This is the information page about the shipwreck Greta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 51.806 N,7 22.861 W (51.867, -7.5675)

 

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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.

 

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3. Claudia
4. Edith
5. Excelsior
6. Feltria (possibly)
7. Folia
8. Garmoyle (part of)(possibly)
9. Gold coast
10. Greta
11. Hebburn (possibly)
12. Hms lavender
13. Hms vervain
14. Inis ealga
15. Inniscarra
16. Kerick
17. Lough fisher
18. Margaret ann
19. Meadowfield (possibly)
20. Michael
21. Ocean searcher
22. Pinewood (probably)
23. Sandsend (probably)
24. Seahorse
25. Souvenir
26. Tach-gwel
27. U 1276
28. Zeta

 

Name: GRETA

Length 39.7 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 297 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1903 by scott& sons, ltd, bowling. owned at time of loss by j monks & co ltd, liverpool. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 52 nhp, single shaft. passage cork for neath abbey. captured by submarine, abandoned and sunk by gunfire. (ww1sl, llww1 & sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 11M SE FROM MINE HEAD. (WW1SL). H2979/74 26.1.78 TWO FFS REPORTED IN 515129N, 072212W EXTENDING TO 515141N, 072226W. POSN BY DECCA. DAMAGE TO TRAWLS; AND IN 515134N, 072244W. (E GILES, LTR DTD 5.3.77). 13.3.78 INS AS WK USCPA 55MTRS IN 515145N, 072245W [OSI]. NC 2049. SEP 2014/000158176 7.8.14 EXAM'D 21.5.13 IN 5151.806N, 0722.861W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 61.2 IN GEN DEPTH 69.0MTRS. SCOUR 2.4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 135MTRS TOWARDS 283 DEGS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POSSIBLY INVERTED. APPARENTLY BROKEN NEAR THE BOW AND NEAR THE STERN. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, CV13_01, INFOMAR). GENERALLY INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 61MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, GENERALLY COLLAPSED

Position: 51 51.806 N,7 22.861 W

 

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