This is the information page about the shipwreck Grantleyhall (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.277 N,1 42.491 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: GRANTLEYHALL (POSSIBLY)
Length 105.2 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4008 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Built in 1902 by irvine's sb & dd co ltd, w hartlepool. owned at time of loss by w hartlepool steam nav co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 306 nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardson's, westgarth & co ltd, hartlepool. passage villaricos for middlesbrough. mined 5m e of orfordness. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: H260/18 POSN 520600N, 014230E, APPROX, 5M E OF ORFORDNESS. (WW1SL). H0276/39 16.3.40 C IN C ROSYTH REPD NSC IN 520806N, 014236E ON 16.3.40. (A/S W 599/40). NCA. H2917/83 29.3.85 EXAM'D 1.10.84 IN 520815N, 014236E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5 - 27.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.5 TO 33MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.7MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS APPROX. LYING 160/340 DEG. (SOISS, HI 196). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5208.277N, 0142.491E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 59.8MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS, HEIGHT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 106.67MTRS, 3.41MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 010 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 8.277 N,1 42.491 E