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Gelsina: North Sea
Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Gelsina: North Sea
Classification Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hmt Gelsina; Gy.869; 'off Girdleness'; Girdle Ness; Hms Gelsina
Canmore ID 101754
Site Number NK00SW 8001
NGR NK 00531 01971
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101754
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK00SW 8260 unlocated
NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Formerly entered as NK00SW 8260 at cited location NK 0292 0237 [N57 6.75 W1 57].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The GELSINA was sunk by mine off Girdleness.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel trawler: date of loss cited as 25 June 1917). Gelsina: [this vessel was] mined off Girdleness [Girdle Ness].
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 6.75 W1 57.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Displacement: 226grt.
Armament: 1x3pdr AA
Admiralty no. 3258
Port registration: GY.869
This vessel was launched in 1915. In February 1916 she was requisitioned and converted for use as a minesweeper. She was lost when mined off Girdle Ness on 25 June 1917. [No location of construction or further information cited].
G Toghil 2004.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2011.
Loss (25 June 1917)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The GELSINA was sunk by mine off Girdleness.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel trawler: date of loss cited as 25 June 1917). Gelsina: [this vessel was] mined off Girdleness [Girdle Ness].
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 6.75 W1 57.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
External Reference (2004)
Displacement: 226grt.
Armament: 1x3pdr AA
Admiralty no. 3258
Port registration: GY.869
This vessel was launched in 1915. In February 1916 she was requisitioned and converted for use as a minesweeper. She was lost when mined off Girdle Ness on 25 June 1917. [No location of construction or further information cited].
G Toghil 2004.
Named Location (Nlo) (29 August 2011)
NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Formerly entered as NK00SW 8260 at cited location NK 0292 0237 [N57 6.75 W1 57].
Note (29 August 2011)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 165
Name : GELSINA
Latitude : 570645
Longitude : 15700
Date Built : 1916
Registration : GRIMSBY
Type : TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 36
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Mined off Girdleness
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002226
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.10870,-1.99287
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.10870,-1.99287
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 57.11250,-1.95000
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 3.0
Depth : 52.0
Depth Method : Found by multi-beam
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 57
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS GELSINA
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Sonar Length : 31.0
Sonar Width : 12.0
Shadow Height : 5.0
Orientation : 130.0
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 25/06/1917
Bottom Texture : Sand
Magnetic Anomaly : Moderate
Sonar Signal Strength : Strong
Scour Depth : 0.9
Scour Length : 3.4
Scour Orientation : 50.0
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
