This is the information page about the shipwreck Greenawn (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 47.997 N,2 8.82 W (56.633333333333, -16)

 

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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.

 

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2. Aurora
3. Baku standard
4. Branksea (possibly)
5. Clara gwynne
6. Clint
7. Confield
8. Creemuir
9. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
10. Daydawn
11. Empire claire
12. Empire miniver
13. Empire volunteer
14. Fanad head
15. Geraldine mary
16. Gowrie (possibly)
17. Greenawn (possibly)
18. Hedson
19. Hms beathwood (probably)
20. Hms braconburn (possibly)
21. Hms broadwater
22. Hms gelsina
23. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
24. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
25. Hms repro (probably)
26. Jamaica pioneer
27. Janus
28. King alfred
29. King idwal
30. Kotka
31. Lh 308 (possibly)
32. Lowdock
33. Luffness
34. Margaret rae
35. Matador
36. Nora
37. Port gisborne
38. Queensbury (possibly)
39. Rowanbank
40. Sambre
41. Sandvik (possibly)
42. Shirak
43. Silverburn
44. Star of luxor
45. Sylvafield
46. Tanevik
47. Taurus (possibly)
48. Thiara
49. Trebartha
50. Uganda
51. Valhallah
52. Viking queen
53. Vogtland
54. Wandby
55. Whitford point

 

Name: GREENAWN (POSSIBLY)

Length 58.1 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 784 ton
Load: cement

Cause: built in 1924 by hall, aberdeen. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for invergordon. last seen off montrose 3.4. ?possibly bombed and sunk by german aircraft, since ss cairnie was bombed and sunk nearby on the same day. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H0276/39 16.3.40 A/S W599/40 (C IN C ROSYTH 16.3.40). H1192/67 17.4.67 NOT LOCATED BY SONAR. GEN DEPTH 174-197FT. WK REPORTED BY HMS BLACKWOOD IN 564810N, 020930W [OGB]. CHART IN BLACKWOOD'S POSN DUE TO SUPERIORITY OF THEIR SONAR. (HMS EGERIA ROS DTD 28.6.66). INS NDW. BR STD. 6.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 15FMS. NE 1407. 8.3.73 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 210. 16.2.78 AMEND TO NDW. NC 1407. 29.12.78 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1409. SEP 2007/000064814 11.9.07 WK LOCATED IN 5648.00N, 0208.833W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 58.4MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, APPROX HT 8MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 27.7.07 FOR HI 1151). INS AS WK USC 49MTRS. PNMS 4571/07 & PNM 2787/08. SEP 2010000027978 16.3.10 RE-ISSUED AS PNM 1557/10. HH091/152/01 17.6.08 SEP 2008/000075801 EXAM'D 15.2.08 IN 5647.997N, 0208.820W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.8 IN GEN DEPTH 54.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP SURROUNDS BOW. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 8.7MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS E. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. - PNM 250/09. SEP 2010/000204603 10.12.10 INS BY NM.

- NM 6297/10.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 56 47.997 N,2 8.82 W

 

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