This is the information page about the shipwreck Oil trader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.372 N,2 1.755 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corbrook
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. David b summers
25. Django
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Ethel radcliffe
29. Excellenz mehnert
30. Farmatyr
31. Fidelio
32. Frumenton
33. Gasfire
34. Geneva
35. George fisher
36. Gipsy (possibly)
37. Girl linda
38. Glen derry (probably)
39. Glen tilt (possibly)
40. Glynn
41. Groenlo
42. Gulf breaker
43. H h petersen
44. Helena
45. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
46. Hms christopher (possibly)
47. Hms condor (probably)
48. Hms dhoon (probably)
49. Hms donside (possibly)
50. Hms evesham (possibly)
51. Hms exmoor
52. Hms fontenoy
53. Hms force
54. Hms glen prosen
55. Hms irvana (part of)
56. Hms jessie nutten
57. Hms kaphreda
58. Hms m a west (probably)
59. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
60. Hms orthos (probably)
61. Hms pelton (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tugela
67. Hms washington (probably)
68. Hmsm d5
69. Horseferry (probably)
70. Impulsion
71. Ionian (probably)
72. Kenneth hawksfield
73. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
74. Knitsley (possibly)
75. La perouse (possibly)
76. Langeli (possibly)
77. Liliane (possibly)
78. Lindisfarne (probably)
79. Lingfield
80. Mardyke
81. Maria rosa
82. Marianne (probably)
83. Marsworth
84. Mascota (possibly)
85. Mascotte
86. Memento (possibly)
87. Merchant
88. Mercurius
89. Mirella
90. Montferland
91. Mudo
92. Murdoch (probably)
93. Nadir
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Newland (possibly)
97. Nominoe
98. Nordborg (possibly)
99. Noreen
100. Novocastrian
101. Oil trader
102. Onto
103. Otis tarda
104. Philipp m
105. Pluton
106. Polaris
107. Prima
108. Quest
109. Regain
110. Ren
111. Reward (possibly)
112. Rhineland
113. Robin iv
114. Robrix
115. Rochester city
116. Rogate
117. Roine
118. Roxanna
119. Rye
120. Scotia
121. Sea rhine
122. Silksworth hall (probably).
123. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
124. Skodsburg (possibly)
125. Southford
126. St patrick
127. Stad alkmaar
128. Stanmount
129. Strive
130. Sunniside (probably)
131. Taber park
132. Thomas m (possibly)
133. Tidal (possibly)
134. Togston
135. Tregantle (possibly)
136. Trevethoe
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Ui-001
139. Vanguard
140. Viola (possibly)
141. Virgilia
142. War mehtar
143. War valley
144. White swan
145. White swan (possibly)
146. Yewvalley (possibly)
147. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: OIL TRADER

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 196 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161219

Details measurements/cartography: H01494/41 18.4.41 POSN 523300N, 020106E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38FT LWST. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 84FT LWST. (FO YARMOUTH 18.4.41). INS WK 6FMS.

- NM 1411/41. H01494/41 26.4.47 DISPERSED TO CLEAR TO 35FT (HMS SWITHA, 24.6.47). H01494/41 31.1.49 LOCATED IN 523318N, 020140E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT. SURROUNDING DEPTH 89FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.1.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NMS 1662/48 & 1752/48. H3730/69 1.6.69 EXAM'D IN 523319N, 020152E [OGB] USINGHIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST ES/ DEPTH E/S 70FT IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. SEABED SAND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/69). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2233/71 26.1.71 EXAM'D IN 523330N, 020138E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6MTRS IN GEN DEPT 27.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN TWO. SILTED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 12/70). RETAIN AS WK 8FMS IN REVISED POSN UNTIL SWEPT. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523324N, 020147E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.0MTRS, FOUL AT 20.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2MTRS IN GEN DEPT 27.4MTRS. SCOUR 27.8MTRS. LIES NNE/SSW, ABOUT 400FT LONG. SMALL SCOUR AT NORTHERN EXTREMITY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 24.6.71). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 9.2.72 WRECK SITE GENERAL CHAOS. NO VISIBLE SHIP SHAPE. ONLY RECOGNISABLE SECTION BEING STERN. LEAST E/S 75FT IN 93FT. NO SCOUR. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS 1970 & 1971). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 19.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 523320.8N, 020151.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.3, FOUL 20.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LENGTH 124MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. APPEARS CHAOTIC. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 19.12.16; IN 5233.372N, 0201.755E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 123.4MTRS, WIDTH 30.1MTRS, HEIGHT 6.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 196/016 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1474). AMEND DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 33.372 N,2 1.755 E

 

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