This is the information page about the shipwreck Gratia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.359 N,6 26.688 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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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: GRATIA
Length 83.5 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 2086 ton
Cause: Built 1905 by eiderwerft akt, ges., with triple expansion engines of 139nhp. owned at time of loss by j. jost. broke in two during a storm & sank off borkum. (dods).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03480/41 16.1.42 DW PA IN 533530N, 062648E. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 130/42. 29.10.49 NOW SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS [3FMS 5FT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 3509. H6312/51 19.5.52 SHOWN AS WK 6MTRS [3FMS 1FT] ON GERMAN 90 [1952 EDN]. NE 3509. H5118/61 30.11.61 LEAST DEPTH NOW 2.8MTRS [1FM 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4263/61 & HAGUE NM 3724/61).
- NM 2456/61. H4745/62 30.11.62 NOW WK 3MTRS [1FM 4FT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 11.8.82 WK SW 3MTRS SHOWN IN 533523N, 062649E [EUR] ON GERMAN 90 [1981 EDN]. NE 3509. 28.12.06 SHOWN AS WK SW 2.6MTRS IN 5335.34N, 0626.73E [WGD] ON GERMAN 90 [INT 1461] [NOV '05 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3631. 8.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 3.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5335.359N, 0626.688E [WGD] ON BA 3631 [EDN 6 DTD 5.11.09].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 35.359 N,6 26.688 E