This is the information page about the shipwreck Odense, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 54.908 N,2 9.191 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

 

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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: ODENSE

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1756 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: vessel abandoned then sunk by enemy submarine. (ww1sl) 2.10.17 harbour master at st abb's states that odense was attacked and torpedoed by u-boat but missed. she was then shelled by u-boat until rescued by aircraft. crew abandoned ship with loss of two lives. the vessel drifted ashore next day at pettico wick [various spellings]. repair work was carried out on her but on the day before the spring tide when it was hoped to float her off there was a storm and she was lost on 2.10.17. (mr p. baker, 3.12.74) eye witness account of the attack on this vessel and beaching near st abb's head. (g s colven, harbour master, st abb's - in h1310/84.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200520

Details measurements/cartography: H2501/19 24.3.19 SINKING POSN 555600N, 021230W. (SNO GRANTON). H4087/26 24.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). MENTIONED AS IN GEN DEPTH 75 FT, NEVER LOCATED IN 555600N, 021230W. (SHIPWRECKS AROUND GREAT BRITAIN - 1970). H1270/74 9.12.74 WRECKAGE BELIEVED TO BE FROM SS ODENSE LOCATED IN 555456N, 020915. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SUGGESTS SHIP WAS LOST AFTER DRIFTING ASHORE. COMPLETELY BROKEN UP, 2 BOILERS & A LOT OF PLATE SECTIONS OF SHIP'S BOTTOM BUT LITTLE ELSE RECOGNISABLE IN DEPTHS 10-30FT. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION BUT KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'PEANUT WK'. (P BAKER). H5249/76 23.9.83 AM RELIABLY INFORMED THAT THIS WK IS THE ODENSE. (W E BAKER, 25.8.83) 12.1.99 REMAINS OF ODENSE LIE IN DEPTHS 5-15MTRS IN BROADHAVEN BAY, PETTICOWICK TO N OF ST ABB'S HD. COMPLETELY BROKEN UP, PLATES AND CROSSBARS COVERED IN SUGAR KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN'99). HH090/915/01 16.1.02 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). NCA. 25.2.05 LITTLE REMAINS OF WK, WITH ONLY BOILER AND SOME WELL SCATTERED BITS OF GIRDER AND WINCH AMONGST KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'05) SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 20.5.20 IN 5554.908N, 0209.191W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. WK BROKEN UP WITH TWO BOILERS. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND DW 5.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP WITH TWO BOILERS

Position: 55 54.908 N,2 9.191 W

 

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