This is the information page about the shipwreck Olivine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.05 N,1 1.026 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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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4. Asger ryg
5. Augustenburg
6. Barbara (possibly)
7. Braat ii
8. British commerce
9. Chatburn (possibly)
10. Coral
11. Cuba
12. Daylesford
13. Donegal (possibly)
14. Empire javelin
15. Faith
16. Fallodon
17. Fort yale
18. Gerarda
19. Gorizont
20. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
21. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
22. Hmcs alberni
23. Hms crestflower
24. Hms loyalty
25. Hms towhee
26. Implacable
27. Inger
28. Kingsdyke
29. Krasnaya presnia
30. Lct 2331 (probably)
31. Lct 757 (possibly)
32. Meandros (possibly)
33. Minerva (possibly)
34. Olivine
35. Orminster
36. Plm 4 (possibly)
37. Polandia (possibly)
38. Ringen
39. Saint enogat
40. Sines (possibly)
41. Spearfish
42. Teelin head
43. Tweed
44. U 123
45. U 152
46. U 153 (possibly)
47. U 90
48. Ub 122 (possibly)
49. Ub 81
50. Uss osprey
51. Val de saire
52. Victor-maurice
53. Whale unit 552 (possibly)
54. Wyndhurst
55. Y48

 

Name: OLIVINE

Length 56.4 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 634 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built in 1902 by j shepper & sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by w robertson, glasgow. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 91nhp, single shaft. passage st samson's, guernsey for calais. was stopped by u-33 and crew abandoned. vessel sunk by torpedo. no men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: 22.1.71 22.1.71 VESSEL SUNK 30M S OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (WW1SL). NCA. HH090/962/01 16.12.02 HH090/962/01 16.12.02 EXAM'D 1.6.02 IN 5013.050N, 0101.026W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.1 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 59MTRS. BR STD. 13.5.05 13.5.05 THIS IS OLIVINE. IDENTIFIED BY STEERING PEDESTAL NAME AND NUMBER. (D C WENDES). 30.1.07 30.1.07 WK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT WITH THE CARGO OF GRANITE PILED IN THE HOLDS. THE ENGINE ROOM IS A MESS, COSISTENT WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 50 13.05 N,1 1.026 W

 

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