This is the information page about the shipwreck Octavia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.223 N,4 0.258 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: OCTAVIA

Length 33.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 173 ton

Cause: sank following a collision with s trawler george caresins. built in 1906. owned at time loss by r hudson, preston.

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 235 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 31.1.90 SUNK IN POSN 12M SE OF MAUGHOLD HEAD, ISLE OF MAN, OR IN 541030N, 042000W APPROX. (A CORKHILL, 21.1.90). HH100/351/07 19.5.93 WK OF OCTAVIA EXAM'D 3.5.93 IN 541012N, 040014W BY DIVER. LIES WITH BOWS TO WEST & STERN TO EAST. HULL INTACT, LISTING TO STARBOARD, WITH SMALL SPLIT FROM DECK TO BELOW WATERLINE ON STARBOARD SIDE. ABOVE DECKS SHOWING SIGNS OF COLLAPSE. STANDS 6.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. BELL RECOVERED. (K HURLEY, 7.5.93). INS AS WK 15.5MTRS.

- NM 1929/93. HH090/728/01 24.9.97 EXAM'D 16.6.97 IN 541009.1N, 040015.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.2, FOUL 17.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.6MTR. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 056/236 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 728). BR STD. HH100/351/15 23.11.99 LOCATED IN 5410.216N, 0400.268W [WGD] USING DGPS. (A CORKILL, LTR DTD 20.11.99). NCA. SEP 2022/000162611 01.06.20 EXAM'D BY BDC 01.06.20 IN 5410.223N, 0400.258W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. LENGTH 34.62MTRS, WIDTH 8.04MTRS, HT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 301 DEGS. (CROGGS LTD SURVEY, BDC H525.2(LITE)). AMENDED DW 19.2M IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSING, BOW W, LISTING TO STBD

Position: 54 10.223 N,4 0.258 W

 

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