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Dive Site Name: SS Greleen Position: 50.27.38N 03.13.47W Type: Wreck Tonnage: 2,286 tonnes Length: 313ft Cargo: Iron Ore Date Lost: 22/9/1917 How Lost: U Boat UB-40 Torpedo Max Depth Seabed: 43m Depth to top of Wreck: 35m Minimum Qualification: Deep Diver / Technical Diver (Or Equivilent) The Greleen was transporting iron ore from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough when she was torpedoed on her port side, midships by Oberleutnant Howaldt in his UB-40 just off Berry Head at 04:45. Because of the nature of her cargo she sank rapidly. The crew jumped overboard and 7 men were picked up some 4 hours later by the Norwegian S.S. Bob and came ashore at Torquay. The master, passenger and 17 crew were lost. She is intact with only a few holes. Her stern gun is still on her but broken fro m the mounting pedestal. Built as the Blairmore (Photo below is of the Blairmore) in 1894 at Harland and Wolf renamed Ballater before being renamed Greleen. The scan is a 3D image from www.3dliquid.co.uk More information see www.divesouthdevon.com 
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