This is the information page about the shipwreck Grelrosa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 12 N,15 41 W (55.2, -15.683333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: GRELROSA
Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4574 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1914 by northumberland sb co., with triple expansion engine of 395nhp. owned at time of loss by cardigan shipping co. passage new york for the tyne. straggled from convoy & was bombed & sunk by german aircraft. 5 of 36 crew lost. (dods, ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2000 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 [NO DATE] SINKING POSN AS 551200N, 154100W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 7.8.87 7.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2000MTRS. (WW2SL). SUNK APPROX 400M W OF MALIN HEAD. (DODS). NCA, TOO DEEP & POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 12 N,15 41 W