This is the information page about the shipwreck Gran, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 53.79 N,1 19.407 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Aurora
3. Azira
4. Balzac
5. Blairhall
6. Blue dawn
7. British officer (after part)
8. Burnhope (part of)
9. Cairnglen
10. Carlo
11. Carmarthen coast
12. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
13. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
14. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
15. Clare (possibly)
16. Clavering (part of)
17. Cranford (possibly)
18. Denham (probably)
19. Dimitris
20. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
21. Dora
22. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
23. Eagle iii
24. Empire bay
25. Eston
26. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eventide
30. Fawn (probably)
31. Fenella
32. Ferryhill
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. Gateshead (possibly)
35. General havelock
36. Gottfried (possibly)
37. Gran
38. Grit
39. Gudbrand (possibly)
40. H a brightman
41. H c flood (possibly)
42. H c flood (probably)
43. Hanne
44. Hans hoth (probably)
45. Harraton
46. Harvest
47. Hawkwood
48. Hebble (probably)
49. Heckler
50. Hekla (possibly)
51. Helvetia (possibly)
52. Hendrika
53. Hercules
54. Hmms 180
55. Hms ben ardna (probably)
56. Hms elise
57. Hms elise (possibly)
58. Hms ethel taylor
59. Hms euston
60. Hms fairplay 2
61. Hms james ludford
62. Hms loch naver
63. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
64. Hms snaefell (probably)
65. Hms southsea
66. Hms star of devoran
67. Hms summer rose
68. Hms william hallet (possibly)
69. Hms witherington
70. Hogarth
71. Humber
72. Ida duncan
73. Ilios (possibly)
74. Ilious
75. Intent
76. Inverlane (part of)
77. Inverlane (stern section)
78. Jenny m (possibly)
79. John m smart (possibly).
80. Jolly girls
81. Jolly girls (possibly)
82. Jonkoping i (possibly)
83. Kalua
84. Kamma
85. Kasko
86. Kilkis (possibly)
87. La basiase (la bastaise)
88. Linden (probably)
89. Llwyngwair (possibly)
90. Loch-na-gar (probably)
91. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
92. Longbird
93. Lyng
94. Maindy bridge (possibly)
95. Marcheller (possibly)
96. Margaret sutton
97. Marne (part of)(possibly)
98. Mars
99. Mayoress pelican
100. Mile end (possibly)
101. Montauban
102. Narcissus (possibly)
103. Nike (possibly)
104. Nordheim (possibly)
105. Nyula
106. Ocean
107. Orion (probably)
108. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
109. Patria
110. Pitwines (probably)
111. Polleon (possibly)
112. Poltava (possibly)
113. Povena
114. Presto (possibly)
115. Presto (possibly)
116. Princess maud (possibly)
117. Protector (possibly)
118. Providence
119. Prunelle
120. Quillota
121. Ragni (probably)
122. Ravensbourne (possibly)
123. Ravnanger (probably)
124. Renen
125. Rfa creosol
126. Richard de larrinaga
127. Rio colorado
128. Rising sun (part of)
129. Rising sun (part of)
130. Rosa (possibly)
131. Rotha
132. S t wallsend
133. Saga (possibly)
134. Sargasso (possibly)
135. Scott miller
136. Snowdrop (possibly)
137. Spray
138. Stag 5 (probably)
139. Staithes (possibly)
140. Stangate
141. Strinheim
142. Suavity
143. Sunniva (possibly)
144. Swiftly
145. Teal (probably)
146. Thames (probably)
147. The stewarts court (probably)
148. Triumph
149. Uc 32 (probably)
150. Vestra
151. Vianna (possibly)
152. Vianna (probably)
153. Victory
154. Winga
155. Winga (possibly)
156. X.l.
157. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: GRAN

Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1152 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1907 by bergen mv in bergen. owned at time of loss by adgesidins redero akties. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft, iron prop. detonated a mine laid by uc 40 about one mile off ryhope. sank just to the n end of whitestones reef. passage rouen for newcastle upon tyne, in ballast. (r young).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 174 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3095/18 DISPERSED TO 35FT IN 545351N, 011918W. (TH 1918) - FNM 80/18. H4348/18 INS AS WK 35FT (1918). - FNM 518/18. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT SHOWN ISS HI 9/70. (K6040/1). H2189/71 22.5.72 NOT SEARCHED FOR. OUTSIDE SONAR AREA. (1SS 1971). 23.8.72 CHARTED AS WK 10.7MTRS. NC 1627. 21.8.74 AMENDED TO WK 9.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1627. H2433/71 25.9.74 EXAM'D IN 545352N, 011919W [OGB] USING. LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.4MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, 1974) R/P. 15.12.82 THOUGHT TO BE WK REFERRED TO AS BUTTER WRECK IN BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 6. DESCRIBED AS WELL BROKEN UP. PLENTY OF FISH IN AREA. HH090/796/01 22.12.98 EXAM'D 11.8.98 IN 545347.5N, 011924.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.9MTRS, FOUL 9.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 174/354DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT WITH CONSIDERABLE ELEVATION. NUMEROUS CONTACTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA REPRESENT SCATTERED DEBRIS. SWEEPING ABANDONED DUE TO WIRES HITTING ROCKS TO THE SOUTH OF WK. INS AS WK 8.9MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS WK 8.9MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 20.10.99 WK IS IN TWO SEPARATE PARTS LYING ABOUT 150MTRS APART. STERN IS THE SOUTHERN PART AND CONSISTS OF THE BOILER, ENGINE REMAINS, PROPELLER AND A COUPLE OF LARGE WINCHES. ALL ARE WELL CONCRETED INTO THE SEABED. REST OF THE WK LIES APPROX 150MTRS NW OF THE BOILER. THERE ARE SOME HUGE 'BOULDER' TYPE REEFS WHICH GIVE MISLEADING INFORMATION ON THE E/S. CONSISTS OF FLAT DECKING LYING FLUSH WITH THE HARDISH SEABED. HIGHEST STRUCTURE LEFT IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE REMAINS OF THE WHEELHOUSE. BELL NOT YET RECOVERED. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 20.3.19 EXAM’D 20.3.19 IN 5453.790N, 0119.407W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 12.1MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. BADLY BROKEN UP, 2 MAIN SECTIONS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 9.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BADLY BROKEN UP, 2 MAIN SECTIONS

Position: 54 53.79 N,1 19.407 W

 

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