This is the information page about the shipwreck Osage (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 41.122 N,5 51.834 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

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: OSAGE (POSSIBLY)

Length 61 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1010 ton
Load: oil,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: ex-belame, ex-ferrol. built in 1914 by devonport dockyard. owned at time of loss by the royal fleet auxillary. eight cylinder oil engine of 401 bhp, single shaft. machinery aft by j & c bolinders diesels/fairfield co ltd. passage belfast for foyes. bombed by german aircraft 4 miles ne of arklow lt ho. badly damaged, caught fire and sank. crew of 17 all recovered. (ww1sl & sii).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 42 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 POSN ABOUT 524300N, 055400W OR 4 MILES NE OF ARKLOW LTV. (TRADE DIVISION LIST DEC '40). H0109/45 9.5.45 H0109/45 9.5.45 NOTED IN WESTERN APPROACHES LIST WAGO 524. AUBD 319/84 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 524200N, 055200W, L 310FT, H 32FT. (C IN C W A). 21.11.72 21.11.72 INS AS USCPA 8FMS. NE 1410. 9.11.77 9.11.77 AMEND TO USCPA 15MTRS. NC 1787. 27.4.78 27.4.78 AMEND TO USCPA 35.0MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H1270/81 10.6.82 H1270/81 10.6.82 AMEND TO WK 50MTRS. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NE 1787/1410. H1935/80 7.10.82 H1935/80 7.10.82 EXAM'D 21.10.81 IN 524106N, 055148W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 50MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. APPARENTLY IN 2 PARTS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 29.6.12 29.6.12 EXAM'D 23.5.12 IN 5241.1224N, 0551.8338W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.7 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SCOUR 1.7MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 70MTRS TOWARDS 025 DEGS. LENGTH 37.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 042/222 DEGS. (INFOMAR CV 12_01, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 28.6.12). AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?PART OF WK

Position: 52 41.122 N,5 51.834 W

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