This is the information page about the shipwreck Grip (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.182 N,5 16.132 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: GRIP (PART OF)
Length 57.4 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 566 ton
Load: salt
Cause: ex-galilee. built in 1874 by forges & chantiers, le havre. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 70nhp, single shaft. passage cadiz for trontheim. ran ashore in thick weather and heavy seas following 3 days without sights. no lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2006
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 184 cm
Known since: 2006, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/22 18.5.06 DIVED 10.9.05 IN 5002.167N, 0516.133W [WGD]. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S. QUOTED POSN IS FOR THE SINGLE BOILER, STERN SECTION AND RIBS LIES APPROX 15MTRS SW. REMAINDER OF WK COVERED BY SAND. AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE SHOWING VARIES FROM MONTH TO MONTH DEPENDING ON SAND DEPOSITION. (G J LOCKETT). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH91/246/0 - SEP 2009/0000411561 11.5.09 EXAM'D 22.7.08 IN 5002.1819N, 0516.1317W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.24 IN GEN DEPTH 1.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 3.5MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HT 1.4MTRS. LIES 004/184 DEGS. COULD BE REMAINS OF A BOILER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1246). AMEND OBSTN 0.2MTR. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY BOILER, STERN SECTION AND RIBS REMAIN
Position: 50 2.182 N,5 16.132 W