This is the information page about the shipwreck Ocean way, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 48.79 N,1 9.31 E (55.8131667, 1.1551667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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 WAY
Length 17.1 meter, tonnage 80 ton
Cause: Built of wood in 1974. a shelterdeck trawler registered at buckie. oil engine of 215kw, single shaft. sailed n shields 1.11.14 for fishing. sank, cause not reported. two men recovered by raf helicopter, 1 dead, 1 missing.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 72 meter
Known since: 2014, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2014/000233399 12.11.14 LAST HEARD FROM 2.11.14 IN 5548.72N, 0009.12E [WGD]. (MRCC HUMBER). ASSUMED SUNK. INS AS NDWPA. SEP 2014/000249234 2.12.14 LOCATED 15.11.14 IN 5548.79N, 0109.31E [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. TOP OF MAST OBSERVED TO BE 11MTRS ABOVE SEABED BY ROV AND DCS3. (M EVANS, MAIB, EMAIL DTD 26.11.14). AMEND WK USC 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 56/15.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 48.79 N,1 9.31 E