This is the information page about the shipwreck Gro, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 30 N,16 10 W (58.5, -16.166666666667)

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.

Name: GRO

Length 107.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4211 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by j l thompson & sons. owned at time of loss by o go olsen & i h olsen rederi a/s. triple expansion engine of 365nhp. passage montreal for manchester. torpedoed by u-47. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1100 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 583000N, 161000W. (LLOYDS & 0200/7). 28.7.87 28.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 30 N,16 10 W

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