This is the information page about the shipwreck Grelhame (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.318 N,3 40.156 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Baychattan
8. Belle ile (possibly)
9. Benin
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Brenda
13. Bretton hall
14. Broadmayne (part of)
15. Brunhilda
16. Buesten
17. Bull steamer (possibly)
18. Cantabria
19. Catherine allen
20. Cheapside (possibly)
21. Chloe t
22. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
23. Claverley (possibly)
24. Claverley (possibly)
25. Colorado (possibly)
26. Demetrios
27. Dudley rose
28. Eagle
29. Elizabeth caroline
30. Elsa
31. Elsa (possibly)
32. Emma
33. Empire harry
34. Farn
35. Fiona mary
36. Flourish
37. Garm (possibly)
38. Girl barbara
39. Glory
40. Greatham
41. Grelhame (probably)
42. Gro
43. Halloween
44. Haugastol (possibly)
45. Havbris (probably)
46. Hazelpark (possibly)
47. Herzogin cecilie
48. Heye p
49. Hildegard (possibly)
50. Hms benton castle
51. Hms chorley (possibly)
52. Hms crocodile
53. Hms jasper (possibly)
54. Hms newbridge (probably)
55. Hms penylan (e part)
56. Hms penylan (w part)
57. Hms picton castle
58. Hms ramillies
59. Hms savage
60. Hms stockforce (possibly)
61. Hms transvaal (possibly)
62. Hmsm d1
63. Hmsm m1
64. Irma germaine (possibly)
65. Jade star gypsy
66. Jordan a
67. Juno
68. Kendal castle
69. Laertes
70. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
71. Les mercenaires
72. Liberta
73. Louis shied
74. Maine
75. Marana (bow section)
76. Medina
77. Mudstomper (probably)
78. Neches (probably)
79. Newholm
80. North sea (probably)
81. Northville (possibly)
82. Oregon
83. Perm (possibly)
84. Persier
85. Pietje antje
86. Placidas faroult
87. Riversdale
88. Sevilla
89. Shirley betty
90. Skaala
91. Soudan
92. Stanhope
93. Taeping
94. Talvaldis (possibly)
95. Tasmania (possibly)
96. Ternefjell
97. Two sisters
98. U 1063
99. U 214 (probably)
100. Uc 49 (probably)
101. Uc 51
102. Uskmoor (probably)
103. Visborg (possibly)
104. W.s.w. one
105. Waikawa (possibly)
106. Warsaw
107. Wreathier
108. Yvette bm217

 

Name: GRELHAME (PROBABLY)

Length 105.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3740 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: ex-tyninghame. built in 1909 by bartram & sons, sunderland. owned at tie of loss by j c gould & co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 292nhp, single shaft. passage cuba for le havre. torpedoed by u-62. (llww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 68 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 17.4.45 17.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500836N, 033954W. GOOD POSN. L 350FT, H 36FT. DIRECTION 90/270DEGS. (AUBD302/54, ESCORT GROUP 20, C IN C PLYMOUTH, 17.4.45). 17.4.45 17.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500830N, 034000W. GOOD POSN. BREADTH 120FT, H 36FT. DIRECTION 90/270DEGS. (AUBD 302/107, C IN C PLYMOUTH, JULY 1945). H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 500829N, 033941W. DEPTH OVER WK 31FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 33FT. CONTACTED BY A/S. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 31FMS. BR STD.. H4514/76 19.1.77 H4514/76 19.1.77 WK IN 500820.38N, 034005W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S DRIFTING NW/SE OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 36FT IN A GENERAL DEPTH OF 37FMS. (T ALLEN, 12.1.77). CHART AS WK 29FMS (53MTRS) LAT (TIDAL REDUCTION OF 10.5FT APPLIED) IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 657/77. H1936/80 1.10.81 H1936/80 1.10.81 EXAM'D 17.3.81 IN 500816N, 034005W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. ABOUT 90MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF BREAKING UP. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL ROUND. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 3.10.85 3.10.85 LOCATED IN 500822N, 034007W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS ABOUT 12FT HIGH. (J BOWEN, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/21 2.6.04 HH100/351/21 2.6.04 DIVED IN 5008.30N, 0340.23W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY E/S. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. HT 10MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS W. NOT HMS PENYLAN, A LARGE MERCHANT SHIP, UPRIGHT WITH TWO EMPTY HOLDS. BOWS ON PORT SIDE SMASHED. SINGLE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. STERN INTACT. (I TAYLOR/L HURDIS, SKINDEEP CHARTERS). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5008.318N, 0340.156W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.6 IN GEN DEPTH 66.4MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 12.8MTRS. LIES 068/248 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 068 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS FIELD AND SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION EXTEND 110MTRS SW OF WK. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, DEBRIS & SEDIMENT EXTEND 110MTRS SW

Position: 50 8.318 N,3 40.156 W

 

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