This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms genista, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 26 N,12 43 W (51.433333333333, -12.716666666667)

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: HMS GENISTA

Length 81.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 1250 ton

Cause: built in 1916 by napier & miller. cylindrical boilers, triple expansion engine of 2000ihp for 16.5 knots. two 4.7 inch guns. torpedoed by u 57 while engaged in minesweeping duties. more than 80 lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 1600 meter

Known since: 1916

Details measurements/cartography: 10.2.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SOME 120 MILES WEST OF CAPE CLEAR. PLOTS IN POSN APPROX 512600N 124300W IN GEN DEPTH 1600 MTRS. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 17). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 26 N,12 43 W

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