This is the information page about the shipwreck Georgios, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.291 N,0 7.016 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Breitenburg
8. British councillor
9. British prince
10. Briton (possibly)
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Carson
14. Chant 63
15. Chloris (possibly)
16. City of birmingham
17. Cook s26
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Cramlington (possibly)
20. Cyclope
21. Dana (possibly)
22. Daphne ii
23. Dayrian
24. Deerpool (after section)
25. Diana
26. Diana
27. Dido
28. Dryade
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Dunsany
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Faunus
35. Femke
36. Fermo
37. Forest queen
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Georgie
41. Georgios
42. Gerhardt (possibly)
43. Girl kitty (possibly)
44. Giuseppe
45. Gladeto
46. Gothic
47. Harlech
48. Harnis (probably)
49. Helmsman (probably)
50. Hms benvolio
51. Hms calverton
52. Hms corfield
53. Hms egret
54. Hms fairy
55. Hms mistletoe
56. Hms othello
57. Hms princess victoria
58. Hms remillo
59. Hms silicia
60. Hms strathborve (part)
61. Hms susarion
62. Hms yorkshire belle
63. Horsted
64. Hugh taylor
65. Ida
66. Ionic (probably)
67. J b paddon
68. John and thomas
69. John mowlem
70. John rettig (probably)
71. Kalo (probably)
72. Kimberley (possibly)
73. Kingston cameo
74. Kyma
75. Ladas (possibly)
76. Lady anstruther (probably)
77. Lifeguard (possibly)
78. Lord haig (possibly)
79. Lord haig (possibly)
80. Lottie (possibly)
81. Lucerne
82. Lutha
83. Lyra (bow section)
84. Magdalyn ann
85. Maggie
86. Marian francis
87. Marie l
88. Markersdall (probably)
89. Meeuw
90. Modig
91. Modiva (possibly)
92. Monimia (possibly)
93. Nar
94. Nimrod
95. Odessa
96. Onward (possibly)
97. Ophir ii (possibly)
98. Orsa
99. Otis tetrax
100. Paraciers
101. Peebles (possibly)
102. Portia
103. Ravonia (part)
104. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
105. Rayford
106. Realf
107. Reculver
108. Retriever
109. Revi
110. Rhuys
111. Rievaulx abbey
112. Rivaulx
113. River don (part of)(probably)
114. River witham
115. Sagacity
116. Salacon
117. Salmondby
118. Saltoun
119. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
120. Sergei
121. Sna iii
122. Sota eduardo
123. Stanburn
124. Thessaly
125. Thomas deas
126. Togston (possibly)
127. Triton
128. Uc 39
129. Uc 47
130. Uc 75
131. Umbe
132. Upminster (possibly)
133. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
134. Varangmalm (possibly)
135. Venture (possibly)
136. Violet (probably)
137. Wayside flower (possibly)
138. Whitemantle (possibly)
139. William hanson
140. Windsor (part of)
141. Winga
142. Xavier
143. Zeemermin

 

Name: GEORGIOS

Length 87.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2216 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Ex-batna '35, ex-else, ex-dr adolf schmidt. built in 1910 by ghelos & co. owned at time of loss by mme maria n lagoutis & evan-frd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 177hp, single shaft. passage sfax for aberdeen. cargo espart grass. collided with wk of canada, the third vessel to do so.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SEE ALSO WK CANADA [8881] IN 534218N, 000705E [OGB]. H0146/39 20.12.39 LIES ALONGSIDE CANADA. (SHIPPING CASUALTIES LIST 10.12.39). H7931/46 13.10.47 SWEPT 3.7.47 IN 534217N, 000707E [OGB] BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. DRIES 2FT. SEABED 40FT. (HMS SCOTT 1946-1947). SHOWN IN CONJUCTION WITH WK CLOSE W.

- NM 2660/47. H4984/47 18.7.69 REPORTED BLOWN BY UNKNOWN DIVERS. (CG FLAMBOROUGH, SIGNAL DTD 11.8.00). H3805/72 28.2.78 SEE CO HMS MAXTON'S REPORT FOR THE CANADA IN 534218N, 000705E [OGB]. AMENDED TO DW. BR STD. H1944/80 22.4.82 EXAMINED 2.6.81 IN 534217N, 000710E [OGB] USING HIFIX. NO E/S ON TOPS OBTAINED BECAUSE OF FISHING FLOATS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.08MTRS. GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH 8.4MTRS. LYING NW/SE WITH BOWS SE. SONAR LENGTH 78.5MTRS, BEAM 14MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). COMBINE WITH WK OF CANADA CLOSE W AS WK 1.4MTRS IN 534219N, 000705E. BR STD. HH242/590/05 31.8.00 EXAMINED 20.8.00 IN 5342.3363N, 0006.9750E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 3.4MTRS, FOUL 3.9MTRS. LEAST E/S FEPTH 3.6 IN GEN DEPTH 10.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND, SHELLS AND PEBBLES. (TH, LTR DTD 23.8.00). AMEND TO WKS SW 3.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDED TO COVER WK CLOSE NW.

- NM 3881/00. 5.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5342.291N, 0007.016E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.56 IN GEN DEPTH 12.7MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 79.5MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 4.14MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. WELL BROKEN, CLEARLY DEFINED BOILER IS HIGH POINT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). UPRIGHT, INTACT. RETAIN SW 3.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS NW, HIGH POINT MIDSHIPS See Also: 8881

Position: 53 42.291 N,0 7.016 E

 

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