This is the information page about the shipwreck El oso, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.473 N,3 23.569 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. ? susie mo ii
2. Agnes
3. Alarm
4. Alcides
5. Alice
6. Anatolian
7. Angola
8. Angola (part of)(possibly)
9. Ann sumner
10. Anne elizabeth
11. Ant
12. Armagh
13. Auchenarden
14. Auspicious
15. Avon
16. Azalea
17. Bella
18. Ben cruachan
19. Berwyn
20. Bessie
21. Blairnevis
22. Blanche (possibly)
23. Boston
24. Bradda
25. Brazilian
26. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
27. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
28. Burbo tower (remains)
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burbo tower (remains)
31. Burbo tower (remains)
32. Burgedin
33. Cairnross
34. Calcium (probably)
35. Calderon
36. Cameronian
37. Carley marie
38. Caroline
39. Chagres
40. Chase
41. Christina shearer
42. City of brussels
43. City of st andrews
44. Colin russell
45. Colombus
46. Colorado
47. Concord
48. Coniston (probably)
49. Coral bank
50. Counsellor iii
51. Countess of devon
52. Croydon
53. Denbigh coast
54. Denham
55. Dublin
56. Dunmail
57. Ebeneezer
58. Edward finch
59. El oso
60. Elephant
61. Elizabeth
62. Elizabeth lathom
63. Ellan vannin
64. Ellen sarah
65. Ellen southwold
66. Emelie
67. Eros
68. Eversfield
69. Fairy
70. Fb 110 (possibly)
71. Fb 112 (possibly)
72. Fb 116 (possibly)
73. Fb 118 (possibly)
74. Fb 265 (possibly)
75. Fb 267 (possibly)
76. Fb 275 (possibly)
77. Fb 278 (possibly)
78. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
79. Fb 295 (possibly)
80. Fb 296 (possibly)
81. Fb 297 (possibly)
82. Fb 300 (possibly)
83. Fb 43 (possibly)
84. Fb 47 (possibly)
85. Fb 56 (possibly)
86. Fb 72 (possibly)
87. Fb 83 (possibly)
88. Fb 86 (possibly)
89. Fb 98 (probably)
90. Four brothers (possibly)
91. Frolic
92. Gannochy
93. Geofredo (part of)
94. Germania
95. Globe trotter
96. Gorsethorn
97. Gratitude
98. Hannah
99. Hannah landles
100. Hebe
101. Hebe (possibly)
102. Henry j smith
103. Herbie
104. Hero
105. Hms cochrane
106. Hvideorn
107. Ibis
108. Ida
109. India
110. Ionic star
111. Irene chalmers
112. J b kee
113. James and grace gregory
114. Jerseymoor
115. Jessie brown
116. John pierce
117. John w elliot
118. Juno
119. Kelvindale
120. Kilcoan (probably)
121. Leeds (probably)
122. Lelia
123. Letty
124. Little burbo beacon
125. Lochmonar (fwd part)
126. Lugar
127. Lyra
128. Mancunium
129. Mantura
130. Margaret
131. Marion
132. Mary
133. Mary agnes
134. Mary kate
135. Mary olivia
136. Mayflower (part of)
137. Mermaid (probably)
138. Mersey
139. Mid jordan beacon
140. Montreal
141. Munster
142. Murielle
143. Nautilus
144. Nazarine
145. Nestos
146. Nickolai
147. Nicola faith
148. North jordan bn
149. Ocean home
150. Ocean monarch
151. Old england
152. Ousebridge
153. Pegu (bow section)
154. Pegu (stern)
155. Penrhos (probably)
156. Penryn
157. Penstone
158. Perseverance
159. Perseverance
160. Peru (probably)
161. Phoenician
162. Pigeon
163. Ponce
164. Princess victoria
165. Prudence
166. Queen
167. Queens tower
168. Raoul et aurelie
169. Rea 5
170. Rea 7 (possibly)
171. Rea 8 (possibly)
172. Rea 9 (possibly)
173. Resurgam
174. Ringsend
175. Robert marsden
176. Robert seymour
177. Rosebud
178. Sarah
179. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
180. Seaville (part of)
181. Seaville (part of)
182. Severn
183. Sir george grey
184. Smelter
185. Speke (possibly)
186. Sportsman
187. Spurn
188. Stanleigh
189. Star of hope
190. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
191. Sultan
192. Sunbeam
193. Sunda
194. Talbot
195. The lady mostyn
196. Thomas
197. Thomas
198. Thorn
199. Thornton
200. Tongue beacon
201. Tongue beacon (possibly)
202. Tower base
203. Tt 6 (possibly)
204. U 1024 (possibly)
205. Ulstermore
206. Valeria
207. Vanguard
208. Ville de llanes
209. W.m.j
210. Walter dean
211. Weazel
212. William rawcliffe
213. Woodville
214. Ystroom (probably)
215. Zealandia

 

Name: EL OSO

Length 134.1 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 7267 ton
Load: oil

Cause: built in 1921 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by lobitos oil fields ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 678nhp, single shaft. passage lobitos and halifax for ellsmere portn. mined. (ww2sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: 3.2.40 DW PA IN 533715N, 032315W & LT BUOY, GP FL(3) G, 1.5 CABLES E. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - FNM 268/40. 21.3.40 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - FNM 735/40 & NM 1539/40. 22.10.46 G CAN LT BUOY, GP FL(2) G, CLOSE W OF WRECK. (THNM 118/46).

- NM 3555/46. 28.10.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3FMS 5FT. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 3607/46. H0113/40 16.5.55 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS 3FT LOCATED IN 533730N, 032330W. (HMS COOK).

- NM 2199/54. H1893/64 11.3.68 LOCATED IN 533726N, 032325W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. SCOUR DEPTH 92FT. SURVEYED IN SEA CONDITIONS FAR FROM IDEAL FOR GOOD E/S RESULTS. (HMS WOODLARK R OF S 19.9.67). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN. BR STD. H3542/68 7.8.68 WK APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 250FT LONG, LYING WITH BOWS SSE IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 65FT (BY DIVER) AT LWS ON 29.7.68. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 25FT. SCOUR VARIES IN DEPTH AROUND WK - DEEPEST PART BEING 130FT BELOW THE SURFACE. WK CUT IN HALF AMIDSHPS WITH BOW SECTION LYING UPSIDE DOWN. STERN LIES ON PORT SIDE AND STBD PROPELLER HAS BEEN REMOVED. (IND U/W ENTRPS LTD REPORT DTD 1.8.68). CHART AS WK 3FMS 5FT (7MTRS). BR STD. 29.8.73 [DATA FROM LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS] 21.1.40 LOCATED & BUOY ESTAB'D. LEAST DEPTH 14FT [LBD]. OIL ESCAPING FROM WK. 9.3.40 BUOY MOVES TO COVER WK OF COUNSELLOR. JULY 1946 REPD BY HMS SEAGULL IN POSN 533721N, 032318W, OR 143.5 DEG, 5.85M TO QUEENS FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36FT. OCT 1946 - NO CHANGE. 21.5.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 3FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - NE 1978. H3080/77 22.4.77 BUOY NOW R CAN, QKFL R, 294DEG, 700FT FM WK. (TH NM 115/76).

- NM1013/77. H3080/77 14.4.80 CONTRACT PLACED WITH MANOR DIVING CONSTRUCTION LTD FOR FULL SURVEY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OIL REMAINS WITHIN WK AND WITH VIEW TO POSSIBLE DISPERSAL OF WK. (TH, L(LH)2390/54, 19.3.80). - NCA. H3080/77 24.10.80 CONTRACT PLACED WITH MANOR DIVING FOR DISPERSAL. TO BE COMPLETED SPRING 1982, WEATHER PERMITTING. (HM CUSTOMS, LTR DTD 7.10.80). H3080/77 13.10.86 SWEPT CLEAR 11.9, FOUL 13.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.0MTRS. (TH, TLX DTD 17.9.86).

- NM3338/86. H3838/86 23.5.88 EXAM'D 17.11.87 IN 533727N, 032330W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. SCOUR 32MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - VERT. HT 12.6MTRS, SHADOW HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 140.5MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LYING 040/220 DEG, NEXT TO A SANDWAVE ALMOST AS HIGH AS WK, MAKING SONAR MEASUREMENTS DIFFICULT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). RETAIN AS CHARTED UNTIL NEXT REPORT FROM TH. H3666/87 3.10.88 BUOY LIGHT CHARACTERISTIC NOW Q. (TH, TLX DTD 5.7.88).

- NM 2330/88. H3838/86 28.10.88 RE-ASSESSMENT OF VIDEO RECORD OF HYDROSEARCH EXAMINATION ON 17.11.87 GIVES VERTICAL HT OF 8.1MTRS AND SHADOW HT OF 13.9MTRS ON MOST PROMINENT PROJECTION FROM THE WKGE. RECOMMEND CHARTED DEPTH BE RETAINED. (HMS BULLDOG, 10.10.88). - NCA. HH206/460/06 5.6.95 TH HAS RELINQUISHED POSSESSION OF WK AND CARGO. BUOY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. EXAM'D IN 533728.4N, 032329.5W USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5MTRS. (TH TLX DTD 1.6.95 & TH NM 20/95).

- NM 1937/95. HH090/758/01 20.11.98 EXAM'D 31.10.97 IN 533728.4N, 032334.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7, FOUL 15.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. HAS COLLAPSED INTO OWN SCOUR. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 758). AMEND TO SW 14.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 730/99.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP. COLLAPSED INTO SCOUR

Position: 53 37.473 N,3 23.569 W

 

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