Wreck: Grenadier (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Grenadier (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.63 N,1 50.385 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: GRENADIER (PROBABLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 4.4, tonnage 1004 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1895 by wigham, richardson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by tyne-tees steam shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 181nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by builders. passage rotterdam for newcastle-upon-tyne. torpedoed by uc-4. eight men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H03210/45 25.3.59 WRECK FOUND 125DEG, 1400YDS FROM WRECK IN POSN 520848N, 014912E. (C IN C NORE, CHATHAM, 15.6.45). H3273/61 10.9.62 WRECK FOUND IN POSN 520838N, 015029E. LEAST E/S 81FT IN 101FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). INS AS NDW. LC 1543. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. BR STD. 30.12.71 AMEND TO WK 24.5MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 8.8.94 IN 520835.95N, 015029.91E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.0, FOUL 23.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. HATCHES AND SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON DCS3. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. HH100/351/20 5.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LARGE CARGO VESSEL WITH A CENTRE BRIDGE. STANDS UPRIGHT AND IS INTACT FROM STERN TO BOW. PART HAS COLLAPSED JUST BEHIND THE FOC'S'LE BUT THE REST OF THE SHIP REMAINS INTACT. ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED WITH THE HIGHEST POINT BEING THE WINCHES, WHICH STAND 5MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. ENGINE IS AT THE STERN. (B HICKINBOTTOM). NCA. HH100/351/21 20.2.04 BOW IS INTACT AND TILTED TO PORT SIDE. A PLATE WAS RECOVERED WITH THE TYNE-TEES SHIPPING COMPANY LOGO ON IT. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTD DTD 18.2.04). NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 29.10.12 LOCATED IN 5208.635N, 0150.381E [WGD]. LENGTH 80.5MTRS, WIDTH 9.0MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. MAGETIC ANOMALY. (E ANGLIA WINDFARM REPORT (EMU LTD) DTD 12.6.12). NOT SHOWN IN DIGITAL DATA. RETAIN SW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5208.630N, 0150.385E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 65.1MTRS, WIDTH 16.15MTRS, HEIGHT 6.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 142/322 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 63.22MTRS, 3.46MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 008DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.63 N,1 50.385 E

 

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