Wreck: Ospray ii (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ospray ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 31.024 N,5 45.622 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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.
More shipwrecks nearby
2. Aska
3. Byron darnton
4. Davaar
5. Edith morga
6. Falcon
7. Foxy lady
8. Glenhead
9. Guethary
10. Hms adept (possibly)
11. Hms breda
12. Hms duchess (probably)
13. Hms riant
14. Kartli
15. Kestiel (possibly)
16. Lupina
17. Menck
18. Mobeka
19. Moncousu
20. Ospray ii
21. Perelle (possibly)
22. Quesada (possibly)
23. Quesada (possibly)
24. St conan
25. Udea (probably)
26. Wilmere (probably)
Shipwreck details
Name: OSPRAY II
Length 39.6 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 295 ton
Cause: built in 1911 by smiths dock, middlesbrough. sank in sound of jura after colliding with fleetwood trawler caldew. collision took place in clear calm weather, caldew hit ospray ii amidships tearing huge hole in side of vessel. sank about 2m from ballochantuy shore. (argyll shipwrecks).
Year of registration: 1935
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm
Known since: 1935, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: H77/35 11.4.35 SANK IN POSN MCARTHURS HEAD BEARING N BY W 0.75W, MULL OF CANTYRE BEARING SSW IN 19FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA, POSN 553100N, 054500W FOR FILING ONLY. 18.11.65 NOW CHARTED AS NDWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC F6626. 25.7.69 NOW CHARTED AS DWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2724. 4.10.99 WK LIES UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. STERN IS MOST COMPLETE PART, THE BOW AND FRONT PORTION MORE FLATTENED. SHIP'S PROPELLER HALF BURIED IN SAND. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT'99). 9.10.13 EXAM'D 4.12.12 IN 5531.024N, 0545.622W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 29.87 IN GEN DEPTH 32.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP AROUND WK, DEEPER AT STERN. LENGTH 43.2MTRS, WIDTH 9.6MTRS, HT 3.10MTRS. LIES 162/332 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SSE, SCOUR DEEPER AT STERN
Position: 55 31.024 N,5 45.622 W
Continue searching
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway