This is the information page about the shipwreck Oakgrove, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 10.336 N,1 41.293 E (52.8811167, 1.8525)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alston
5. Angele-erika
6. Asteria
7. Bertha
8. Boulderpool (fwd part)
9. British triumph
10. Camilla weston
11. Cantabria (probably)
12. Cardanel
13. Chevington
14. Continental (possibly)
15. Corchester
16. Cordene
17. Corduff
18. Courier (probably)
19. Dashwood
20. Efos
21. Ems
22. English trader
23. Ethel
24. Friesland
25. Galatea (possibly)
26. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
27. Gardenia
28. Georgia (for'd part)
29. Glen derry (probably)
30. Granta
31. Hauxley (possibly)
32. Hector gannet
33. Hms agate
34. Hms caroline moller
35. Hms cloughton wyke
36. Hms tranio
37. Hms true accord (probably)
38. Hms william stephen
39. Hmsm c 11
40. Homefire
41. I t l anna b
42. Jessie maersk
43. Jevington court
44. Kenton
45. King egbert
46. Leelite
47. Londoner (probably)
48. Marden
49. Mount ida
50. Oakgrove
51. Otter
52. Oxshott (possibly)
53. Pacific (possibly)
54. Pacific (possibly)
55. Pegrix
56. Rose marie
57. Roy
58. Salvus ii
59. St mark
60. St thomas (possibly)
61. Thursonian
62. Trelissick
63. Upminster
64. Varoy
65. Walkure
66. Welholme (possibly)
67. Whintown (possibly)
68. Willowpool

 

Name: OAKGROVE

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1985 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Bombed and sunk by german aircraft while on passage santander to grangemouth.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H0100/40 18.1.40 H0100/40 18.1.40 SUNK IN POSN 107 DEG, 15 MILES FROM CROMER KNOLL. (FOIC HUMBER, 10.1.40). - PFNM 144/40. H0259/40 14.5.40 H0259/40 14.5.40 INS AS DW PA IN 531112N, 014130E.

- NM 1179/40. H0100/40 19.12.49 H0100/40 19.12.49 LOCATED IN 531021N, 014118E. TO BE EXAM'D. NOT DANGEROUS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND TO NDW.

- NM 2603/49. H0100/40 20.1.50 H0100/40 20.1.50 OROPESA SWEEP - CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90 IN GEN DEPTH 104FT. SCOUR DEPTH 114FT.POSN 531021N, 014118E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.1.50). NFA. 7.6.67 7.6.67 AMEND TO WK 15FMS. LC 106. H5580/68 13.8.68 H5580/68 13.8.68 NOT SEARCHED FOR. SCOUR DETECTED WHILST SOUNDING 1.2 CABLES NE OF LISTED POSN. (HMS MYRMIDON, 1967). 8.3.72 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 27MTRS. NC 105. HH090/524/01 15.1.92 HH090/524/01 15.1.92 EXAM'D 8.7.91 IN 531018.8N, 014124.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.7, FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4 IN GEN DEPTH 31.2MTRS. SCOUR 6.5MTRS DEEP. LENGTH APPROX 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEG WITH DEEP SCOUR TO N & NW AND LONG SCOUR TO NW. STRADDLES SANDWAVES AND IS PARTIALLY BURIED. (LAND & MARINE, HI 525). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS.

- NM 387/92.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED, STRADDLES SANDWAVES

Position: 53 10.336 N,1 41.293 E

 

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