This is the information page about the shipwreck Groeswen (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.16 N,1 37.747 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormount (probably)
20. Coureur des mers
21. Cressdene (possibly)
22. Dagmar (probably)
23. Denise germaine (possibly)
24. Disa (possibly)
25. Dulwich
26. Dynamo
27. Empire bridge
28. Erna boldt (probably)
29. Estrella (possibly)
30. European gateway (part of)
31. F stobart (probably)
32. Faithful star
33. Flores (probably)
34. Fort massac
35. Forth
36. Franz fischer (possibly)
37. Friargate (possibly)
38. Friargate (possibly)
39. Gannet (possibly)
40. Gena
41. Gerhard
42. Golconda (possibly)
43. Grantleyhall (possibly)
44. Grenadier (probably)
45. Grisdeale
46. Groeswen (probably)
47. Hardingham (probably)
48. Harlington (probably)
49. Harlyn (probably)
50. Harriet
51. Hebe
52. Hendon hall
53. Highwave (probably)
54. Hillglen
55. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
56. Hm torpedo boat no.12
57. Hmml 127 (possibly)
58. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
59. Hms adonis (possibly)
60. Hms arethusa
61. Hms coquette
62. Hms donna nook
63. Hms duchess of hamilton
64. Hms eros (possibly)
65. Hms forward iii
66. Hms franc tireur
67. Hms hastfen
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms holdene
70. Hms japan
71. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
72. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
73. Hms leandros
74. Hms lord airedale
75. Hms ludlow
76. Hms marconi
77. Hms monarch
78. Hms moravia (possibly)
79. Hms nadine
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms resono (possibly)
82. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisapon
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms tunisian
89. Hms velia (possibly)
90. Hms waveflower
91. Hms william wesney
92. Hmsm e6
93. Hmtb 10
94. Hnlms 227
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Ingi
97. Ionian (possibly)
98. J c dalble
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Josefina thorden (after part)
102. Kankakee
103. Khartoum (possibly)
104. Knarsdale
105. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
106. Koningen emma (possibly)
107. Kwasind
108. Lady salisbury
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lindfar
111. Lisette
112. Lonhelen (possibly)
113. Lowland
114. Mac 5 (possibly)
115. Magdapur
116. Mahseer
117. Marie leonhardt (probably)
118. Mecklenburg
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mexico
121. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
122. Moidart
123. Morar
124. Nereus
125. Nico
126. Nicolaos piangos
127. Niore
128. Norhauk
129. Norwich trader
130. Old charlton
131. Ostprussen (possibly)
132. Paullette
133. Peik
134. Persistant whisper
135. Pescado
136. Peter hamre
137. Petshenga (possibly)
138. Phryne
139. Plawsworth (possibly)
140. Polgarth
141. Port dalhousie (possibly)
142. Prince igor (probably)
143. Princess juliana
144. Profit
145. Protinus (possibly)
146. Quickstep
147. Ravenscraig (possibly)
148. Rhenas (possibly)
149. Salerno (possibly)
150. Salerno (possibly)
151. Savona (probably)
152. Scimitar
153. Second chance (possibly)
154. Simon bolivar
155. Stad maastricht
156. Storm
157. Sunbeam
158. Sunk beacon (remains)
159. Sunk head tower
160. Sweep ii
161. Telegraaf xviii
162. Tergestea
163. Terukuni maru
164. The sultan
165. Thornaby (possibly)
166. Thyra
167. Torchbearer
168. Uc 11 (possibly)
169. Uc 72 (possibly)
170. Vae victis
171. Vancouver
172. Volscian (possibly)
173. Walsingham
174. Warrenpoint
175. Wearside
176. White ghost
177. Wychwood (possibly)
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. Ypapanti

 

Name: GROESWEN (PROBABLY)

Length 103.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3570 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1900 by j readhead & sons, s shields. owned at time of loss by w & c t jones ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 293hp, single shaft. passage hull for spezia. cargo coal. struck mine laid by uc-11. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 21 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160419

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3M NE HALF E FROM SUNK LTV. (WW1SL). H7366/17 WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 515400N, 013830E APPROX. - FNM 78/18. 10.10.23 AMENDED TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1406. H335/31 16.1.31 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BE 1610. H7972/34 5.1.35 DELETE. (HMS KELLET) DELETE.

- NM ACTION. H4358/74 2.10.74 WK LOCATED IN 515312N, 013750E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, SIGNAL DTD 2.10.74). NCA YET. H4358/74 15.10.74 EXAM'D IN 515312N, 013750E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 [LAT]. (HMS EGERIA, HN DTD 4.10.74).

- NM 2032/74. H4358/74 22.11.74 EXAM'D 11.7.74 IN 515312N, 013750E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22.6MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 19/74). AMEND POSN TO 515307N, 013751.5E [OGB]. BR STD. H4139/76 14.1.77 EXAM'D 6.8.76 IN 515309.6N, 013749.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13, FOUL AT 13.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.3 IN GEN DEPTH 21.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.4MTRS. LARGE WK, 110 X 25MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. SEEMS INTACT WITH NE END LEVEL WITH SEABED AND POSSIBLY BURIED. SLIGHT SCOUR AT SW END. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 19.12.95 EXAM'D 30.7.95 IN 515309.76N, 013744.59E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.2, FOUL 14.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.1 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 018/198 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEMI BURIED AND DISINTEGRATING. BOWS APPEAR TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN BODY OF THE WK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 19.4.16 IN 5153.160N, 0137.747E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 107MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 021/201. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK IS IN SEVERE STATE OF COLLAPSE, APPEARS TO BE LYING IN ITS SIDE DUE TO PRESENCE OF THE DEBRIS ON EASTERN SIDE OF WK. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 14.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk well collapsed

Position: 51 53.16 N,1 37.747 E

 

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