This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 41.947 N,1 1.52 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Anboto mendi (possibly)
4. Athelstane
5. Atlas (possibly)
6. Atwing (possibly)
7. Aurora
8. Azira
9. Balzac
10. Blairhall
11. Blue dawn
12. Braconash (possibly)
13. Burnhope (part of)
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Clare (possibly)
19. Clavering (part of)
20. Corsham
21. Cranford (possibly)
22. Dayspring (probably)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Earl percy
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Fawn (probably)
31. Fervent
32. Gateshead (possibly)
33. Gothia
34. Gran
35. Grit
36. H a brightman
37. H c flood (probably)
38. Harraton
39. Hartley
40. Harvest
41. Hawkwood
42. Hebble (probably)
43. Heckler
44. Helene
45. Helvetia (possibly)
46. Hendrika
47. Hmms 180
48. Hms euston
49. Hms fairplay 2
50. Hms loch naver
51. Hms ruthin castle
52. Hms snaefell (probably)
53. Hogarth
54. Humber
55. Ida duncan
56. Intent
57. Jenny m (possibly)
58. John miles
59. Jytte (possibly)
60. Kalua
61. Kasko
62. Kilkis (possibly)
63. King james (possibly)
64. La basiase (la bastaise)
65. Linden (probably)
66. Llwyngwair (possibly)
67. Loch-na-gar (probably)
68. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
69. Lucida
70. Maindy bridge (possibly)
71. Margaret sutton
72. Mayoress pelican
73. Mile end (possibly)
74. Montauban
75. Moorwood (possibly)
76. Narcissus (possibly)
77. Nordheim (possibly)
78. Ocean
79. Ottoland (possibly)
80. Pathfinder
81. Patria
82. Pitwines (probably)
83. Poltava (possibly)
84. Povena
85. Presto (possibly)
86. Ragni (probably)
87. Ravensbourne (possibly)
88. Ravnanger (probably)
89. Rfa creosol
90. Rising sun (part of)
91. Rising sun (part of)
92. Rosella (probably)
93. Rotha
94. S t wallsend
95. Saga (possibly)
96. Schaldis (possibly)
97. Stag 5 (probably)
98. Staithes (possibly)
99. Stangate
100. Stora-korsnas-link i
101. Suavity
102. Sunniva (possibly)
103. Talisman (possibly)
104. Tatiana (possibly)
105. Teal (probably)
106. Teesdale (possibly)
107. Thames (probably)
108. The stewarts court (probably)
109. Vestra
110. Vianna (possibly)
111. Vianna (probably)
112. Victory
113. Voorwarts (possibly)
114. Wayside flower
115. Winga
116. Winga (possibly)
117. X.l.
118. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: OCEAN

Length 75.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1442 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1894 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 155hp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng co. passage granton for london. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by ub-21.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4 MILES E BY N FROM HARTLEPOOL. (WW1SL). SHOWN ON CHARTS PRIOR TO 1925.. 16.3.25 AMEND TO DW. NE 2567, 1191, 1192. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW (1917) ON 1191, 1192 (OLD EDN). H4593/59 9.5.66 AMEND TO DW(PA). NC 2567. H460/67 5.4.67 EXAM'D IN 544158N, 010120W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 65FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 96 IN GEN DEPTH 130FT. SCOUR DEPTH 133FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 19.9.66). AMEND TO WK 16FMS. BR STD. 15.5.73 AMEND TO WK 29MTRS. NC 2567. H460/67 24.12.76 AMEND TO SW 20MTRS.

- NM 71/77. H1921/77 27.4.77 EXAM'D 9.3.77 IN 544158.5N, 010120W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.94MTRS, LENGTH 118MTRS. LIES NE/SW. MIDSHIP SECTION APPARENTLY COLLAPSED AND MAY BE PARTLY COVERED BY SEDIMENT. (HMS FOX, HI 46/77). AMEND TO WK 28.5MTRS.

- NM 1093/77. H2534/74 5.11.81 CHARTED POSN CONFIRMED USING HIFIX. (HMS IVESTON, HN DTD 22.10.81). H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 22.8.88 IN 544159N, 010120W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.2, FOUL AT 24.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS, LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEG. IS UPRIGHT, PARTLY BURIED AND IN TWO HALVES. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE FOULED BY NETS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B).

- NM 596/89. SEP2017/000002822 23.5.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16 IN 5441.947N, 0101.520W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.48MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, LENGTH 120.5MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.82MTRS, ORIENTATION 050/230 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGE AND UPRIGHT BUT BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE BOW AND STERN ARE INTACT AND ELEVATED BUT THE WRECK IS FLATTENED MIDSHIPS. CAN SEE CLEARLY THE CARGO HOLDS AND VESSEL STRUCTURE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PARTLY BURIED, IN TWO HALVES, ?NETTED

Position: 54 41.947 N,1 1.52 W

 

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