This is the information page about the shipwreck Giralda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 47.719 N,2 46.107 W (58.834583333333, -3.0699333333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. Ben barvas
9. Benachie
10. Busy bee (part of)
11. Calf sound
12. Carolina thornden
13. Carron
14. Cemfjord
15. Charisma
16. Clan mackinlay
17. Clio
18. Clio ii
19. Collingdoc
20. Cotovia (probably)
21. Croma
22. Daghestan (probably)
23. Danmark (after part)
24. Duna
25. Edinboune
26. Elegance
27. Elton
28. Emerald wings
29. Empire seaman
30. Empire seaman
31. Faro
32. Fulmar (possibly)
33. Gartmore
34. Giralda (possibly)
35. Gondolier
36. Gunnaren
37. Hastings county
38. Hessen
39. Hmd lustring
40. Hmd lustring
41. Hmd lustring
42. Hms albacore (bow section)
43. Hms endeavour
44. Hms loch garry
45. Hms narborough
46. Hms nessus
47. Hms opal
48. Hms royal oak
49. Hms strathgarry
50. Hms zarefah
51. Ilsenstein
52. Invader
53. Irene
54. James barrie
55. Johanna thorden
56. Juanita
57. Juniata (fore part)
58. Jv 526
59. Kathe niederkirchner
60. Lapland
61. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
62. Loch maddy (stern section)
63. Lorne
64. Lycia
65. Malta ii (probably)
66. Martis
67. Martis
68. Minieh
69. Naja (part of)
70. Napier star
71. Navena
72. Neptune
73. Numidian
74. Numidian
75. Ocean racer
76. Pennsylvania
77. Pontos
78. Prolific
79. Radiation
80. Reginald
81. Reinfield
82. Remus
83. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
84. Rosewood
85. Skua flaes beacon
86. St rognvald
87. Stellatus
88. Sunbeam
89. Svinta
90. Swiftsure
91. Tbf fn899
92. Teeswood
93. Tennessee
94. Tern 1
95. Thames
96. Thunfisch
97. U 18 (probably)
98. U 53
99. Ub 116

 

Name: GIRALDA (POSSIBLY)

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2178 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1924 by j lewis & sons. owned at time of loss by south georgia co. triple expansion engine of 230 nhp for 10 knots. passage ayr for kirkwall. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. 33 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 153 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 3M SE OF GRIMNESS. (WW2SL). POSN 584748N, 024554W. (FORRESTER, A/SW725/40). 8.6.78 CHARTED AS WK USC PA 40MTRS IN 584748N, 024554W. NC 2162. HH100/351/01 - H268/351/01 28.8.89 LOCATED IN 584729N, 024532.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY PREVENTED PROPER EXAMINATION. (SGT J LEIGH, RAF KINLOSS, 10.8.89). AMEND POSN BUT RETAIN AS PA. BR STD. 10.5.00 AMEND TO WK USC 40MTRS. BR STD. HH091/218/01 - SEP 2007/000086983 21.11.07 EXAM'D 20.5.07 IN 5847.7190N, 0246.1067W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.5 IN GEN DEPTH 59.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90.5MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 153/333 DEGS WITH BOWS NNW. IN GOOD CONDITION AND UPRIGHT. BREAK ON PORT SIDE TOWARDS THE BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, HIGH AREA MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 5820/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, HIGH AREA MIDSHIPS, ?BOWS NNW

Position: 58 47.719 N,2 46.107 W

 

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