This is the information page about the shipwreck Granta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 9.257 N,1 29.942 E (53.1009167, 1.34695)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Aquarius (possibly)
8. Artemisia
9. Asteria
10. Bertha
11. Birtley
12. Boulderpool (fwd part)
13. British triumph
14. Camilla weston
15. Cantabria (probably)
16. Cardanel
17. Chevychase
18. Clan morrison
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Continental (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Corduff
23. Courier (probably)
24. Duncarron
25. Efos
26. Eikhaug
27. Empress
28. Ems
29. Ethel
30. Friesland
31. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
32. Gardenia
33. Georgia (for'd part)
34. Georgia (stern section)
35. Glen derry (probably)
36. Granta
37. Hauxley (possibly)
38. Hms agate
39. Hms arley
40. Hms caroline moller
41. Hms cloughton wyke
42. Hms kylemore
43. Hms solomon
44. Hms vortigern
45. Hms william stephen
46. Hmsm c 11
47. Homefire
48. I t l anna b
49. Jessie maersk
50. Jevington court
51. Kenton
52. Keymun
53. King egbert
54. Lanterna (probably)
55. Leelite
56. Londoner (probably)
57. Marden
58. Minorca
59. Norman queen
60. Oakgrove
61. Ole bull
62. Ottar jarl
63. Otter
64. Oxshott (possibly)
65. Pacific (possibly)
66. Pacific (possibly)
67. Pegrix
68. Pontfield (forepart)
69. Rimac
70. Rose marie
71. Salvus ii
72. Sitona
73. St mark
74. St thomas (possibly)
75. Tayjack 1 (part of)
76. Tayjack 1 (part of)
77. Teddington
78. Thursonian
79. Trajan
80. Traviata (possibly)
81. Trelissick
82. Tyneford
83. Upminster
84. Varoy
85. Walkure
86. Welholme (possibly)
87. Western mist (possibly)
88. Westland
89. Whintown (possibly)
90. Winhill or whinhill

 

Name: GRANTA

Length 93 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2719 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1927 by smith's dock co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by the granta ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 266hp, single shaft. passage london for blyth. in ballast. mined. 12 men lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0121/40 26.1.40 SUNK IN 530930N, 013300E. (HN, 16.1.40). - PFNM 221/40. H0259/40 14.5.40 INS AS DW IN 530930, 013300E.

- NM 1179/40. H0121/40 24.4.45 WK LOCATED IN 530848N, 013054E. OROPESA WIRE PARTED AT 7FMS [MLWS]. (CAPT M/S, HUMBER, 4.3.45). RETAIN DW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1169/45. H6384/48 6.12.48 AMEND TO WK 3FMS 1FT. H0121/40 13.5.49 LOCATED IN 530906N, 012956E USING DECCA. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 80FT. EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 1005/49. H332/62 4.2.63 H4729/62 A/S CONFIRMS CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NCA. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS. NC 105. HH090/524/01 13.1.92 EXAM'D 29.7.91 IN 530914.1N, 013003E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.7, FOUL AT 20.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 TRACE GAVE NO SHADOW. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 333/153 DEG. MARKED BY BUOY WHICH IS SUBMERGED IN STRONG TIDAL STREAMS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). BR STD. HH090/524/02 3.3.92 BUOY REFERRED TO WAS A SMALL UNLIT FISHERMAN'S FLOAT OF THE TYPE FREQUENTLY USED TO TEMPORARILY MARK WKS IN THIS AREA. NO SERIOUS HAZARD TO SURFACE NAVIGATION. (LAND & MARINE, 21.2.92). SEP 2018/000212985 11.9.18 EXAM'D 30.3.18 IN 5309.257N, 0129.942E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.35MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 112.2MTRS, WIDTH 39.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 139MTRS, 1.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 140 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED

Position: 53 9.257 N,1 29.942 E

 

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