This is the information page about the shipwreck Gregynog, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 49.957 N,4 52.495 W (50.66845, -5.0353833333333)

 

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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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5. Arthurtown
6. Balvenie (possibly)
7. Bogstad
8. Brabant
9. Brava
10. Brisk (probably)
11. Camelot challenger (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Castor 1
14. Charlynne ii (probably)
15. Clangula (probably)
16. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
17. Diligent
18. Dumfries
19. Elna e
20. Empire otter
21. Ezra weston (bow section)
22. Ezra weston (stern section)
23. Florence reynolds
24. Germaine
25. Girdleness
26. Glenart castle
27. Gregynog
28. Hemsley 1
29. Hmcs regina
30. Hmhs rewa
31. Humbergate (probably)
32. Hunsgrove
33. Island maid
34. Kai (possibly)
35. Lake owens
36. Lci(l)99
37. Lisa maria
38. Madryn
39. Marguerite pry
40. Maria asumpta
41. Milly (possibly)
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43. Northfield (possibly)
44. Pallion (probably)
45. Pearn pride (possibly)
46. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
47. Queenswood (part of)(possibly)
48. Risoy (probably)
49. Runswick
50. Saphir
51. Sarah anderson (possibly)
52. Shad thames
53. Skopelos sky (after part)
54. Sphene (probably)
55. St joseph
56. St stanislas
57. Svint
58. Swainby (probably)
59. Teneriffa (possibly)
60. Towneley
61. U 325 (possibly)
62. Ub 65

 

Name: GREGYNOG

Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1701 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1899 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by lambhorn & hetton collieries. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 194 nhp, single shaft. machinery by j dickinson, sunderland. passage penarth for portland. torpedoed by ub-86. three men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 4.7.45 H113/45 4.7.45 CONTACT IN 504948N, 045230W [OGB]. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2). 10.4.45 10.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LENGTH 220FT, HEIGHT 24FT. DIRECTION 060/240DEGS. (AUBD 321/2, ESCORT GROUP 20). H7623/52 5.12.52 H7623/52 5.12.52 CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 504948N, 045230W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1156. 14.11.72 14.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15FMS [28MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. H2979/74 8.2.79 H2979/74 8.2.79 TWO FFS REPD IN 505000N, 045228W AND 505007N, 045234W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E. GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. HH220/440/03 11.3.97 HH220/440/03 11.3.97 DIVED ON DURING 1988, POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS GREGYNOG FROM BELL. LOCATED IN 504959N, 045230W [OGB] USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SEABED COARSE SAND. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). RETAIN AS WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1534/97. HH090/799/01 10.1.02 HH090/799/01 10.1.02 EXAM'D 11.11.01 IN 5049.957N, 0452.495W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.9 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO ADJACENT PARTS. ONE PART INTACT, THE OTHER BROKEN UP. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, ONE BROKEN UP, SEABED WITH ROCK OUTCROPS

Position: 50 49.957 N,4 52.495 W

 

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