Brid Fri 2nd Nov

[Mark Griffith]

Got Tonys boat (Boat Hire & Charter - Bridlington Boat Hire) booked for a single dive on the Grangemouth,depth about 30-35m.Departure time to be confirmed but probably an early start and cost will be £35-40.
Please add your name or get in touch for more details,usual rules apply.
cheers
Mark.
1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston (doubtfull)
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.Nick S
8. Ibbo
9. Lee C
10.Alex
11.Julian (Leeds BSAC)
12.Simon(Leeds BSAC)

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by Mark Griffith

Got Tonys boat (Boat Hire & Charter - Bridlington Boat Hire) booked for a single dive on the Grangemouth,depth about 30-35m.Departure time to be confirmed but probably an early start and cost will be £35-40.
Please add your name or get in touch for more details,usual rules apply.
cheers
Mark.
1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.Nick S
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

cheers
Mark

[Nick Kay]

Got Tonys boat (Boat Hire & Charter - Bridlington Boat Hire) booked for a single dive on the Grangemouth,depth about 30-35m.Departure time to be confirmed but probably an early start and cost will be £35-40.
Please add your name or get in touch for more details,usual rules apply.
cheers
Mark.
1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.NickS
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Reserve
1.NickK - seeing if I can cancel a mtg for that day

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by Nick Kay

Got Tonys boat (Boat Hire & Charter - Bridlington Boat Hire) booked for a single dive on the Grangemouth,depth about 30-35m.Departure time to be confirmed but probably an early start and cost will be £35-40.
Please add your name or get in touch for more details,usual rules apply.
cheers
Mark.
1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.NickS
8.Ibbo
9.
10.
11.
12.

Reserve
1.NickK - seeing if I can cancel a mtg for that day

cheers
Mark

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by Nick Kay
Got Tonys boat (Boat Hire & Charter - Bridlington Boat Hire) booked for a single dive on the Grangemouth,depth about 30-35m.Departure time to be confirmed but probably an early start and cost will be £35-40.
Please add your name or get in touch for more details,usual rules apply.
cheers
Mark.
1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.NickS
8.Ibbo
9.Hal
10.
11.
12.

Reserve
1.NickK - seeing if I can cancel a mtg for that day

[Alex]

Hi Mark

I am in!

1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.NickS
8.Ibbo
9.Hal
10. Alex
11.
12.

Reserve
1.NickK - seeing if I can cancel a mtg for that day[/quote]

Cheers
Alex

[Mark Griffith]

ROPES off will be at a leisurely 9am ,which means we will be diving about 12 at high water which will make the dive about 35m.Should be back at harbour 4.30-5pm.The cost will be £40.

The following text is taken from Ron Youngs excellent book:-Shipwrecks of the East coast volume two (1919-2003)
Grangemouth (II)

Was a 1,419 ton steel-hulled British merchant steamship registered at Glasgow. She measured 83.87m in length, with a 10.99m beam and a draught of 5.25m. Her single, probably steel propeller was powered by a 3-cylinder tripe expansion steam engine that developed 310hp using two boilers. She had two decks and superstructure consisting of an 11.58m poop deck, a 29.26m bridge deck and a 17.68m forecastle. In January 1915she was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a boarding ship and returned to the owner in April1919.
Final voyage
On 22 March1939 the steamer was left badly damaged following a colloision with the 440 ton steam trawler Sudanese. The Grangemouth was on a passage from Antwerp for Leith with an unspecified cargo.The twenty seven crew and four passengers immediately abandoned ship and were picked up by the trawler. When the steamship stayed afloat, some of the crew reboarded her. Tugs soon arrived on the scene, established a connection and took her in tow,but aftertravelling a short distancethe towline parted. Another tow line was established by a Grimsby tug,but the steamerwas low in the water by this time. They had only travelled a short distance when the Grangemouthsank, seven hours after the collision. The Sudanese landed her crew and passengers at Grimsby.
Wreck-site
The wreck is orientated in a north-east to south-west direction (045/225 degrees), woth her bows facing south-west. She lies on a seabed of small stones, sand and shingle in a general depth of 28m, the lowest astronomical depth. The wreck is very substantial, with her engine standing about 6.5m high, the forward hold intact, but worth the stern end well collapsed and broken up. The first co-ordinates offered above would place you in the middle of the wreck and between the two boilers and a large square block, possibly engines. They are in position resembling the Isle of Man’s triskelion. The hull stands up only 1m high. However it is possible that the tidal movements and storms have moved the sand over the years, causing the wreck to sink. Towards the bow section, there are lots of copper pipes with brass flanges attached and large brass valves. Her huge winching gear for the anchor is laid over on its port side. Recent reports say that divers in the past year or so have recovered the large brass letters of the ships name from the stern end, which identified the ship. Marine life is quite abundant around the wreck-site with crabs and lobsters fairly numerous .

Any questions please get in touch.
cheers
Mark

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by Alex

Hi Mark

I am in!

1.Mark Griffith
2.Rob Waterston
3.Adamr
4.Steven
5.Mark2
6.rustferret
7.NickS
8.Ibbo
9.Hal
10. Alex
11.Simon Leeds bsac
12.Julian Leeds bsac

Reserve
1.NickK - seeing if I can cancel a mtg for that day

Cheers
Alex[/quote]
cheers
Mark

[HAL]

I am afarid I am unable to make it and I am going to have to pull out (can not get the time off work) realy sorry to mess every one around.

Anyway have a good one all

[Mark Griffith]

There is one place left available.See post 7 for details.
cheers
Mark