This is the information page about the shipwreck Oliva, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 29.38 N,9 0.518 E (57.267966666667, 8.7885)

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: OLIVA

Length 97.2 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2723 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: built in 1948 by s p austin & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by minos shipping co ltd. passage szczecin for leith. sank following a violent explosion and fire in the engine room. crew recovered from boats. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2216/66 11.8.71 VESSEL LIES IN 27 MTRS, UPRIGHT, WITH MINIMUM DEPTH ABOVE MAST OF 3.6 MTRS. (AAHUS WARNING 105/71). NCA YET. H2216/66 23.8.71 TEMP MARKED WITH G CON WK MARKER WITH 2 FLAGS 75 MTRS NE & WK LT BUOY GP FL(2)G 5S 150 MTRS NE. LEAST DEPTH 8.0 MTRS OVER HULL & 3.6 MTRS OVER STERN MAST. (DANISH NM 920(T)/71). NCA YET. H2216/66 30.12.71 WK 3.6 MTRS IN 572920N, 090100E [EUR], WITH G CON LT BUOY GPFL(2) G 5S CLOSE NE. (DANISH NM 1429/71). INS AS WK 2FMS WITH BUOY.

- NM 67/72. H2216/66 24.7.72 NOW WK 20.0MTRS. DELETE WK BUOY. (DANISH NM 862/72, HAMBURG NM 2644/72). AMEND WK 11FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1442/72. 29.7.88 20.0MTRS SHOWN ON DANISH 92 [1980]. NC 2671. HH161/400/03 1.2.05 NOW IN 5729.380N, 0900.518E [WGD]. (DANISH CHART CORN 1-2/2/05). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 29.38 N,9 0.518 E

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