 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 10.474 N,1 39.564 E