This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms oswaldian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.26 N,3 16.573 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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. Aeolus (probably)
2. Alice of milford
3. Bonita
4. Borderdene
5. Casper 2
6. Den of seaton
7. Devonia
8. Durdham
9. Eden force
10. Elmdale
11. Emily
12. Fleur de lys
13. Foremost 45
14. Gleneuse
15. Hms oswaldian
16. Hms royal scot
17. Hongisto
18. Island queen
19. Jamaica planter
20. James & sarah (probably)
21. James mcgee
22. Kayeson
23. Lady non (possibly)
24. Lamb?
25. Maclaren
26. Margaretha (possibly)
27. Merkur
28. Mfb golden dawn
29. Middlesex
30. Mildrid
31. Mistress quigley
32. No 194 ax
33. Nornen
34. Persistent
35. Princess louise (probably)
36. Redvers buller
37. Severn transport
38. Sigvar
39. Teifi (possibly)
40. The american
41. Thomond (possibly)
42. Trio
43. Wild rose
44. Wythburn
45. Zelo

 

Name: HMS OSWALDIAN

Length 36.6 meter, width: 6.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 261 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd, beverley. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 74 nhp, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith ltd, hull. hired from 5.1940 and converted to a minesweeper/armed patrol trawler. mined. probably no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H0743/40 10.8.40 SUNK 1 MILE SE OF BREAKSEA LTV. (FOIC CARDIFF, 4.8.40). - PFNM 2007/40. H0835/40 1.10.40 INS DWPA IN 511910N, 031627W.

- NM 2390/40. H0743/40 16.8.49 H0743/40 16.8.49 DISPERSED IN 511912N, 031630W TO 30FT BELOW MLWS. IN GEN DEPTH 34FT. HARD BOTTOM. (CINC NORE, 15.8.49). H0743/40 11.11.49 SWEPT CLEAR AT 29, FOUL AT 30FT. POSN 511910N, 031627W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 33FT. SCOUR 4FT DEEP. (HMS SEAGULL, 27.10.49). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 5FT.

- NM 2317/49. H3942/88 22.1.90 NOT LOCATED DURING DCS3 SEARCH. (LAND & MARINE ENG LTD, HI 464). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 18.8.11 EXAM'D 6.3.11 IN 5119.260N, 0316.573W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.10 IN GEN DEPTH 10.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS, HT 0.9MTR. AN AREA OF FOUL GROUND CONTAINING MULTIPLE SMALL CONTACTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1326). APPARENTLY HULL DOWN WITH OUTLINE VISIBLE. BOWS NNW. AMEND WK 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.10.15 ASSESSED BT RT1W, DW 9MTRS IN 5119.260N, 0316.573W [WGD]. (RT1W, E.COOKSON DTD 29.10.15). AMEND DW 9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY HULL DOWN WITH BOWS NNW

Position: 51 19.26 N,3 16.573 W

 

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