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 (54.421700, -0.419517)

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: 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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