This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 59.265 N,4 45.459 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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. Adono
2. Akka
3. Amy (possibly)
4. Arab (possibly)
5. Arthur
6. Beagle
7. Brent 1
8. Brent 2
9. Brent 3
10. Brent 4
11. C22
12. Caledonian (possibly)
13. Captayannis
14. Carronade
15. Cawnpore
16. Champion
17. Cormorant 1
18. Cormorant 2
19. Cormorant 3
20. Cougier
21. D 36
22. D46
23. D5
24. Eilean dhu
25. Elf 3
26. Elf 4
27. Endeavour
28. Europa
29. Fernlea (possibly)
30. Greenock
31. Hms arsenal (probably)
32. Hms seagull
33. Hms topaze
34. Iona i
35. Isabella of wigton (probably)
36. Jubilee star
37. Kintyre
38. Lady gertrude
39. Liz of ashton (possibly)
40. Mary anning
41. Ocean (possibly)
42. Osprey (fore part)
43. Ovington (probably)
44. Penola
45. Portland (possibly)
46. Princess of wales (fore section)
47. Rhoda (possibly)
48. Spray (possibly)
49. Urd (possibly)
50. Wallachia

 

Name: OCEAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 15.2 meter

Cause: 15.9.47 open launch, formerly a tender to hms ocean. passage garelock for greenock. swamped by heavy seas approx 0.5m s of rosneath pt. (greenock telegraph, 15.9.47).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2579/76 5.2.76 LOCATED 182 DEGS 12.9C FROM ARDENCAPLE CASTLE LT. WK APPROX 50FT LONG, LYING ON SIDE AND STANDING 15FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. BADLY DECOMPOSED WITH WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER RADIUS OF 50YDS. CONSIDERED TO BE HAZARD TO SHIPS & SUBMARINES ENTERING OR LEAVING GARELOCH. (HMS NURTON, HN 1/76, 28.1.76). NCA YET. H2579/76 25.2.76 REPORTED MARKED TEMPORARILY BY G CAN BUOY, FLG2S, IN 555916N, 044522W. LEAST DEPTH 11.3MTRS. (CPA, HN H/4/76, 9.2.76). - TNM 466/76. 30.3.76 REPORTED TO HAVE LEAST SWEPT DEPTH 10.3MTRS. DISPERSAL OPS TO BE CONDUCTED SOON. (CPA HYD., TELECON 30.3.76). NCA. H2579/76 13.9.76 WK DISPERSED BY EXPLOSIVES 18/19 AUG 1976. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (CWM 122/76 & 129/76).

- NM 466(T)/76 CANCELLED. H2579/76 5.11.76 WK HAS BEEN SWEPT TO 11.5MTRS BELOW CHART DATUM. (CWM 159/76). CHART AS SW 11.5MTRS IN 555916.5N, 044526W.

- NM 2302/76. H3997/83 30.12.85 SHOWN AS WK 12.6MTRS IN 555916N, 044523.5W ON DOE SURVEY SEP-OCT 1984. NCA YET. H1310/88/19 8.4.88 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE WK OF M LAUNCH 'OCEAN'. (J CROWTHER, 17.3.88). NCA. HH090/597/01 6.7.93 EXAM'D 8.5.93 IN 555915.8N, 044523.1W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. LIES 015/195DEGS ON SAND AND MUD SEABED. SONAR TRACE INDICATES POSSIBLY 3 HIGH POINTS. (HMS GLEANER, HI 597). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. HH274/480/04 4.11.99 WK LOCATED IN 5559.261N, 0445.464W [WGD]. (HMS INVERNESS, 1999). ASSUMED TO BE THIS WK. NCA. HH091/126/01 17.5.06 EXAM'D 18.3.06 IN 5559.2650N, 0445.4594W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.04 IN GEN DEPTH 15.09MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 2.05MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1126). AMEND WK 13MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000130507 25.2.15 EXAM'D 15.10.14 IN 5559.265N, 0445.459W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.00 IN GEN DEPTH 15.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20.0MTRS, WIDTH 8.0MTRS, HT 2.90MTRS. (FLEET HM UNIT, HI 1464). LIES APPROX 005/185 DEGS. BROKEN UP. SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS ON ATTACHED GRAPHIC. AMEND WK 12.6MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP

Position: 55 59.265 N,4 45.459 W

 

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