This is the information page about the shipwreck Greif, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 26.549 N,0 22.28 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)

 

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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. Abbe garos
2. Agios spyridon (possibly)
3. Agnus dei
4. Aloa
5. Alpheraz
6. Alynbank
7. Amsterdam
8. Barsac
9. Barsac
10. Chant 6
11. Chant 6
12. Chrisimas
13. Courbet
14. Creto (probably)
15. Derrycunihy
16. Dinard (possibly)
17. Elswick park
18. Empire bittern
19. Empire rosebery
20. F 614
21. Fdt 216 (possibly)
22. Felix
23. Fest noz
24. Flowergate (possibly)
25. Fort norfolk
26. Francois-xavier
27. Georgios
28. Greif
29. Gros loulou
30. Harpagas (fore part)
31. Hm mgb 17
32. Hmms 8
33. Hms britomart
34. Hms cato
35. Hms computator (probably)
36. Hms durban (possibly)
37. Hms fratton
38. Hms glen avon
39. Hms hussar
40. Hms lawford (probably)
41. Hms lord austin (possibly)
42. Hms magic
43. Hms princess olga
44. Hms pylades
45. Ingman (possibly)
46. Innerton (possibly)
47. Jean lae patt
48. Jolie pluie de rose
49. Kong oscar 2
50. La caravelle
51. La kaline
52. Lcg 1062
53. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
54. Le nohic
55. Le rhapsody
56. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
57. Lynghaug (possibly)
58. M 39 (possibly)
59. Machu
60. Magicien
61. Modlin
62. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
63. Njejos (possibly)
64. Northgate
65. Parkhaven
66. Parklaan (possibly)
67. Pascal jeanne marie
68. Perceval
69. Phoenix 'a 46'
70. Phoenix unit
71. Pointe du hoc
72. Prairial
73. Providencia
74. Ragna (possibly)
75. Reine mathilde
76. Reve des iles
77. Risque tout
78. Rolling stones
79. Saint freddy
80. Saltersgate
81. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
82. Scarface
83. Sebastel 2
84. Sirehei (possibly)
85. Svenner
86. Vas y molo
87. Vinlake (possibly)
88. Winha
89. Zeeland

 

Name: GREIF

Length 88.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 924 ton

Cause: Sunk by british albacore aircraft of 415 squadron.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H7795/50 12.3.51 WK, LEAST DEPTH 16MTRS [8.75FMS], IN 492631N, 002211W. (PARIS NM 40 28 50).

- NM 507/51. H716/60 11.7.61 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS 4FT ON NC 2613. 28.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 15.5MTRS ON NC 2656. 6.4.90 SHOWN AS WK 15.5MTRS IN 492636N, 002213W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. WRECK OF TWIN-SCREWED WARSHIP IN 492636.2N, 002211.9W [EUR] [+/-20MTRS]. EXAM'D IN 1977 USING MAGNETOMETER & E/S. LEAST DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE WITH 2 LARGE HOLES. STANDS 5.2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590115). CHART AS WK 15.5MTRS IN 492636N, 002212W. NC 2613. HH100/351/02 6.4.90 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT 'GREIF'. (J COULON, 14.3.90). HH100/351/04 22.8.91 DIVED ON 14.8.91 IN 492630N, 002224W. POSN BY DECCA. LIES WITH BOW E ON PORT SIDE AND HALF BURIED IN SAND. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. MOSTLY INTACT FROM BOW TO MIDSHIPS, WHERE VESSEL IS WELL BROKEN. MIDSHIPS TO STERN IS ALSO MOSTLY INTACT AND NEARLY UPSIDE DOWN. 2 IRON PROPELLERS AND RUDDER OBSERVED. LARGE GUN BARREL PROTRUDES FROM SEABED BELOW BOW SECTION. ANCHOR IN HAWSE. DECKS IN BAD CONDITION AND COLLAPSING. (M ROWLEY, 7.8.91). NCA. 17.5.01 LIES IN 4926.603N, 0022.198W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2000). BR STD. 27.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4926.549N, 0022.280W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY INTACT

Position: 49 26.549 N,0 22.28 W

 

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