This is the information page about the shipwreck Glynn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.926 N,1 55.653 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: GLYNN
Length 70 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 1134 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-svint '36, ex-flaks '34, ex-enare, ex-ringford, ex-margit siemers, ex-graff adolf. built in 1918 by wilton's engineering & slipway co ltd, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by the shamrock shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 120hp, single shaft. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. bombed & sunk by german aircraft.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03537/41 24.10.41 PFNM 2476/41. H03537/41 13.10.42 LOCATED IN 533454N, 015546E USING HSA. FOUL AT 25FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT BELOW MLWS. GEN DEPTH 73FT. SCOUR 5FT DEEP ON N SIDE. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 2.10.42). INS AS DW.
- NM 2252/42. H03537/41 20.3.43 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 5FT.
- NM 581/43. H03537/41 27.7.48 EXAM'D IN 523448N, 015532E USING HSA. OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69FT IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.
- NM 1662/48. H03537/41 27.8.51 EXAM'D 2.7.51 IN 523454N, 015545E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 51FT, FOUL 53FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 66FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 24FT. GEN DEPTH 75FT. SCOUR OF 7FT ON N SIDE AND OF 4FT ON S SIDE. LYING 060/240 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1951). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 523518N, 015610E USING DECCA. (KELVIN HUGHES, PIPE SURVEY K5733/3). 30.7.74 AMEND TO SW 15.2MTRS. NC 1543. H1942/80 3.9.82 EXAM'D 1.3.82 IN 523454N, 015545E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.7MTRS, LENGTH 37.3MTRS, BEAM 9.1MTRS. ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED EXCEPT FOR EASTERN END. THERE IS A MAST ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE LENGTH OF WK FROM E. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 2.1.15 EXAM'D 25.07.14 IN 5234.926N, 0155.653E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.96 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). FULLY BROKEN. AMEND WK 20.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000071153 27.3.20 WK LOCATED 2018; IN 5234.927N, 0155.657E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.74MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 90/270 DEGS. NFS. (GEOXYZ UK SURVEY FOR THE ANGLIAN OFFSHORE DREDGING ASSOCIATION). RETAIN WK 20.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY BROKEN UP
Position: 52 34.926 N,1 55.653 E