This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean hound, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 18.887 N,1 48.338 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: OCEAN HOUND
Length 21.9 meter, tonnage 43 ton
Cause: 18.11.91 owned at time of loss by philip bowditch, taunton. oil engine, single shaft. passage zeebrugge for fishing. sunk due to collision with unknown southbound vessel in dw route. ('world in action' shown on itv 18.11.91). probably capsized due to severe interaction between it and an overtaking sw-bound, unknown vessel, and then drifted ne in a semi-buoyant condition until it was struck and finally sunk by a second unknown vessel. (imo casualty report). crew of 5 lost. (sibi & others).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 32 cm
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: HH240/350/01 21.8.91 HH240/350/01 21.8.91 LOCATED IN 511848N, 014827E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.1, FOUL AT 16.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37.8MTRS. MARKED BY AN E CARDINAL BUOY, Q(3)10S, RACON 'D', LAID 1C ENE IN 511851N, 014836E. (TH HARWICH TLX DTD 12.8.91; TH NM 49/91).
- NM 2495/91. HH240/350/01 28.8.91 HH240/350/01 28.8.91 EXAM'D 12.8.91 IN LISTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. OTHER DETAILS AS ABOVE. (THV MERMAID, 12.8.91). NFA. 10.9.91 10.9.91 DIVED ON AND EXAM'D BY UNDERWATER CAMERA. LIES ON KEEL WITH 15DEG LIST TO STBD. PORT SIDE TRAWL GEAR ON DECK BUT STBD TRAWL, FULL OF FISH AND STILL ATTACHED TO DERRICK, HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED. NO SIGN OF COLLISION DAMAGE. (FISHING NEWS, 30.8.91). HH240/350/01 28.1.92 HH240/350/01 28.1.92 RACON TO BE DISCONTINUED ON OR ABOUT 31.1.92. (TH NM 2/92 C2). DELETE RACON.
- NM 473/92. HH242/405/01 30.7.92 HH242/405/01 30.7.92 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.2MTRS IN 511851.5N, 014827.5E [OGB]. BUOY REMOVED. (TH NM 30/92). AMEND TO SW 25MTRS [13FMS] IN REVISED POSN & DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2408/92. [EUR] POSN: 511856.5N, 014826.5E. HH242/405/01 25.8.92 HH242/405/01 25.8.92 EXAM'D 26.7.92 AFTER WK HAD BEEN CUT DOWN BY WESTERN TOWING CO. LOCATED IN 511851.5N, 014827.5E [OGB] USING GPS. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.2, FOUL AT 28MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. (THV PATRICIA, 26.7.92). NFA. HH090/608/01 30.3.94 HH090/608/01 30.3.94. LOCATED BY DCS3 IN APPROX 511852.0N, 014826.5E. NOT EXAMINED. LENGTH 20MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 680). RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. NCA. HH091/159/01 1.8.07 HH091/159/01 1.8.07 LOCATED 13.2.07 IN 5118.887N, 0148.338E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.65 IN GEN DEPTH 37.3MTRS. LENGTH 19MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 032/212 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT. RETAIN SW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SW
Position: 51 18.887 N,1 48.338 E