This is the information page about the shipwreck Grit, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 57.939 N,1 10.482 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Albano
4. Atlas (possibly)
5. Atwing (possibly)
6. Aurora
7. Azira
8. Balzac
9. Bangarth
10. Blairhall
11. Blue dawn
12. Braconash (possibly)
13. British officer (after part)
14. Burnhope (part of)
15. Cairnglen
16. Carmarthen coast
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
19. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
20. Clare (possibly)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Cutty 11
24. Denham (probably)
25. Diamond d
26. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
27. Dora
28. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
29. Eagle iii
30. Empire bay
31. Eston
32. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
35. Eventide
36. Fawn (probably)
37. Fenella
38. Ferryhill
39. Fervent
40. Firelight (possibly)
41. Gateshead (possibly)
42. General havelock
43. Gottfried (possibly)
44. Gran
45. Grit
46. Gudbrand (possibly)
47. H a brightman
48. H c flood (possibly)
49. H c flood (probably)
50. Hans hoth (probably)
51. Hebble (probably)
52. Hekla (possibly)
53. Helvetia (possibly)
54. Hercules
55. Heros (possibly)
56. Hmms 180
57. Hms ben ardna (probably)
58. Hms elise
59. Hms elise (possibly)
60. Hms ethel taylor
61. Hms euston
62. Hms james ludford
63. Hms loch naver
64. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
65. Hms snaefell (probably)
66. Hms southsea
67. Hms star of devoran
68. Hms summer rose
69. Hms william hallet (possibly)
70. Hms witherington
71. Hmsm unity (probably)
72. Hogarth
73. Humber
74. Ilios (possibly)
75. Ilious
76. Intent
77. Inverlane (part of)
78. Inverlane (stern section)
79. Jenny m (possibly)
80. John m smart (possibly).
81. Jolly girls
82. Jolly girls (possibly)
83. Jonkoping i (possibly)
84. Kalua
85. Kamma
86. Kasko
87. Kilkis (possibly)
88. King james (possibly)
89. Kirsty jane (possibly)
90. La basiase (la bastaise)
91. Linden (probably)
92. Llwyngwair (possibly)
93. Loch-na-gar (probably)
94. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
95. Longbird
96. Lucida
97. Lyng
98. Maggie mcleman ii
99. Maindy bridge (possibly)
100. Marcheller (possibly)
101. Margaret sutton
102. Marne (part of)(possibly)
103. Mars
104. Mayoress pelican
105. Mile end (possibly)
106. Narcissus (possibly)
107. Nike (possibly)
108. Nordheim (possibly)
109. Nyula
110. Ocean
111. Orion (probably)
112. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
113. Ottoland (possibly)
114. Pathfinder
115. Patria
116. Pitwines (probably)
117. Polleon (possibly)
118. Poltava (possibly)
119. Povena
120. Presto (possibly)
121. Presto (possibly)
122. Princess maud (possibly)
123. Protector (possibly)
124. Providence
125. Prunelle
126. Quest (probably)
127. Quillota
128. Ragnhild (possibly)
129. Ragni (probably)
130. Ravensbourne (possibly)
131. Ravnanger (probably)
132. Recorder (possibly)
133. Renen
134. Rfa creosol
135. Richard de larrinaga
136. Rio colorado
137. Rising sun (part of)
138. Rising sun (part of)
139. Rosa (possibly)
140. Rosella (probably)
141. Rotha
142. Saga (possibly)
143. Sargasso (possibly)
144. Scott miller
145. Snowdrop (possibly)
146. Spray
147. Stag 5 (probably)
148. Staithes (possibly)
149. Stangate
150. Strinheim
151. Suavity
152. Sunniva (possibly)
153. Svava
154. Swiftly
155. Talisman (possibly)
156. Tatiana (possibly)
157. Teal (probably)
158. Thames (probably)
159. The stewarts court (probably)
160. Triumph
161. Tromo (possibly)
162. Ub 115 (possibly)
163. Uc 32 (probably)
164. Upcerne
165. Vestra
166. Vianna (possibly)
167. Vianna (probably)
168. Wayside flower
169. Winga
170. Winga (possibly)
171. X.l.
172. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: GRIT

Length 35.7 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 501 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1934 by brown & co of greenock. owned at time of loss by f t everard & co. 5 cyl oil engine. 72 hp. machinery aft. sank following a collision. passage king's lynn for the tyne.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H03449/44 25.4.44 SANK IN 545800N, 011022W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS NDW.

- NM 870/44. H7018/58 12.11.59 LOCATED IN 545755N, 011020W. NO FIX DETAILS. POSN CONSIDERED ACCURATE TO +/- 100YDS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 83FT BY OROPESA. GOOD A/S CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, 26.8.59). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2189/71 22.5.72 LOCATED NOT EXAMINED. (HMS ENTERPRISE). 18.5.73 AMEND TO WK 25MTRS. NC 152. H1270/84 AMEND TO USC 40MTRS. NC 152. H6330/87/2 7.12.88 EXAM'D 25.6.88 IN 545756N, 011023W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.8 IN GEN DEPTH 53.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 54MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.9MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. GENERALLY INTACT, LYING 082/262 DEG, WITH HIGHEST POINT AT W END. (GARDLINE, HI 414A). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 54 57.939 N,1 10.482 W

 

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