This is the information page about the shipwreck Grinder, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.657 N,4 36.303 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bengollyun
6. Bessie
7. Briar
8. Cardea
9. Citrine
10. Clan macmaster
11. Clwyd (probably)
12. Conargo
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Darro
16. Don boscoe
17. Dundalk
18. Fenella ann
19. Florence
20. G-azjy
21. Ginger
22. Grinder
23. Hms racehorse
24. Jane brown
25. Lady louisa
26. Lily
27. Liverpool
28. Madge wildfire
29. Mary heeley
30. Mayfield
31. Melfort
32. Mfv polaris
33. Moonlight
34. Noel du marin
35. Opal (possibly)
36. Our lassie
37. Pt1 or pt2
38. Ringwall
39. Saint mirren (possibly)
40. Seagull
41. Skerries
42. Sy sol
43. Thracian
44. Treveal
45. Tumi joy 2
46. U 246
47. Waltham (probably)
48. William hanbury

 

Name: GRINDER

Length 39 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 505 ton

Cause: 18.11.19 built of wood by whites, cowes. launched for the admiralty on 21 march 1868 by whites, cowes. equipped with disconnecting engines developing 500 ihp by rennie. sold to the multilocular shipbreaking co on 28 october 1919. on 18.11.19 lloyds reported that whilst on tow from sheerness to stranraer for breaking up, had drifted ashore during the night at periel on the e side of holyhead bay. government tug 'aid' was standing by on 19.11.19 at hw, aid towed the vessel off and continued the tow. later that day when 10 miles s of the calf of man she broke adrift. when last seen was waterlogged with seas washing over the forepart. (a corkhill).

Year of registration: 1995

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 12 cm

Known since: 1995, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/10 2.10.95 HH100/351/10 2.10.95 DIVED IN 535334N, 043616W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 40MTRS, HEIGHT OF WK 5MTRS. GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES E/W. NO SCOUR. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. HULL IS COPPER SHEATHED. DIVED 5.8.95. BELL WITH 'GRINDER 1868' RECOVERED. REQUEST DATA BE KEPT CINC UNTIL DIVING COMPLETED. (A. CORKILL). BR STD. HH090/705/01 12.6.96 HH090/705/01 12.6.96 EXAM'D 4.5.96 IN 535339.4N, 043618.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.0, FOUL 38.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.1 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES 012/192DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. DCS3 INDICATES HULL PARTLY BROKEN UP OR BURIED. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH100/351/12 28.7.97 HH100/351/12 28.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. MIDSHIPS WHEELHOUSE GIVES THE LEAST DEPTH. BOW LIES S BY W. VESSEL IS OF WOOD CONSTRUCTION, BOW EXTENDING TOWARD THE WHEELHOUSE IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. FROM BEHIND THE WHEELHOUSE ON THE PORT AND STBD SIDES AT ORIGINAL DECK LEVEL ARE LARGE GUNNEL TIMBERS OR DECK SUPPORTS EXTENDING 10MTRS OUT. THE HULL BELOW THESE TIMBERS TO THE KEEL AND THE COUNTER STERN IS COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND LIES ON THE SEABED IN A MASS OF FITTINGS, STEAM PIPEWORK AND ROTTEN TIMBER. THERE IS AT THE STERN AREA OF THIS DEBRIS FIELD A LARGE TOWING WINCH. (K HURLEY). NCA. 13.11.00 13.11.00 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 53 53.657 N,4 36.303 W

 

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