This is the information page about the shipwreck Greltoria (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 8.825 N,0 6.365 W (54.1470833, -0.1060833)
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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: GRELTORIA (PROBABLY)
Length 114.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 5413 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1917 by the northumberland sb co ltd,newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by griffiths lewis stema nav co, cardiff. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engine co ltd, sunderland. passage the tyne for naples. torpedoed by ub-34. no lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 27 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 3 MILES NW BY N 0.5 W FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. H6517/17 5.8.60 DERRICK VISIBLE ABOVE LW, BUOYED. - FNM 654/17. H5103/18 5.8.60 10FMS OVER WK, BUOY NON EXISTANT. - FNM 616/18. H1309/76 2.12.76 OWNED BY BRIDLINGTON DIVING SERVICES LTD FOR THE PURPOSES OF SALVAGE. IN 26-27FMS AND LYING ON A SILTY BOTTOM. WK IS NEARLY SILTED OVER THE TOP OF THE BOILERS. (D ADSHEAD, LTR). H2534/74 10.1.80 BAD OBSTN REPD IN 540853N, 000612W [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL 1). HH090/730/01 18.12.97 EXAM'D 20.7.97 IN 540849.5N, 000621.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.0, FOUL 18.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.3MTRS. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK SITUATED ON EDGE OF OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. DAMAGED AMIDSHIPS. ACCORING TO LOCAL KNOWLEDGE THIS IS 'GRELTORIA'. (GARDLINE, HI 730). SEE ALSO [5835]. INS AS SW 18MTRS.
- NM 588/97. SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 LOCATED IN 5408.826N, 0006.356W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.02MTRS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). NCA. 7.10.11 7.10.11 LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 8MTRS. LIES 037/217 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). COLLAPSED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED
Position: 54 8.825 N,0 6.365 W