Granero: Crawton Ness, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Granero: Crawton Ness, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crawtonness; Crawton Bay; Fowls Heugh; Granero
Canmore ID 101884
Site Number NO87NE 8002
NGR NO 88531 79602
NGR Description NO c. 881 798
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101884
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO87NE 8002 c. 881 798
N56 54.6 W2 11.8
NLO: Crawton [name: NO 880 798]
Crawton Ness [name: NO 881 798]
Fowls Heugh [name: NO 879 799].
See also NO87NE 8003.
Formerly also entered as NO87NE 8003 at cited location NO 8810 7980 [N56 54.57 W2 11.73], and also at location NO 8853 7960 [N56 54.4667 W2 11.3].
Steamship GRANERO, of Norway, master Christian Brandt. Bound from Finland to Grangemouth. Lost 23 Oct 1933, 7pm. Crawton Ness, 2 miles from Tod Head Lighthouse, North Sea. Cause of wreck, low vizibility. Crew 17, all saved. Cargo pit props.
[Contemporary] source: Tod Head Lighthouse.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
-----------------------------
The GRANERO was on a voyage from Hango to South Alloa (Forth) when it went ashore on the south side of Crawtonness, 4 miles south of Stonehaven on 23 October 1933.
Surveying Details
-----------------------------
17 August 1970. There is a report of part of the wreck being taken into custody of Receiver of Wreck at Aberdeen. Part of manganese/brass propeller weighing 1 ton 7cwt was handed in by Messrs Entwistle & Sons (metal) Ltd, Dundee. The wreck was located 1 mile due E of Crawtonness [Crawton Ness] in 13.7 metres of water (this position is is too far out to sea to be 13.7 metres suggest about 0.5 miles due east).
Report via Lloyds dated 7 August 1970 from the Receiver of Wreck, Aberdeen.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of pit props: date of loss cited as 23 October 1933). Granero: [this vessel] stranded [on the] S side of Crawtonness [Crawton Ness]. Capt. Brandt.
Registration: Drammen. Built 1923. 1318grt. Length: 74m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 54.47 W2 11.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A2263 2 pairs of bearing shells: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
(Location entered as NO c. 881 798 [N56 54.6 W2 11.8]). In the absence of an accurate location for and description of the underwater remains, the location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The wreck of the vessel may have slipped downslope and to seaward after stranding.
Todhead Lighthouse (NO87NE 19) is at NO 86972 76959.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 June 1995.
Loss (23 October 1933)
Steamship GRANERO, of Norway, master Christian Brandt. Bound from Finland to Grangemouth. Lost 23 Oct 1933, 7pm. Crawton Ness, 2 miles from Tod Head Lighthouse, North Sea. Cause of wreck, low vizibility. Crew 17, all saved. Cargo pit props.
[Contemporary] source: Tod Head Lighthouse.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of pit props: date of loss cited as 23 October 1933). Granero: [this vessel] stranded [on the] S side of Crawtonness [Crawton Ness]. Capt. Brandt.
Registration: Drammen. Built 1923. 1318grt. Length: 74m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 54.47 W2 11.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (19 June 1995)
NLO: Crawton [name: NO 880 798]
Crawton Ness [name: NO 881 798]
Fowls Heugh [name: NO 879 799].
See also NO87NE 8003.
Formerly also entered as NO87NE 8003 at cited location NO 8810 7980 [N56 54.57 W2 11.73], and also at location NO 8853 7960 [N56 54.4667 W2 11.3].
Note (19 June 1995)
(Location entered as NO c. 881 798 [N56 54.6 W2 11.8]). In the absence of an accurate location for and description of the underwater remains, the location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The wreck of the vessel may have slipped downslope and to seaward after stranding.
Todhead Lighthouse (NO87NE 19) is at NO 86972 76959.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 June 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
-----------------------------
The GRANERO was on a voyage from Hango to South Alloa (Forth) when it went ashore on the south side of Crawtonness, 4 miles south of Stonehaven on 23 October 1933.
Surveying Details
-----------------------------
17 August 1970. There is a report of part of the wreck being taken into custody of Receiver of Wreck at Aberdeen. Part of manganese/brass propeller weighing 1 ton 7cwt was handed in by Messrs Entwistle & Sons (metal) Ltd, Dundee. The wreck was located 1 mile due E of Crawtonness [Crawton Ness] in 13.7 metres of water (this position is is too far out to sea to be 13.7 metres suggest about 0.5 miles due east).
Report via Lloyds dated 7 August 1970 from the Receiver of Wreck, Aberdeen.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (2001)
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A2263 2 pairs of bearing shells: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9
Name : GRANERO
Latitude : 565428
Longitude : 21118
Date Built : 1923
Registration : DRAMMEN
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1318
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 74
Beam : 11
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1933
Comment : Stranded south side Crawtonness. Capt. Brandt
Cargo : PIT PROPS
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003066
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.90778,-2.18833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.90761,-2.18994
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.90778,-2.18833
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 26
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : GRANERO
Type : SS
Flag : NORWEGIAN
Length : 73.9
Beam : 11.3
Draught : 4.9
Tonnage : 1318
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : PIT PROPS
Date Sunk : 23/10/1933
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1933
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1923. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HANGO, FINLAND FOR ALLOA. WENT ASHORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CRAWTONNESS.
Surveying Details : **17.8.70 PART OF MANGANESE BRASS PROPELLER OF WEIGHT 1TON 7CWT HANDED IN BY MESSRS ENTWISTLE & SONS (METAL) LTD DUNDEE. LOCATED 1 MILE DUE E OF CRAWTON NESS IN 45FT OF WATER. (REPORT VIA LLOYDS DTD 7.8.70 FROM RECEIVER OF WK ABERDEEN). PROBABLY 0.5 MILE TO GIVE CORRECT WATER DEPTH. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 15/10/2003
Date Position Last Amended : 15/10/2003
