This is the information page about the shipwreck Gerndale or ferndale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 61 9.304 N,5 1.024 E (61.342916666667, 5.0797833333333)

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.

Name: GERNDALE OR FERNDALE

Length 116.5 meter, width: 16.3 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 4302 ton

Cause: built in 1925 by deutsche werft a g. owned at time of loss by a/s glittre but under german control. oil engine of 493nhp. bombed and sunk by british aircraft. (dods). struck rock while crossing sojnefjorden. (diver magazine).

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter

Known since: 1952, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H811/52 11.11.71 WRECK LOCATED NEAR SEGELSTEN LT IN 610904N, 050105E (POSN OF LT QUOTED), THOUGHT TO BE 'GERNDALE' (ABOUT 8000GRT), LYING WITH BOWS OUT OF WATER, PARTLY BROKEN UP IN 1945. (OSLO NM 1/48/52). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 16.11.01 NDW SHOWN IN 6109.300N, 0501.200E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 25 [REPRINT 9/01]. NCA, AREA BLUED OUT ON BA 510, BA 299 STS. [SEE ALSO 55294]. 19.1.04 PROPS IN 40MTRS, ACCOMMODATION AT STERN, MANGLED BOW IN 8MTRS, COVERED IN KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JAN'04). HH100/351/21 29.6.04 DIVED IN 6109.304N, 0501.024E [WGD]. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. BOW SECTION BROKEN UP AND COLLAPSING BACK TO MAIN HOLDS WHICH ARE INTACT. STERN INTACT. DECK AT 40MTRS. (D ANGUS, EMAIL DTD 22.56.04). STS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION BROKEN UP, REMAINDER INTACT See Also: 55294

Position: 61 9.304 N,5 1.024 E

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