This is the information page about the shipwreck Groenlo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 19.802 N,1 59.491 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. Brixton
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Carica milica
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. City of kobe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Cormead
26. Crichtoun
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. David b summers
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Django
32. Dolfijn (probably)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. El dorado
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Eva witte
40. Farmatyr
41. Fidelio
42. Firth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Frumenton
45. Gannet (possibly)
46. Gasfire
47. Gena
48. Geneva
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Glen tilt (possibly)
52. Glynn
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Gulf breaker
58. H h petersen
59. Helena
60. Hms adonis (possibly)
61. Hms christopher (possibly)
62. Hms condor (probably)
63. Hms donside (possibly)
64. Hms eros (possibly)
65. Hms evesham (possibly)
66. Hms exmoor
67. Hms fontenoy
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms holdene
70. Hms irvana (part of)
71. Hms jessie nutten
72. Hms kaphreda
73. Hms m a west (probably)
74. Hms monarch
75. Hms moravia (possibly)
76. Hms new comet (possibly)
77. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
78. Hms orthos (probably)
79. Hms pelton (probably)
80. Hms river clyde (possibly)
81. Hms river clyde (possibly)
82. Hms sisters melville
83. Hms speeton (possibly)
84. Hms spider
85. Hms tettenhall
86. Hms tonbridge
87. Hms tugela
88. Hms waveflower
89. Hms whooper
90. Hmsm d5
91. Hornchurch
92. Impulsion
93. Jamesina
94. Kenneth hawksfield
95. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
96. Knitsley (possibly)
97. Kwasind
98. Lapwing
99. Lincairn (possibly)
100. Lindisfarne (probably)
101. Lingfield
102. Lisette
103. Magdapur
104. Mangara
105. Mardyke
106. Maria rosa
107. Marianne (probably)
108. Mascota (possibly)
109. Mascotte
110. Memento (possibly)
111. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
112. Merchant
113. Mercurius
114. Mirella
115. Mudo
116. Nadir
117. Newhaven (possibly)
118. Nominoe
119. Nordborg (possibly)
120. Novocastrian
121. Oil trader
122. Ostprussen (possibly)
123. Otis tarda
124. Petshenga (possibly)
125. Phryne
126. Plawsworth (possibly)
127. Pluton
128. Polaris
129. Prima
130. Ren
131. Reward (possibly)
132. Rhenas (possibly)
133. Rhineland
134. Robin iv
135. Rochester city
136. Rogate
137. Roxanna
138. Scimitar
139. Scotia
140. Sea rhine
141. Silksworth hall (probably).
142. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
143. Skodsburg (possibly)
144. Southford
145. St patrick
146. Stad alkmaar
147. Sunniside (probably)
148. Taber park
149. Tergestea
150. Thomas m (possibly)
151. Thornaby (possibly)
152. Tidal (possibly)
153. Torchbearer
154. Tregantle (possibly)
155. U 13 (probably)
156. Ui-001
157. Vae victis
158. War mehtar
159. White swan
160. White swan (possibly)
161. Wyetown
162. Yarmouth
163. Yewkyle (possibly)
164. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GROENLO

Length 83.8 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1984 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1926 by n v boele's, bolnes. owned at time of loss by n v stoomv. maats 'nordzee'. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 209hp, single shaft. machinery by n v boele's schps. & machfb, bolnes. passage hartlepool for london. cargo coal. torpedoed by e-boat. eleven lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161217

Details measurements/cartography: H04100/41 6.1.42 INS AS NDW.

- NM 30/42. H5371/51 25.3.59 EXAM'D 2.8.51. SWEPT CLEAR 54FT, FOUL 56FT. LEAST E/S 71FT, SEABED 105FT. WRECK LIES ON AN UNEVEN BOTTOM WITH DEPTHS OF 105FT TO THE SOUTH AND 118FT TO THE NORTH. 14FT SCOUR TO THE NORTH. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.10.51). AMEND TO WK 9FMS. BR STD. H4167/59 31.5.60 AMEND TO SW 9FMS. NC 1543. H1942/80 20.8.82 EXAM'D 10.2.82 IN 521946N, 015936E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.2 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.1MTRS. LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 8.9MTRS. LIES 084/264 DEGS IN DEEP SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 20.9MTRS. BR STD. HH242/550/07 16.1.97 LOCATED IN 521950.6N, 015935.6E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6. (HNLMS DELFZYL, HN DTD 11.12.96). NCA. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16; IN 5219.802N, 0159.491E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 91.40MTRS, WIDTH 34.10MTRS, HEIGHT 5.80MTRS, ORIENTATION 087/267DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 30.77MTRS, 2.31MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 087DEGS. WRECK IS DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 19.802 N,1 59.491 E

 

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