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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aircraft
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Batavier 5
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Coureur des mers
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denise germaine (possibly)
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dynamo
31. Empire bridge
32. Erna boldt (probably)
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. European gateway (part of)
35. Excelsior
36. F stobart (probably)
37. Faithful star
38. Flores (probably)
39. Fort massac
40. Forth
41. Franz fischer (possibly)
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Gannet (possibly)
45. Gena
46. Gerhard
47. Golconda (possibly)
48. Grantleyhall (possibly)
49. Grenadier (probably)
50. Grisdeale
51. Groeswen (probably)
52. Hardingham (probably)
53. Harlington (probably)
54. Harlyn (probably)
55. Harriet
56. Hebe
57. Hendon hall
58. Heworth
59. Highwave (probably)
60. Hillglen
61. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
62. Hm torpedo boat no.12
63. Hmml 127 (possibly)
64. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
65. Hms adonis (possibly)
66. Hms arethusa
67. Hms coquette
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms duchess of hamilton
70. Hms dundalk
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
79. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
80. Hms leandros
81. Hms lord airedale
82. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisapon
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms st seiriol
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tunisian
98. Hms velia (possibly)
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms william wesney
101. Hmsm e6
102. Hmtb 10
103. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
104. Hnlms 227
105. Ignis (possibly)
106. Ingi
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. Iris (possibly)
109. J c dalble
110. Janny
111. Jim
112. Josefina thorden (after part)
113. Kankakee
114. Khartoum (possibly)
115. Knarsdale
116. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
117. Koningen emma (possibly)
118. Kwasind
119. Lady salisbury
120. Lincairn (possibly)
121. Lindfar
122. Lisette
123. Little world
124. Lonhelen (possibly)
125. Lowland
126. Mac 5 (possibly)
127. Magdapur
128. Mahseer
129. Marie leonhardt (probably)
130. Mecklenburg
131. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
132. Mexico
133. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
134. Moidart
135. Morar
136. Nereus
137. Nico
138. Nicolaos piangos
139. Niore
140. Norhauk
141. Norwich trader
142. Ocean lassie
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Paullette
146. Peik
147. Persistant whisper
148. Pescado
149. Peter hamre
150. Petshenga (possibly)
151. Phryne
152. Plawsworth (possibly)
153. Polgarth
154. Port dalhousie (possibly)
155. Prince igor (probably)
156. Princess juliana
157. Profit
158. Protinus (possibly)
159. Quickstep
160. Ravenscraig (possibly)
161. Rhenas (possibly)
162. Rumania
163. Salerno (possibly)
164. Salerno (possibly)
165. Savona (probably)
166. Scimitar
167. Second chance (possibly)
168. Sheaf field
169. Simon bolivar
170. Stad maastricht
171. Storm
172. Sunbeam
173. Sunk beacon (remains)
174. Sunk head tower
175. Sweep ii
176. Telegraaf xviii
177. Tergestea
178. Terukuni maru
179. The sultan
180. Thornaby (possibly)
181. Thyra
182. Torchbearer
183. Uc 11 (possibly)
184. Uc 72 (possibly)
185. Vae victis
186. Vancouver
187. Volante (possibly)
188. Volscian (possibly)
189. Walsingham
190. Warrenpoint
191. Wearside
192. White ghost
193. Wychwood (possibly)
194. Yampa (part of)
195. Yampa (part of)
196. Yampa (part of)
197. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
198. Yewkyle (possibly)
199. 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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