This is the information page about the shipwreck Gerhardt (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.296 N,0 13.569 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: GERHARDT (POSSIBLY)
Length 36 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 359 ton
Cause: A three-masted auxillary m schooner. built in 1920 by a g weiser, germany. owned at time of loss by w biesterfield, hamburg. four cylinder oil engine, single shaft. machinery aft by benz & cie mannheim. sank off spurn hd after hitting newsand buoy.
Year of registration: 1922
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm
Known since: 1922, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H3965/22 11.8.22 NON-DANGEROUS WK 3.5 MILES NE OF SPURN PT LT. (TH LTR 9.8.22). H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 6.6.68 IN 533619N, 001341E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 41FT, FOUL AT 43FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT IN GEN DEPTH 50FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). INS AS SW 7FMS.
- NM 232/69. 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 12.5 MTRS. NC 109. HH100/351/15 1.3.00 LOCATED IN 5336.330N, 0013.710E [WGD] USING GPS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (K SMITH). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5336.296N, 0013.569E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.41 IN GEN DEPTH 15.6MTRS. LENGTH 24.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.3MTRS, HT 2.19MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. APPARENTLY AN INVERTED SV. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). SCOUR EXTENDS TO S FROM BOTH ENDS AND TO E FROM E END. AMEND WK 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 36.296 N,0 13.569 E