Wreck: Giralda (possibly) (Steam ship)
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 (58.795317, -2.768450)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
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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