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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Django
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. El dorado
31. Elnet
32. Ethel radcliffe
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Farmatyr
35. Fidelio
36. Frumenton
37. G and e (possibly)
38. Gasfire
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Gipsy (possibly)
42. Girl linda
43. Glen derry (probably)
44. Glen tilt (possibly)
45. Glynn
46. Groenlo
47. Gulf breaker
48. H h petersen
49. Helena
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms cantatrice
52. Hms christopher (possibly)
53. Hms condor (probably)
54. Hms dhoon (probably)
55. Hms donside (possibly)
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms exmoor
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm d5
75. Horseferry (probably)
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. Kenneth hawksfield
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Liliane (possibly)
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Marsworth
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Mascotte
92. Memento (possibly)
93. Merchant
94. Mercurius
95. Meriones
96. Mirella
97. Montferland
98. Mudo
99. Murdoch (probably)
100. Nadir
101. Navarra (possibly)
102. Nereus
103. Newland (possibly)
104. Nominoe
105. Nordborg (possibly)
106. Noreen
107. Novocastrian
108. Oil trader
109. Onto
110. Otis tarda
111. Philipp m
112. Pluton
113. Polaris
114. Prima
115. Quest
116. Regain
117. Ren
118. Reward (possibly)
119. Rhineland
120. Robin iv
121. Robrix
122. Rochester city
123. Rogate
124. Roine
125. Roxanna
126. Rye
127. Scotia
128. Sea rhine
129. Silksworth hall (probably).
130. Sir william stephenson
131. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
132. Skodsburg (possibly)
133. Southford
134. St patrick
135. Stad alkmaar
136. Stanmount
137. Strive
138. Sunniside (probably)
139. Taber park
140. Thomas m (possibly)
141. Tidal (possibly)
142. Togston
143. Tregantle (possibly)
144. Trevethoe
145. Tunisiana
146. U 13 (probably)
147. Uc 62 (possibly)
148. Ui-001
149. Vanguard
150. Viola (possibly)
151. Virgilia
152. War mehtar
153. War valley
154. White swan
155. White swan (possibly)
156. Yewvalley (possibly)
157. 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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