This is the information page about the shipwreck Greleen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.654 N,3 13.847 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Boma
14. Bretagne
15. Bretton hall
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Chateau yqem
20. Chorley
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. City of swansea (probably)
23. Claverley (possibly)
24. Colorado (possibly)
25. Dudley rose
26. Elsa
27. Elsa (possibly)
28. Emma
29. Emsstrom
30. Farn
31. Galicia
32. Garm (possibly)
33. Gefion
34. General leman (possibly)
35. Girl barbara
36. Glocliffe
37. Greatham
38. Greleen
39. Greta c
40. Gro
41. Heroine (probably)
42. Hms amazon
43. Hms benton castle
44. Hms bittern
45. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
46. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
47. Hms formidable
48. Hms harstad
49. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
50. Hms lord hailsham
51. Hms manor
52. Hms picton castle
53. Hmsm d1
54. Irma germaine (possibly)
55. Isbjorn
56. Jade star gypsy
57. Jordan a
58. Karen marie (probably)
59. Kendal castle
60. Kongshaug (probably)
61. La blanca (possibly)
62. Lct 381
63. Les mercenaires
64. Lofoten (probably)
65. Lord stewart
66. Majorca
67. Marguerite (possibly)
68. Marie des isles
69. Marjolene
70. Medina
71. Modavia
72. Motano (probably)
73. Mudstomper (probably)
74. Nil desperandum (probably)
75. Northville (possibly)
76. Ocean vagabond
77. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
78. Pergo
79. Peronne
80. Pomella
81. Quest
82. Radaas (probably)
83. Rayder
84. Reggestroom (probably)
85. Renilde
86. Rosten (possibly)
87. Rota
88. Rotorua
89. Sarah jayne
90. Sevilla
91. Shirley betty
92. Siren
93. Sparkling foam (possibly)
94. Ster de zee (possibly)
95. Tandil (probably)
96. Two sisters
97. Uc 49 (probably)
98. Ursa (probably)
99. W h dwyer
100. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: GRELEEN

Length 95.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2286 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-ballater, ex-blairmore. built in 1894 by harland & wolff, blefast. owned at time of loss by haenton shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 245 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middleborough. torpedoed by ub-40. 19 men lost. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 7M E BY N FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). H6025/39 22.8.39 WK IN APPROX 502736N, 031345W. (HMS GLEANER). CHART AS NDW PA. BR STD. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 502739N, 031345W. LEAST DEPTH 15FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 41FT. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 15FMS [27MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. PROBABLY 1914-18 WRECK. (MR RITCHIE, BSAC, EXETER BRANCH). NCA. H1310/81 1.9.81 IDENTIFIED AS GRELEEN, EX-BALLATER BY BELL, WHICH WAS RECOVERED BY TEIGNMOUTH DIVER, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. (A HILLGROVE, 31.8.81). NCA. H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502742N, 031344W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 16.11.84 EXAM'D 20.5.84 IN 502738N, 031347W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29MTRS, FOUL AT 29.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 135/315DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/00019320 6.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.8MTRS IN 5027.654N, 0313.847W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 38MTRS. LENGTH 103.5MTRS, WIDTH 17.7MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY INTACT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 27.654 N,3 13.847 W

 

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