This is the information page about the shipwreck Oiekast (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.333 N,1 51.17 W (50.088883, -1.852833)

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.

Name: OIEKAST (PROBABLY)

Length 52.1 meter, width: 8.9 meter, tonnage 606 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1908 by mek verks, bergen. owned at time of loss by akities oikast. triple expansion engine of 52 nhp, single shaft. passage rouen for cardiff in ballast. sunk by gunfire from u-53. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1951

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1951, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H03504/51 24.7.51 VERY OLD WK LOCATED IN 500454N, 015118W. LENGTH 200FT, HT 28FT. LIES 220/040DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). CHART AS NDW. SQ. DATE. 18.8.77 NOW CHARTED AS USC 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. 23.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FR 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. NCA. 20.9.88 SHOWN AS USC 40MTRS ON FR 6940 [1982 EDN]. NCA. 28.2.90 SHOWN IN 500500N, 015118W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. [FR WK NO 18101015]. NCA. HH090/588/01 3.11.93 EXAM'D 10.7.93 IN 500520N, 015110.2W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.1 IN GEN DEPTH 60.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.4MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. SMALL INTACT WK LYING 040/220DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 588).

- NM 4010/93. 17.11.93 [EUR] POSN: 500523N, 015105W. NC 2613. HH100/351/21 20.8.04 DIVED IN 5005.483N, 0151.150W [WGD]. A SMALL, WELL BROKEN COASTER, PROBABLY OF PRE 1890 CONSTRUCTION. BOW SECTION PARTIALLY COMPLETE WITH THE CHAIN LOCKER AND WINCH ON THE SEABED TO PORT. MIDSHIPS AREA BROKEN AND DISPERSED WITH A LARGE PILE OF LOBSTER POTS IN PLACE. SINGLE BOILER AND A SMALL COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. STERN INTACT BUT THE PROP IS BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES. RUDDER LIES ON THE SEABED. SCOUR UNDER THE STERN. (N R CHIPCHASE & MV SKINDEEP DIVERS). NCA. 2.2.07 THIS IS PROBABLY OIEKAST. DESCRIPTION FITS WHAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE SEABED AND IS CLOSE TO THE REPORTED POSN. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW & STERN INTACT, MIDSHIPS COLLAPSED

Position: 50 5.333 N,1 51.17 W

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