This is the information page about the shipwreck Gerarda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.922 N,0 55.989 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Albert
3. Algiers
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asger ryg
8. Axwell
9. Basil-2
10. Bettann (bow section)
11. Cambrian princess (probably)
12. Carbineer
13. Coral
14. Cuba
15. Donegal (possibly)
16. Elford
17. Flag theofano
18. Fort yale
19. Fpt iv
20. Gartland
21. Gascony
22. Gerarda
23. Germa geisha
24. Hedwig lunstedt
25. Highland corrie
26. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
27. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
28. Hmcs alberni
29. Hms apley (possibly)
30. Hms evadne (possibly)
31. Hms hazardous
32. Hms loyalty
33. Hms prince leopold
34. Hms sapper
35. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
36. Hmsm a1
37. Hooness
38. Lightfoot (possibly)
39. Lola (possibly)
40. Lowmount
41. Montecrana (possibly)
42. Polandia (possibly)
43. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
44. Saint enogat
45. Sines (possibly)
46. Spearfish
47. Teelin head
48. U 1195
49. Ub 81
50. Uss osprey
51. Vigda
52. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: GERARDA

Length 78.3 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1082 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1882 by c mitchell & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by j fawcett, newcastle-upon-tyne. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 180nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for genoa. sank following a collision with scottish barque 'benares', which also sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20161113

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 10.1.77 WK EXAM'D 16.6.76 IN 503053N, 005554W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.4 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS, LENGTH 106MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS AND IS PROBABLY BROKEN IN TWO. HIGHEST POINT IS APPROX 38MTRS FROM SW END. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 19.7MTRS [10FMS 4FT].

- NM 492/77. H1284/78/200 8.6.78 FOUND TO BE WK OF CARGO VESSEL, PROBABLY WW1 OR BEFORE. VERY CORRODED AND BROKEN UP. STANDS MOSTLY 6 TO 12FT HIGH. HIGHEST PART - 2 BOILERS ABOUT 18 TO 20FT HIGH. LIES NE/SW WITH BOW NE. HAS SINGLE 4-BLADED IRON PROPELLER OF ABOUT 12FT DIAMETER. (M WALSH, 26.5.78). NCA. HH100/351/02 23.2.90 WK IN 503054.5N, 005602W [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS THE 'GERARDA' - BELL RECOVERED. VERY BROKEN UP WITH MAX HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED OF ABOUT 4MTRS. LIES WITH STERN UPSIDE DOWN AND REDUCED IN HEIGHT TOWARDS THE BOWS. (J MCINTYRE, 14.2.90). NCA. HH090/952/01 27.10.03 LOCATED IN 5030.904N, 0055.990W [WGD]. LIES OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 952). NCA. HH091/005/01 26.11.03 EXAM'D 2.8.03 IN 5030.926N, 0056.024W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.6, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, PARTIALLY INTACT WK. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND SW 22.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2008/000063788 30.7.08 FISHING GEAR REPORTED FLOATING BELOW SURFACE. (WZ 1038/08). NCA. SEP 2016/000165703 4.5.17 EXAM'D 13.11.16 IN 5030.922N, 0055.989W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HT 5.26MTRS. ORIENTATION 052/232 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 35MTRS, 1MTR DEEP TOWARDS 070 DEGS. BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS; SOUTHERN SECTION PRESUMED STERN DUE TO PRESENCE OF SINGLE BOILER. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND TO DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP

Position: 50 30.922 N,0 55.989 W

 

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