This is the information page about the shipwreck Gretafield (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 14.512 N,3 25.591 W (57.97135, -3.3395666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: GRETAFIELD (AFTER PART)
Length 152.4 meter, width: 20.7 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 10191 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,flammable liquids and gases,oil
Cause: 19.3.40 four boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage curacao for invergordon. torpedoed by u-57. beached & blazed for several days. broke in two19.3.40 and declared a ctl. 11 men lost. (hm dunbeath & sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1946
Details measurements/cartography: H8491/47 27.1.48 POSN 167 DEG 1.5 CABLES E MOLE HEAD. AFTER PART OF WK. (KHM DUNBEATH). INS AS ST.
- NM 177/48. H3310/46 20.7.77 POSN GIVEN AS DUNBEATH PIER 210DEG; 2.6CABLES. NO DANGER TO GEN NAVIGATION. (N LIGHTHOUSE BOARD, LTR 8.3.46). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 14.512 N,3 25.591 W