This is the information page about the shipwreck Grape one, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 41.034 N,3 28.563 W (49.4055, -3.5834166666667)

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.

Name: GRAPE ONE

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1599 ton
Load: oil

Cause: ex-stolt bahia '93, ex-la bahia '89, ex-wavemark '74. built in 1972 by ankerlokken verft glommen a/s, freidrikstad. owned at time of loss by rhapsody shipping ltd. passge the tees for haifa. sustained a rupture in a ballast tank in exceptionally severe weather and took on a 40 deg list. crew of 15 recovered by helicopter. drifted with stern above water and later sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 121 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: HH226/400/02 13.12.93 HH226/400/02 13.12.93 REPORTED BY HMS MANCHESTER TO HAVE SUNK IN 494024N, 032924W. NOT MARKED. (BRIXHAM MRSC, SIG DTD 9.12.93). WZ 1800/93 ISSUED. TH PROPOSE TO EXAMINE WK POST CHRISTMAS '93. (TH/RNW, TELECON). CHART AS USC PA 30MTRS. NM 28/94. HH226/400/02 17.1.94 HH226/400/02 17.1.94 EXAM'D 27.12.93 IN 494038.5N, 032949W USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.9 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS [LAT]. LIES ROUGHLY N/S, APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE. STANDS 13-14MTRS PROUD OF SEABED. LIGHT AND HEAVY OIL SLICKS OBSERVED NEAR WK. (TH, WK REPORT HD 160, 30.12.93). CHART AS WK 60MTRS IN 494036N, 032945W [OGB].

- NM 485/94. HH226/400/02 1.9.94 HH226/400/02 1.9.94 WK 60MTRS IN 494105N, 032827W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 94 33 24). CONSIDERED TO BE THIS WK IN VIEW OF REPORTS BELOW. HH226/400/02 7.3.95 HH226/400/02 7.3.95 REPORTED TO LIE 1M TO THE NE. POSN NOW 494105N, 032820W. (MRSC BRIXHAM, REPORT FROM FV CHRISTINA). NCA. HH226/400/02 5.4.95 HH226/400/02 5.4.95 CONTACTS ASSUMED TO BE REMAINS OF 'GRAPE ONE' LOCATED IN 494108.5N, 032817W OR 062DEGS, 1.15M FROM CHARTED POSN [494036N, 032945W]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.39 IN GEN DEPTH 70.39MTRS. (OCC, TRINITY HOUSE HARWICH). NCA. HH226/400/02 12.4.95 HH226/400/02 12.4.95 CONFIRMED AREA AROUND CURRENTLY CHARTED POSN SEARCHED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. CONSIDER FRENCH WK IS SAME VESSEL. BOX SEARCH COMPLETED OVER AREA ENCOMPASSING ALL PREVIOUSLY REPORTED POSNS CARRIED OUT. BOTTOM FLAT APART FROM THE ONE SOLID CONTACT EASILY FOUND, IN THE AREA. (OCC, TRINITY HOUSE, HARWICH). AMEND TO WK 65MTRS IN 494108.5N, 032817W.

- NM 1487/95. HH226/400/02 25.4.95 HH226/400/02 25.4.95 TH REPORT OF SURVEY CONFIRMS ABOVE DETAILS. (TH 18.4.95). NFA.. HH100/351/14 5.3.99 HH100/351/14 5.3.99 LOCATED IN 4940.995N, 0328.361W [OGB] USING DGPS. WK LIES E/W ON ITS SIDE ON SIDE OF LARGE BANK. THERE ARE CONTAINERS OF WINE AND SHOES AROUND THE WK. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMENDED TO CINC. NCA, RETAIN TRINITY HOUSE 1995 POSN. LATER: CINC REMOVED 3.2.2004 AS MORE THAN 5 YEARS ELAPSED. HH091/059/01 10.5.05 HH091/059/01 10.5.05 EXAM'D 26.7.04 IN 4941.034N, 0328.563W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.6 IN GEN DEPTH 71.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 9.0MTRS. LIES 121/301 DEGS. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 62MTRS. BR STD. 26.7.06 26.7.06 ROV DIVE 29.9.05 SHOWED LARGE WELDED STEEL WK ON ITS SIDE. LOOKS LIKE 85MTRS COASTAL FREIGHTER. (OYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, ON THE SIDE OF A LARGE BANK

Position: 49 41.034 N,3 28.563 W

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