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 (52.881116666667, 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. Ayrshire (possibly)
8. Bertha
9. Boulderpool (fwd part)
10. British triumph
11. Camilla weston
12. Cantabria (probably)
13. Cardanel
14. Chevington
15. Continental (possibly)
16. Corchester
17. Cordene
18. Corduff
19. Courier (probably)
20. Dashwood
21. Efos
22. Ems
23. English trader
24. Ethel
25. Friesland
26. Galatea (possibly)
27. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
28. Gardenia
29. Georgia (for'd part)
30. Glen derry (probably)
31. Granta
32. Hauxley (possibly)
33. Hector gannet
34. Hms agate
35. Hms caroline moller
36. Hms cloughton wyke
37. Hms nogi
38. Hms tranio
39. Hms true accord (probably)
40. Hms william stephen
41. Hmsm c 11
42. Homefire
43. I t l anna b
44. Jessie maersk
45. Jevington court
46. Kenton
47. King egbert
48. Leelite
49. Londoner (probably)
50. Marden
51. Meriones
52. Mount ida
53. Oakgrove
54. Otter
55. Oxshott (possibly)
56. Pacific (possibly)
57. Pacific (possibly)
58. Pegrix
59. Rose marie
60. Roy
61. Salvus ii
62. St mark
63. St thomas (possibly)
64. Thursonian
65. Trelissick
66. Upminster
67. Varoy
68. Walkure
69. Welholme (possibly)
70. Whintown (possibly)
71. 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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