This is the information page about the shipwreck Grampian castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 7.297 N,4 22.97 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Asmund
7. Breeze
8. Caernarvon bay (probably)
9. Captain mclintock
10. Cartegena
11. Castilian
12. Dagmar
13. Dakota
14. Fairisle
15. Ferocious
16. Grampian castle
17. Gwynfaen
18. Harold
19. Hindlea
20. Hms campina
21. Hms conway
22. Katy
23. Kimya
24. Kimya (part of)
25. Kinkorth
26. Kirkmichael
27. La plata (possibly)
28. Lilly (possibly)
29. Llandulas (probably)
30. Lynkar
31. Marie moller
32. Marquess of bute (possibly)
33. Mary
34. Meath
35. Missouri
36. Oria
37. Osseo
38. Pegasus (possibly)
39. President harbitz
40. Progress (possibly)
41. Rhyl
42. Saint olaf
43. Sapphire
44. Segontium (sirgontium)
45. Town of wexford (possibly)
46. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: GRAMPIAN CASTLE

Length 42.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, tonnage 398 ton

Cause: grounded on caernarfon bar. engine room flooded through leaking stern gland. (holyhead cg)

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H2921/85 6.4.87 H2921/85 6.4.87 AGROUND BETWEEN C5 AND C6 BUOYS. (HOLYHEAD CG) POSN 530700N, 042348W APPROX. (CAERNARFON HBR MASTER, 2.3.87) WK HAS BEEN LOOTED AND LIES ON PORT SIDE AND IS AWASH. UNLIKELY NOW TO BE MOVED AND ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE TO FIX ITS POSN ACCURATELY. (HOLYHEAD CG & CAPT PHILLIPS, HBR MASTER, TELECON. 6.4.87). NCA YET. H2921/85 24.4.87 H2921/85 24.4.87 WK STILL NOT ACCURATELY FIXED. PROVISIONAL POSN 530718N, 042306W. MAST AND WHEELHOUSE SHOW AT HW. (HBR MASTER, CAERNARFON, TELECON). - PNM 1479/87. H2921/85 27.1.88 H2921/85 27.1.88 STILL AGROUND. SALVAGE ATTEMPT BY ANSAR SHIPBREAKING, OF EASTHAM, WIRRAL, IN SEPTEMBER DID NOT PROCEED, BUT A FURTHER TRY MAY BE MADE NEXT SPRING. (LL, 18.12.87). H2921/85 25.5.88 H2921/85 25.5.88 ANSAR STILL INTERESTED IN SALVING VESSEL. (LL, 15.4.88). HH210/350/01 27.7.89 HH210/350/01 27.7.89 NO FURTHER SALVAGE ATTEPTS LIKELY. VESSEL WILL REMAIN 'WHERE LIES' AS A TOTAL LOSS. (LL, 4.7.89). INS AS STPA.

- NM 2391/89. HH210/350/01 25.1.91 HH210/350/01 25.1.91 STRUCK BY FV SAPPHIRE 24.1.91 AND WHICH GROUNDED, WAS ABANDONED AND LATER SANK. (HOLYHEAD MRSC, 24.1.91). SEE [7457] HH210/350/01 20.2.91 HH210/350/01 20.2.91 ONLY 3-4FT OF MAST NOW SHOWS AT HW. HULL STILL VISIBLE AT LW. POSN 530719N, 042301W BY HSA. (CAPT JONES, HBR MASTER, CAERNARFON, TELECON). AMEND TO ST. BR STD. 21.9.99 21.9.99 WK OF FV OR SIMILAR, PORT SIDE MISSING, FORWARD MAST STILL STANDING. LENGTH 37MTRS APPROX. POSN OF MAST 530717N, 042254W, ORIENTATION 020/200 ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DTD 14.8.91 INDEX NO.1983/171 PHOTOSCALE 1:25,000. NE 1464.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 7.297 N,4 22.97 W

 

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