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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Fidelio
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hastfen
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms lord airedale
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms orthos (probably)
90. Hms resono (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms st seiriol
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jamesina
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Kwasind
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Maria rosa
124. Marie leonhardt (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Mirella
131. Moidart
132. Mudo
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Nominoe
137. Norhauk
138. Novocastrian
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Palembang (probably)
143. Pescado
144. Petshenga (possibly)
145. Phryne
146. Plawsworth (possibly)
147. Polgarth
148. Ravenscraig (possibly)
149. Ren
150. Rhenas (possibly)
151. Rhineland
152. Rochester city
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Scotia
156. Sea king
157. Sea rhine
158. Second chance (possibly)
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Stad alkmaar
163. Storm
164. Sunniside (probably)
165. Taber park
166. Tergestea
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Tidal (possibly)
170. Torchbearer
171. Tunisiana
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Vae victis
174. Vancouver
175. Victorious
176. Warrenpoint
177. White lady
178. Wychwood (possibly)
179. Wyetown
180. Yarmouth
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. Yucca (possibly)

 

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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