This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms grenade, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.15 N,2 21.32 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HMS GRENADE
Length 95.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 1335 ton
Cause: Sunk by air attack at dunkirk. (srn & french wk records).
Year of registration: 1954
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1954, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H6668/54 9.11.54 INS DWP IN 510312N, 022124E [EUR]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 2513/54. H6668/54 29.9.59 BOWS 300.5DEGS, 2540FT, STERN 303DEGS, 2370FT FROM DUNKERQUE LT [510300N, 022155E APPROX]. (PARIS NM 36/14/54). 28.10.88 NOW SHOWN AS ST DRIES 1.5MTRS ON FRENCH 7057 [1987 EDN]. NAME GIVEN. LOCATED VISUALLY IN 1987. CERTAIN DEBRIS STILL EXISTS ALONG THE THE QUAY. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.21612132). NE 1350. 13.3.03 SHOWN IN 5103.150N, 0221.320E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 3.15 N,2 21.32 E