This is the information page about the shipwreck Greta c, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.072 N,2 59.271 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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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4. Angelena bm 271
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6. Bamse (probably)
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8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greleen
26. Greta c
27. Gudrun
28. Hms amazon
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms boadicea
32. Hms buccaneer
33. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
38. Hms lord hailsham
39. Hms manor
40. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
41. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
42. Hms remindo (possibly)
43. Isbjorn
44. Karen marie (probably)
45. Kongshaug (probably)
46. L h carl
47. La blanca (possibly)
48. Lct 381
49. Lofoten (probably)
50. Lord stewart
51. Lst 507 (bow section)
52. Lst 507 (stern section)
53. Lst 531
54. Lucinda (possibly)
55. Majorca
56. Marguerite (possibly)
57. Marie des isles
58. Marjolene
59. Memnon
60. Minerva (probably)
61. Modavia
62. Moel tryvan
63. Moidart
64. Motano (probably)
65. Nil desperandum (probably)
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Pomeranian
72. Radaas (probably)
73. Reggestroom (probably)
74. Renilde
75. Romsdalen (probably)
76. Rosten (possibly)
77. Rotorua
78. Salsette ii
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. St dunstan
82. Ster de zee (possibly)
83. Tandil (probably)
84. Tracy
85. Trito
86. Ub 19 (probably)
87. Ull (probably)
88. Ursa (probably)
89. W h dwyer
90. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: GRETA C

Length 51.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.7
Load: stone,sawdust/wood chips

Cause: ex-westland trader. built by gebr. niestern scheepsvert. owned at time of loss by carisbrooke shipping co ltd. 5 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage falmouth for cowes. took large stbd list in heavy seas after hatches stove in. later sank. one man lost. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 16.7.93 HH100/351/07 16.7.93 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 502101N, 025914W. SMALL AND WELL COVERED WITH NETS. (C DAVIES, 23.6.93). INS AS NDW.

- NM 2545/93. HH100/351/11 4.9.96 HH100/351/11 4.9.96 DIVED IN 502102N, 025912W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES INTACT ON STBD SIDE, WITH BOWS TO SOUTH. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. WHEEL HOUSE ROOF IS MISSING, BOWS SLIGHTLY CRUMPLED. IDENTIFIED BY BELL (WESTLAND TRADER) ON 27.7.96. (N R CHIPCHASE). AMEND TO USC 44MTRS. BR STD. HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 12.7.03 IN 5021.072N, 0259.271W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.6 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 024/204 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE, BOWS S

Position: 50 21.072 N,2 59.271 W

 

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