This is the information page about the shipwreck Grit (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.886 N,1 7.654 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Africa
2. Alcantara
3. Alice
4. Amplegarth
5. Angelus (possibly)
6. Argonaut
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Australier (probably)
9. Avoca
10. Bobby
11. Brandenburg
12. Cabo espartel
13. Ceta (stern section)
14. Charente
15. Christianssund
16. City of dresden (possibly)
17. Corhaven
18. De fontaine
19. Dinard
20. Durango
21. Efford
22. Eidsiva (probably)
23. Electra
24. Emma
25. Emma (possibly)
26. Empire lough (probably)
27. Empress of fort william (probably)
28. Enero (probably)
29. Eustratios (probably)
30. Excellence pleske
31. Falcon (probably)
32. Fearless
33. Flachsee
34. G-asad
35. Grit (probably)
36. Grosser kurfurst
37. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
38. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
39. Halcyon
40. Henry moon
41. Heron
42. Hmhs anglia
43. Hms aragonite (part of)
44. Hms aries (possibly)
45. Hms blackwater
46. Hms brazen
47. Hms carlton
48. Hms caulonia
49. Hms city of dundee
50. Hms cleon
51. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
52. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
53. Hms ghurka
54. Hms glen boyne
55. Hms kingston galena
56. Hms lydian
57. Hms marcella
58. Hms myrmidon
59. Hms napia
60. Hms othello ii
61. Hms peridot
62. Hms receptive
63. Hms rodino
64. Hms torbay ii (probably)
65. Hms war sepoy
66. Hms waterfly
67. Hmt gullfoss
68. Holland
69. Hydaspes (possibly)
70. Ilaro
71. James harrod
72. Jokai
73. Josephine willis
74. Kadru
75. Katharina kolkmann
76. Kielce
77. Kirsten skou
78. La somme (probably)
79. Lacer
80. Lady stella
81. Latona
82. Le tregor
83. Leicester
84. Leila najia
85. Leo
86. Lizzonia
87. Loanda
88. Lusitania
89. Maloja 1
90. Maxwell
91. Milbanke (probably)
92. Monarch
93. Mrav
94. Murillo
95. My astor
96. Naranco
97. Negrier
98. Newcastle
99. Niki
100. Norman
101. Northfleet
102. Nunima
103. Ousel (probably)
104. Polgrange
105. Portslade (possibly)
106. Preussen
107. Pulborough
108. Revenge
109. River levan
110. Robin hood
111. Roode zee (possibly)
112. Roseburn
113. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
114. Salbya (possibly)
115. Samida
116. Sea serpent
117. Seine
118. Shenandoah
119. Sierra bravia
120. Sir russell
121. St cecilia
122. Strathclyde
123. T s webb
124. Teeswood
125. Texaco caribbean (after section)
126. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
127. Tokufuku maru
128. Toreador
129. Toward
130. Traquair (probably)
131. Trooper
132. U 8
133. Ub 108 (possibly)
134. Ub 109
135. Ub 31 ?
136. Ub 38
137. Ub 55 (probably)
138. Ub 56 (possibly)
139. Ub 58 (possibly)
140. Ub 78
141. Ub-33 (probably)
142. Uc 63
143. Uc 77 (possibly)
144. Unity
145. Veerman
146. Vittoria claudia
147. W a scholten
148. Welsh belle
149. Wheatman (possibly)
150. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: GRIT (PROBABLY)

Length 28.7 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 147 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built of wood in 1913 by f t eberhardt, greenhythe. owned at time of loss by f t eberhardt, london. auxillary 2 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage le havre for london. stopped after gunfire from a german submarine which was unable to board due to heavy seas. abandoned on fire for and aft after being struck by 16 shells and left to founder. submarine made off to attack a second barge, princess may. crew recovered by naval patrol vessel and landed at newhaven. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1934

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1934, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H1359/34 5.3.34 H1359/34 5.3.34 WK IN 510350N, 010750E. (C-IN-C SANDGATE, TH NM 5/34). - TNM ACTION. H1359/34 20.6.34 H1359/34 20.6.34 DISPERSED TO A LEAST DEPTH 31FT IN GEN DEPTH 34FT. (TH, 15.6.34). CHART AS WK 5FMS. BR STD. H2698/62 25.3.63 H2698/62 25.3.63 AMEND WK 5FMS 1FT. NC 1892. H5689/60 24.2.67 H5689/60 24.2.67 NOW SW 5FMS. (TH). BR STD. 7.9.73 7.9.73 AMEND SW 8.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 1892. H4199/78 15.8.78 H4199/78 15.8.78 AREA 400 X 500MTRS EXAMINED USING DCS3 & E/S. NO TRACE OF ANY WK WAS FOUND IN THIS VICINITY AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THIS WK STILL EXISTS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). DELETE. NE 1892. 19.11.10 SEP 2010/000195081 19.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5103.886N, 0107.654E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.56MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN FOR HI 1341). INS AS WK 5.5MTRS.

- NM 6023/10. 27.1.11 27.1.11 LENGTH 64MTRS, 47MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. GROUP OF SMALL, UNIDENTIFED CONTACTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO MOUNDS, ?DEBRIS

Position: 51 3.886 N,1 7.654 E

 

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