This is the information page about the shipwreck Oka 18, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.989 N,5 17.919 E (53.204983333333, 5.3967166666667)

 

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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: Oka 18

Length 84.7 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2847 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: vessel, built 1935 by nederlandsche schips. maats, amsterdam. grounded off terschelling island, after being badly damaged in collision with liberian mv "flora m". vessel was on passage klapeda, lithuania for rotterdam carrying potassium chloride, pig iron & timber. salvage abandoned as vessel sank deeply into sand. (msd)

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1968, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H3552/58 15.3.68 DW (MASTS) IN 532502N, 051800E. (HAGUE NM 612/68)

- NM 581/68. 19.9.89 OKA 18, DW (MASTS) IN 532502N, 051800E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO. M10 866) 17.7.98 SHOWN AS DW ON NETHERLANDS 1456. NC 112. 25.8.05 SHOWN IN 5324.998N, 0517.920E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1456 [AUG '03 EDN] & NETHERLANDS 1633 [2005 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NC 1633. 19.5.09 OKA 18, DW IN 5325.0N, 0517.9E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 2009, NO. M10 866)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 24.989 N,5 17.919 E

 

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