This is the information page about the shipwreck Grenmar (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 28.884 N,2 4.512 W (56.633333333333, -16)

 

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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. Ardgour ii
2. Athenia
3. Aurora
4. Ballochbuie (possibly)
5. Bay fisher
6. Daydawn
7. Einar jarl (probably)
8. Empire claire
9. Empire miniver
10. Empire volunteer
11. Fanad head
12. Fylgia
13. Geraldine mary
14. Grenmar (possibly)
15. Hansa
16. Har zion
17. Harley (part of)(possibly)
18. Hms braconburn (possibly)
19. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
20. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
21. Hmsm k17
22. Hmsm k4
23. Janus
24. Jonkoping ii (probably)
25. King idwal
26. Kotka
27. Lh 308 (possibly)
28. Margaret rae
29. Northards
30. Oropesa
31. Port gisborne
32. Queensbury (possibly)
33. Sambre
34. Sylvafield
35. Taurus (possibly)
36. Thiara
37. U 12
38. Uganda
39. Valhallah
40. Victoria
41. Vogtland
42. Wandby
43. Whitford point

 

Name: GRENMAR (POSSIBLY)

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1438 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-nora, ex-wynnstay. built in 1884 by palmers' co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by akt harald grenske, christiania. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 168nhp. single shaft. passage blyth for christiania. captured by uc-77 and sunk by scuttling charges. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H3704/69 29.9.69 H3704/69 & H5202/69 29.9.69 LOCATED IN 562854N, 020424 [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 165 IN GEN DEPTH 175MTRS. LENGTH 150FT. HT 10FT. LYING N/S. GROUND SLOPING FAIRLY STEEPLY TO THE NE. GOOD SONAR. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 44/69). INS AS WK 27FMS (50MTRS). BR STD. H091/152/01 19.6.08 H091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000075801 19.6.08 EXAM'D 16.2.08 IN 5628.884N, 0204.512W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.2 IN GEN DEPTH 53.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS HT 2.3MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, HIGHLY DEGRADED WK, BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS AT RIGHT ANGLES. (GARDLINE, HI 1152). AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED, IN TWO PARTS AT 90 DEGS

Position: 56 28.884 N,2 4.512 W

 

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