This is the information page about the shipwreck Grangemouth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.492 N,0 27.705 E (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. B o borjesson
5. Benmacdhui
6. British councillor
7. British prince
8. Briton (possibly)
9. Cadmus
10. Catford
11. Cecil (possibly)
12. Chant 63
13. Chloris (possibly)
14. City of birmingham
15. Corhampton
16. Corinth (possibly)
17. Corland
18. Cramlington (possibly)
19. Cyclope
20. Diana
21. Dido
22. Dunsany
23. Empress (probably)
24. Ethel (possibly)
25. Exmoor
26. Faunus
27. Fermo
28. Flourish
29. Fowberry tower (part)
30. Fryken
31. Gerhardt (possibly)
32. Girl kitty (possibly)
33. Giuseppe
34. Gluckauf (possibly)
35. Gothic
36. Grangemouth
37. Harlech
38. Harnis (probably)
39. Helmsman (probably)
40. Hms benvolio
41. Hms botanic
42. Hms calverton
43. Hms corfield
44. Hms egret
45. Hms fairy
46. Hms falcon (stern section)
47. Hms kos xvi (probably)
48. Hms princess victoria
49. Hms strathborve (part)
50. Hms susarion
51. Hms warland (possibly)
52. Homer
53. Horsted
54. Hugh taylor
55. Ida
56. Ightham (possibly)
57. Inge marguerite (possibly)
58. Ionic (probably)
59. J b paddon
60. Jane (possibly)
61. Janet helen (possibly)
62. Jersey (probably)
63. John rettig (probably)
64. Kalo (probably)
65. Katina bulgari
66. Keynes
67. Kimberley (possibly)
68. Kingston cameo
69. Kyma
70. Ladas (possibly)
71. Lady anstruther (probably)
72. Lancaster (possibly)
73. Laurel (possibly)
74. Leonora
75. Lifeguard (possibly)
76. Lightship no 83
77. Lismore
78. Lottie (possibly)
79. Lucerne
80. Maggie
81. Magnolia
82. Marie dawn
83. Matanuska (probably)
84. Merchiston
85. Modig
86. Modiva (possibly)
87. Nimrod
88. Norfolk coast
89. Onward (possibly)
90. Ophir ii (possibly)
91. Orsa
92. Paraciers
93. Peebles (possibly)
94. Petroswift
95. Pilsudski
96. Polzella (possibly)
97. Portia
98. Rado (possibly)
99. Ravonia (part)
100. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
101. Rayford
102. Realf
103. Revello
104. Revi
105. Revigo (possibly)
106. Rhuys
107. Rievaulx abbey
108. Rivaulx
109. River don (part of)(probably)
110. Rochester (possibly)
111. Royston
112. Salacon
113. Salmondby
114. Saltoun
115. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
116. Schieland (possibly)
117. Scotia (possibly)
118. Sea pearl
119. Sota eduardo
120. Stylianos chandris
121. Tees
122. Thessaly
123. Togston (possibly)
124. Two brothers
125. Uc 47
126. Umbe
127. Upminster (possibly)
128. Varangmalm (possibly)
129. Vechstroom
130. Venture (possibly)
131. Vereingte (possibly)
132. Wayside flower (possibly)
133. Whitemantle (possibly)
134. Winga

 

Name: GRANGEMOUTH

Length 83.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1419 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1908 by grangemouth & greenock dockyard co ltd. owned at time of loss by g gibson & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 310hp, single shaft. machinery by dunsmuir & jackson ltd, glasgow. passage antwerp for the tees. general cargo. collided with s trawler sudanese. sank while under tow.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20160409

Details measurements/cartography: H2341/39 4.4.39 SUNK IN 534400N, 002700E. ONE MAST SHOWS 4FT ABOVE LW. (SUPT TH, GREAT YARMOUTH, 25.3.39; TH NM 17/39). - TNM 698/39. H6517/39 13.10.39 LEAST DEPTH 40FT [LWST] AFTER DISPERSAL. (TH, 1.9.39). FTNM 2158/39 ISSUED RE UNLIGHTED BUOY. H6517/39 18.11.39 AFTER A FURTHER SURVEY LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 90FT [LWOST]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH, 9.11.39). INS AS WK 6FMS 3FT IN 534400N, 002700E. - FNM 2568/39. H02045/43 10.7.43 LOCATED IN 534410N, 002758E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 11FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11FMS 2FT [MLWS]. NOTHING COULD BE FOUND IN CHARTED POSN. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 27.6.43). AMEND TO WK 11FMS.

- NM 1457/43. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 20MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 19.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H3805/72 28.2.78 EXAM'D 13.9.77 IN 534429.1N, 002750.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 6.5MTRS. LIES NE/SW, PROBABLY ON ITS SIDE. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. H1270/73 3.11.78 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. ENGINE STANDS 25FT HIGH. FORWARD HOLD INTACT, STERN COLLAPSED AND SCATTERED. (KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). HH100/351/05 29.5.92 DIVED ON AUG '91 IN 534355N, 002733E. IDENTIFIED AS GRANGEMOUTH BY BRASS LETTERING ON STERN. (R J COLLINSON). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5344.492N, 0027.705E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 89.6MTRS, WIDTH 24.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 325/145 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL BUT HAS BROKEN UP WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk Broken up

Position: 53 44.492 N,0 27.705 E

 

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