This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean vagabond, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17 N,20 11 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Ailsa craig (probably)
5. Alex van opstal
6. Aleyna
7. Algarve
8. Amy
9. Antonis g lemos (probably)
10. Apache
11. Arctic dawn
12. Arfon
13. Athen
14. Avalanche
15. Binnendijk
16. Black hawk (aft section)
17. Bokn (possibly)
18. Bonita
19. Borgund i (possibly)
20. Britannia (possibly)
21. British inventor (bow section)
22. Broomhill (probably)
23. Centurion
24. Chasseur 6
25. Chasseur 7
26. Chateau yqem
27. Conch
28. Countess of erne
29. Dagmar
30. Dallas city (possibly)
31. Derna (probably)
32. Deucalion
33. Einar jarl
34. Elena r
35. Elmcrest
36. Enecuri
37. Ethel (probably)
38. Evertsen
39. Finn
40. Forester (& pontoon)
41. Franziska
42. Frigga
43. Frogner ?
44. Gallia
45. Girnigoe
46. Gorizia
47. Grane
48. Greta c
49. Gripfast
50. Gudrun
51. Halsewell
52. Hartburn (probably)
53. Himalaya
54. Hms amazon
55. Hms arfon
56. Hms blackwood
57. Hms boadicea
58. Hms buccaneer
59. Hms dark gladiator
60. Hms delight
61. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
62. Hms fisgard ii
63. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
64. Hms gossamer
65. Hms hickory
66. Hms james fennel
67. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
68. Hms landrail (probably)
69. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
70. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
71. Hms remindo (possibly)
72. Hms warrior ii
73. Hmsm a3
74. Hmsm l24
75. Hmsm m2
76. Hmsm p555
77. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
78. Hmsm sidon
79. Ice prince
80. Inisinver
81. Iolanthe
82. Jeanne
83. Johan (possibly)
84. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
85. K m b (possibly)
86. Kolga
87. L h carl
88. License to kill (possibly)
89. Lst 507 (bow section)
90. Lst 507 (stern section)
91. Lst 531
92. Lucinda (possibly)
93. Majorca
94. Malka
95. Mallard (possibly)
96. Marguerite (possibly)
97. Marie therese
98. Martha
99. Meknes
100. Memnon
101. Merchant royal
102. Mersey
103. Milo
104. Minerva (probably)
105. Miniota
106. Moel tryvan
107. Moidart
108. Neree (possibly)
109. Neree (probably)
110. Netley abbey (possibly)
111. Nyasaland
112. Ocean vagabond
113. Orne (possibly)
114. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
115. Pan
116. Pas (c.182)
117. Perra (possibly)
118. Pitchipoy (possibly)
119. Pomeranian
120. Rapana
121. Reggestroom (probably)
122. Romsdalen (probably)
123. Rosten (possibly)
124. Rotorua
125. Rowella
126. Royal adelaide
127. Salsette ii
128. Scaldis
129. Seahawk
130. Siren
131. Snowdrop
132. Sparkling foam (possibly)
133. Spiral (possibly)
134. Stancrest
135. Sudon (possibly)
136. Tandil (probably)
137. Thera (possibly)
138. Tracy
139. Trito
140. U 1191
141. U 322 (possibly)
142. U 672 (possibly)
143. Ub 19 (probably)
144. Ub 74
145. Uffe
146. Ull (probably)
147. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: OCEAN VAGABOND

Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, tonnage 7174 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,timber,grain

Cause: 29.9.42 had been damaged by submarine torpedo on 29.9.42 and towed to st john's nf for temporary repairs. presumably, upon resumption of passage vancouver for loch ewe was sucessfully torpedoed and sank. (lloyds war losses ww2 & ww2 br msl).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 4400 meter

Known since: 1943

Details measurements/cartography: 25.8.76 25.8.76 VESSEL SANK IN 501700N, 201100W APPROX. (OCEANS, FORTS & PARKS BY MITCHELL & SAWYER). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 17 N,20 11 W

 

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