This is the information page about the shipwreck Green lily, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 8.469 N,1 8.117 W (60.342516666667, -1.0269666666667)

 

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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. Anglo dane
2. Borodinskoye polye
3. Braer
4. Day dawn
5. Fitful head
6. Flynderborg (possibly)
7. Fraoch ban
8. Girdleness
9. Gk 41/gr 41
10. Glenisla
11. Goodwill merchant
12. Green lily
13. Gwladmena
14. Havaldan
15. Hms asia
16. Hms cheerful
17. Leonatus
18. Lunohods-1
19. Miss lucy 11
20. Murrayfield (possibly)
21. Ocean maid
22. Pionersk
23. Quiet waters
24. River lossie
25. Samba
26. Sea mist
27. Slavonic (probably)
28. Uc 55 (possibly)
29. Valkyrie
30. Verdant

 

Name: GREEN LILY

Length 107.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3624 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,fish

Cause: ex- pacific lily '94, ex- gomba nile '80, ex- balakram '79, ex- gomba endeavour '78. built in 1978 by mazagon dock ltd, bombay, with 12 cylinder oil engine of 3180bhp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by green lily corp, bahamas. on passage lerwick for las palmas & ivory coast. suffered engine failure and drifted in heavy seas. taken in tow by m tug/supply vessel 'gargarno', but tow broke. went aground in force 12 se winds. broke up on grounding near bard head. 15 crew rescued but winchman of rescue helicopter lost. (sibi, shipwrecks of n of scotland) photos of grounding in both books.

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: HH270/400/07 22.12.97 WENT AGROUND AND BROKE UP IN 600830N, 0010800W. (LLOYDS VOL.310). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 18.3.09 WITHIN A MONTH OF THE STRANDING THE ONLY RECOGNISABLE PART OF THE SHIP WAS THE VERY TIP OF THE BOW IN ABOUT 24MTRS OF WATER. THE REST OF TE WRECK LYING IN 10-15MTRS COMPLETELY SMASHED TO PIECES. (SHIPWRECKS OF N OF SCOTLAND) NOT SHOWN ON BA 3271 [2004 EDN]. INS F IN 6008.469N, 0108.117W [EUT]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 8.469 N,1 8.117 W

 

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