This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms royal oak, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.848 N,2 59.001 W (58.930800, -2.983350)

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.

Name: HMS ROYAL OAK

Length 189 meter, width: 26.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 29150 ton

Cause: built in 1914 by devonport dockyard. a dreadnought battleship. yarrow boilers, turbine engines of 40,000 shp for 22 knots. eight 15 inch, twelve 6 inch, eight 4 inch and four three pdr guns. torpedoed by german submarine u 47 (gunter prien). struck initially in the bow and shortly afterwards by a salvo of 3 or 4 torpedoes. sank with loss of 834 officers and ratings out of total complement of 1146.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H0108/39 6.10.39 THE STERN LIES 259 DEG, 4590FT FROM GAITRIP, WITH THE BOWS 052DEG, 620FT FROM THE STERN, IN 585550N, 025858W. (KHM, SCAPA FLOW). - FNM 2471/39. H0108/39 12.3.41 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 1FM. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 537/41. H489/41 17.5.41 G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G 20S LAID. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1133/41. H0108/39 23.6.43 BN ESTABLISHED ON WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1250/43. H0108/39 1.7.49 BN REMOVED. (RNO ORKNEY).

- NM 1270/49. 26.1.83 REPORTED TO BE STILL COMPLETE EXCEPT THAT SPOTTING TOP HAS COLLAPSED AND NOW LIES ALONGSIDE WK. BOATS STILL REMAIN AT DAVITS. 'SURVEYED' ANNUALLY BY DIVING TEAM FROM HMS COCHRANE, ON WHICH OCCASIONS WHITE ENSIGN IS ALWAYS REPLACED ON ENSIGN STAFF. (MR WINTER, TELECON). HH268/440/04 4.9.97 MOD CARRIED OUT SWATH-BATHYMETRY SURVEY OF WK BY COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR IN EARLY 1996. BOW POSN: 585554.24N, 025849.17W, [OGB], STERN POSN: 585550.58N, 025859.56W. OIL IS LEAKING FROM WK. (SALVAGE & MOORING ORGANISATION, FAX DTD 18.8.97). MEAN POSN: 585552.41N, 025854.22W [OGB]. BR STD. HH268/440/05 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02).

- NM 5104/02. HH268/440/06 14.12.05 BUOY NOW LIT FL(3) G, 20 SEC. (NLB, TLX DTD 9.12.05 & NM 53/05). BR STD. 24.5.06 WK HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY M/B. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED GREATER THAN 4MTRS. (M DEAN, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 55.848 N,2 59.001 W

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