Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Greatham, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 18.308 N,3 30.436 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: GREATHAM
Lengte 88.4 meter, breedte: 11.6 meter, diepgang: 6.1, tonnage 2338 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: ex-bussora. built in 1890 by w gray & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by coombes, marshall & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210nhp, single shaft. passage grimsby for blayne. torpedoed by ub-31. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1918
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 40 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 114 cm
Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 2013
Details metingen/cartografie: H6040/18 WK IN 501820N, 033030W. LEAST DEPTH 7FMS IN 22FMS. (C-IN-C DEVONPORT). CHART AS WK 7FMS.
- NM 1388/18. H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501817N, 033018W. LEAST DEPTH 15FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 43FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 15FMS. H2502/51 26.2.60 WK IN 501815N, 033021 USING HSA. SWEET CLEAR 12FMS, FOUL 13FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94FT IN GEN DEPTH 21FMS. SCOUR 15FT. LENGTH 300FT. LIES 070/250DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 2.5.52). AMEND TO WK 12FMS IN REVISED POSN. H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22MTRS. NC 1634. H2396/77 9.3.77 WK IN 501816N, 033023W [OGB] USING DECCA. LENGTH ABOUT 320FT BY SONAR. BEAM ABOUT 45FT. LYING ABOUT NW/SE, BOWS SE? RISE OVER 50FT FROM BOTTOM OF SCOUR. CLEARANCE BY E/S 93FT REDUCED IN GEN DEPTH 125FT. VERY DEEP SCOUR-AT LEAST 25FT. WK NOT COMPLETELY EXAMINED. SEEMS TO BE BROKEN 190FT FROM BOW. TWO HOLDS FORWARD. BRIDGE AND MACHINERY AMIDSHIPS (ENGINE SUGGESTS STEAM RECIPROCATING). ABAFT BRIDGE IS PART OF ANOTHER HOLD BEFORE THE SHIP WAS BADLY BROKEN. FORWARD HOLDS HAVE HARD FLAT SAND COVERED SURFACES ABOUT 2-3FT BELOW COMINGS. PLATING THROUGHOUT IS WELL ROTTED. BEING CLOSE TO DARTMOUTH AND COMPARATIVELY SHALLOW THIS WK IS WELL DIVED ON BY SUB-AQUA PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM THINK IT IS 'NEWHOLM'. SURVEYED USING SONAR, E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE, 10.2.77). NCA. 18.4.13 EXAM'D 7.1.13 IN 5018.308N, 0330.436W [WGD], LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTH 40.1MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.35MTRS. SCOUR 9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS TO 159MTRS TOWARDS 203 DEGS & 41MTRS TOWARDS 016 DEGS. IN ADDITION DEEP SCOUR SURROUNDS WK. LENGTH 112.5MTRS, WIDTH 17.3MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 114/294 DEGS OVERALL WITH BOWS NW. IN TWO PARTS, LENGTHS 5.15MTRS & 49.9MTRS. (EMU, HI 1374). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PIECES, SCOUR RUNS NE & SW FROM WK
Positie: 50 18.308 N,3 30.436 W