This is the information page about the shipwreck Lady gertrude, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 52.045 N,5 1.42 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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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10. Brent 4
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39. Isabella of wigton (probably)
40. Jubilee star
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48. Osprey (fore part)
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57. Wallachia

 

Name: LADY GERTRUDE

Length 45.7 meter, tonnage 75 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: engine failed to go astern when approaching toward pier and vessel grounded. built 1872 with 2 cylinder compound engine, single shaft, 1 boiler. owned at time of loss by gillies & campbell, wemyss bay. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1877

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1877, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H4242/75 29.8.75 OUTLINE AND CENTRE SPINE OF WRECK STICKING UP THROUGH SAND IN ACHAVOULIN BAY, IN 555203N, 050121W [OGB]. LENGTH APPROX 200FT. LYING N/S. (HMS HECATE, AERIAL PHOT, INDEX 1114/171, DTD 22.3.75). INS AS HULK, PECKED OUTLINE, LYING N/S. BR STD. 30.10.75 SHOWN AS ST. NC 1906. H2579/76 30.3.78 THOUGHT TO HAVE COVERED BY SAND. (HMS HECLA, ROS DTD 12.11.77). NCA. 30.1.03 EUT POSN: 5552.045N, 0501.420W. NE 1906.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: THOUGHT TO HAVE COVERED BY SAND

Position: 55 52.045 N,5 1.42 W

 

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