This is the information page about the shipwreck Greatham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.308 N,3 30.436 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Amelie-suzanne
3. Angelena bm 271
4. Ann marie (possibly)
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Ave
8. Baychattan
9. Belle ile (possibly)
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Cantabria
20. Catherine allen
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. Claverley (possibly)
23. Colorado (possibly)
24. Cornelia
25. Demetrios
26. Dudley rose
27. Eagle
28. Elsa
29. Elsa (possibly)
30. Emma
31. Emsstrom
32. Farn
33. Fiona mary
34. Flourish
35. Galicia
36. Garm (possibly)
37. Gefion
38. Girl barbara
39. Glocliffe
40. Glory
41. Greatham
42. Greleen
43. Grelhame (probably)
44. Gro
45. Haugastol (possibly)
46. Havbris (probably)
47. Hazelpark (possibly)
48. Herzogin cecilie
49. Heye p
50. Hildegard (possibly)
51. Hms benton castle
52. Hms chorley (possibly)
53. Hms crocodile
54. Hms jasper (possibly)
55. Hms newbridge (probably)
56. Hms penylan (e part)
57. Hms penylan (w part)
58. Hms picton castle
59. Hms savage
60. Hmsm d1
61. Irma germaine (possibly)
62. Jade star gypsy
63. Jordan a
64. Karen marie (probably)
65. Kendal castle
66. Laertes
67. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
68. Les mercenaires
69. Liberta
70. Lofoten (probably)
71. Lord stewart
72. Marana (bow section)
73. Marie des isles
74. Medina
75. Mudstomper (probably)
76. Neches (probably)
77. Newholm
78. North sea (probably)
79. Northville (possibly)
80. Perm (possibly)
81. Peronne
82. Placidas faroult
83. Quest
84. Rayder
85. Riversdale
86. Rota
87. Sarah jayne
88. Sevilla
89. Shirley betty
90. Soudan
91. Stanhope
92. Ster de zee (possibly)
93. Taeping
94. Talvaldis (possibly)
95. Two sisters
96. Uc 49 (probably)
97. Uc 51
98. Uskmoor (probably)
99. Visborg (possibly)
100. W.s.w. one
101. Waikawa (possibly)
102. Warsaw
103. Yvette bm217

 

Name: GREATHAM

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2338 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-bussora. built in 1890 by w gray & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by coombes, marshall & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210nhp, single shaft. passage grimsby for blayne. torpedoed by ub-31. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6040/18 WK IN 501820N, 033030W. LEAST DEPTH 7FMS IN 22FMS. (C-IN-C DEVONPORT). CHART AS WK 7FMS.

- NM 1388/18. H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501817N, 033018W. LEAST DEPTH 15FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 43FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 15FMS. H2502/51 26.2.60 WK IN 501815N, 033021 USING HSA. SWEET CLEAR 12FMS, FOUL 13FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94FT IN GEN DEPTH 21FMS. SCOUR 15FT. LENGTH 300FT. LIES 070/250DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 2.5.52). AMEND TO WK 12FMS IN REVISED POSN. H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22MTRS. NC 1634. H2396/77 9.3.77 WK IN 501816N, 033023W [OGB] USING DECCA. LENGTH ABOUT 320FT BY SONAR. BEAM ABOUT 45FT. LYING ABOUT NW/SE, BOWS SE? RISE OVER 50FT FROM BOTTOM OF SCOUR. CLEARANCE BY E/S 93FT REDUCED IN GEN DEPTH 125FT. VERY DEEP SCOUR-AT LEAST 25FT. WK NOT COMPLETELY EXAMINED. SEEMS TO BE BROKEN 190FT FROM BOW. TWO HOLDS FORWARD. BRIDGE AND MACHINERY AMIDSHIPS (ENGINE SUGGESTS STEAM RECIPROCATING). ABAFT BRIDGE IS PART OF ANOTHER HOLD BEFORE THE SHIP WAS BADLY BROKEN. FORWARD HOLDS HAVE HARD FLAT SAND COVERED SURFACES ABOUT 2-3FT BELOW COMINGS. PLATING THROUGHOUT IS WELL ROTTED. BEING CLOSE TO DARTMOUTH AND COMPARATIVELY SHALLOW THIS WK IS WELL DIVED ON BY SUB-AQUA PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM THINK IT IS 'NEWHOLM'. SURVEYED USING SONAR, E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE, 10.2.77). NCA. 18.4.13 EXAM'D 7.1.13 IN 5018.308N, 0330.436W [WGD], LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTH 40.1MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.35MTRS. SCOUR 9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS TO 159MTRS TOWARDS 203 DEGS & 41MTRS TOWARDS 016 DEGS. IN ADDITION DEEP SCOUR SURROUNDS WK. LENGTH 112.5MTRS, WIDTH 17.3MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 114/294 DEGS OVERALL WITH BOWS NW. IN TWO PARTS, LENGTHS 5.15MTRS & 49.9MTRS. (EMU, HI 1374). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PIECES, SCOUR RUNS NE & SW FROM WK

Position: 50 18.308 N,3 30.436 W

 

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