This is the information page about the shipwreck Grainville, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 2.099 N,6 12.276 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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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Name: GRAINVILLE

Length 82.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1770 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,scrap metal

Cause: passage belfast for bilbao. cargo shifted in sw winds and 35ft waves, capsized and sank. four men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 54 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/80 18.12.81 SANK IN APPROX POSN 520300N, 061200W. (MRCC SWANSEA, TLX DTD 14.12.81). INS AS USCPA 40MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 22.6.82 LOCATED IN 520204N, 061213W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.9MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70, HN 16.6.82). AMEND WK 65MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 26.10.82 EXAM'D 30.5.82 IN 520204N, 061213W [OGB]USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.9 IN GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 11.7MTRS. LENGTH 71MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 058/238 DEGS. ON ITS SIDE AND SLIGHTLY BURIED AT ONE END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70A). NFA. 9.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5202.104N, 0612.280W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. LENGTH 77MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 12.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 060/240 DEGS. INTACT. SLIGHT SCOUR AT NE END. RETAIN AS WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.78MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 66MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000034629 25.2.19 LOCATED 2017; IN 5202.1002N, 0612.2794W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS, LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. STRUCTURE OF WRECK IS CLEAR AND INTACT, A SLIGHT SCOUR HAS DEVELOPED EITHER SIDE OF THE WRECK. NFS. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR KRY17_02 SURVEY 2017, H525 DTD 2019). AMEND NDW 66MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2021/000080985 22.3.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 2.2.21; IN 5202.099N, 0612.276W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.331MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 15.75MTRS, HT 11.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 054/234 DEGS. NFS. (UKHO, H525.2 FEATURE REPORT - BASED ON INFOMAR KRY17_02 SURVEY SURFACE 2017). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE

Position: 52 2.099 N,6 12.276 W

 

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