This is the information page about the shipwreck Oakwell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.302 N,0 25.171 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Angelo rose
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Ardgantoch
10. Athos
11. Aucuba (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Avance (probably)
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Berwick (possibly)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Eli
39. Ellida (probably)
40. Erich lea
41. Ferruccio
42. Florence (possibly)
43. Florentia
44. Fred everard
45. G.3
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Hercules
59. Highgate
60. Hms banyers
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms dromio
64. Hms garmo (probably)
65. Hms locheil
66. Hms lord ridley
67. Hms swallow
68. Hms thalia
69. Hornsund (probably)
70. Houghton
71. Hurstwood
72. Jane
73. Jerv
74. Lady ann
75. Lady helen
76. Lampada (probably)
77. Lanthorn
78. Leersum (probably)
79. Lerwick (probably)
80. Linaria (probably)
81. London
82. Lowtyne (possibly)
83. Lucy
84. M c holm
85. Madame renee
86. Manx queen
87. Marchioness of londonderry
88. Marie stuart
89. Martina
90. Melanie (probably)
91. Membland (possibly)
92. Merrie islington
93. Modemi (possibly)
94. Mongolian
95. Moorlands
96. Norenda (possibly)
97. Norhilda
98. Novillo
99. Oakwell
100. Pandora
101. Paul
102. Phare (probably)
103. Philander (probably)
104. Polanna
105. Polruan
106. Princess olga (possibly)
107. Quaggy (probably)
108. Rema
109. Rikard nordraak
110. Runswick
111. Rutil
112. Saint ninian
113. Sapphire (probably)
114. Sarah thinnesen
115. Seistan
116. Serenity
117. Sir francis
118. Sirajah
119. Sixty-six
120. Skane
121. Sna ii
122. Southborough
123. Springhill
124. Sumus (probably)
125. Suntrap (probably)
126. Tangistan
127. Taurus (probably)
128. Trongate
129. Ub 30
130. Ub 41
131. Ub 75
132. Uc 70
133. Vaaren
134. Vaaren (possibly)
135. Victo (bow section)
136. Victo (stern section)
137. Victoria (probably)
138. Wallsend
139. Westowrie
140. Woodstock (bow section)
141. Woodstock (stern section)
142. Zeepaard

 

Name: OAKWELL

Length 38.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, tonnage 248 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built by craig , taylor & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by the united glass bottle manufacturers ltd. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 50nhp, single shaft. engine aft. passage seaham for london. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 78 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: 28.3.17 SANK 3 MILES NE OF NORTH CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (PA) (1917) IN 542500N, 002600W ON 1191. H4593/59 9.11.59 AMEND TO NDWPA. 28.8.73 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. H6331/87 27.1.89 WK EXAM'D 5.5.88 IN 542516N, 002504W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEG, WELL BROKEN AND DECAYED. HAS TWO HIGH POINTS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. H/351/03 25.10.90 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE OAKWELL - BELL RECOVERED. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 48 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. (A C JACKSON, 16.10.90). NCA. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 WK IS VERY CONFUSED AND THE BOILER AND ENGINE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE IN THEIR CORRECT LOCATION. HOLDS ARE FULL OF EMPTY GIN BOTTLES MARKED 'H & A GIBLEY'. VERY DECAYED. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16 IN 5425.302N, 0025.171W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS, LENGTH 42.7MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 078/258 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP AND SEVERELY DEGRADED. WRECK COMPRISES TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS OF DEBRIS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 42MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 25.302 N,0 25.171 W

 

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