This is the information page about the shipwreck Jerv, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.263 N,0 10.361 W (54.27105, -0.1726833)

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: JERV

Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1112 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built 1906 by bergens mek vaerks, bergen, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 106nhp, 1 boiler, single shaft. owned at time of loss by t hansen. passage rouen for middlesbrough. struck a mine and sank. (dods, ll ww1) stated to have been torpedoed & sunk by german submarine uc 32. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 240 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 13.7.97 IN 541616.3N, 001019.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. SAND RIPPLES FORMING N AND S. MINOR DEBRIS SCATTERED LOCALLY. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 1.4.09 WK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS JERV, BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, LENGTH & POSN, NORWEGIAN CROCKERY AND A BRASS RUDDER INDICATOR INSCRIBED WITH THE BUILDER'S NAME "BERGENS MEKANISKE VAERKSTED". KNOWN LOCALLY AS SEXTANT OR SPIKE. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5416.263N, 0010.361W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.6 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 70.6MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HT 6.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 240/060. SCOUR LENGTH 79.4MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 060 DEGS.STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK HAS SPLIT APART, WITH THE EASTERN SECTION BEING PARTIALLY INTACT, AND THE WESTERN SECTION BEING MAINLY INTACT.(EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 41MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck split into two sections.

Position: 54 16.263 N,0 10.361 W

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