This is the information page about the shipwreck Georgia (for'd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.207 N,1 46.68 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: GEORGIA (FOR'D PART)
Length 118.7 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.9, tonnage 5111 ton
Load: oil
Cause: Ex-texaco, ex-grorgia, ex-texas. built in 1908 by newport news sb & dd co, newport, usa. owned at time of loss by mv dutch tanker & oil co. triple expansion engine of 391 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. passage abadan for grangemouth. ran aground on happisburgh sands. broke in two in heavy weather. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1927
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm
Known since: 1927, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: 23.11.27 RAN AGROUND IN 525210N, 014655E, APPROX. INS AS ST (PA) (1927) ON CHARTS. H02526/41 2.8.48 DELETED AS COVERED BY SYMBOL FOR 'MERIONES'. SEE [10580]. H1952/80 24.1.83 NOTHING FOUND IN THIS POSN DURING BOAT SOUNDING. POSSIBLE THAT WK LOCATED IN 525205N, 014658E COULD BE THE GEORGIA. (SOISS, HI 22). NCA. HH090/604/01 23.11.93 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SEARCH. (OCEONICS UK LTD, HI 604). AMEND DEAD. NCA. SEP 2015/000041896 21.5.15 EXAM'D 19.1.15 IN 5252.207N, 0146.680E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.02MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.7MTRS, EXTENDS 37MTRS TOWARDS 345 DEGREES. LENGTH 61.5MTRS, WIDTH 18.6MTRS, HT 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 095/275 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI1427). AMEND DW 4.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECK IN 3 PIECES WITH SURROUNDING DEBRIS.
Position: 52 52.207 N,1 46.68 E