This is the information page about the shipwreck Osmed, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 8.831 N,2 7.909 W (58.183333333333, -13.95)

 

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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. Almeda star
2. Athelcrest
3. Aurelia
4. Bassano
5. Crown arun
6. Empire fal
7. Frank c
8. Graigwen
9. Hillfern (possibly)
10. Hms astronomer (possibly)
11. Hms jasper (probably)
12. Hms sphinx (possibly)
13. Jenny jensen (possibly)
14. Kyno
15. Lady helen
16. Makalla (probably)
17. Mizpah
18. Neptunian
19. Ocean dawn
20. Osmed
21. Snekkar arctic
22. St malo
23. Stangrant
24. Svarton (probably)
25. Titan
26. Tregenna
27. U 309
28. Ville de mons
29. Zannes gounaris

 

Name: OSMED

Length 74.1 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1545 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-mineral. built in 1903 by sir raylton dixon & co ltd, middlesbrough. sold to swedish owners in 1909 & owned at time of loss by rederi-a/b nordkap. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by richardson westgarth, middlesbrough. passage blyth for halmstad. cargo coal. torpedoed 24m from kinnaird hd. 13 lost. (sibi & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 27.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 580900N, 020800W. (AUBD 314/56, EG 25). 29.8.78 INS AS USCPA 35MTRS NC 115. 8.10.12 EXAM'D 3.7.12 IN 5808.831N, 0207.909W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.9 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS: N PART LENGTH 14.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS; S PART LENGTH 47.8MTRS, WIDTH 16.2MTRS. MAX HT 7.1MTRS. BOTH LIE APPROX 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, SMALLER TO THE NORTH, LENGTH IS TOTAL

Position: 58 8.831 N,2 7.909 W

 

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