This is the information page about the shipwreck Osprey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 43.333 N,1 42.264 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Alto (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Astrologer
11. Axminster (probably)
12. Barkis
13. Barrhill
14. Begona no 5
15. Bertha
16. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Boulderpool (fwd part)
18. British triumph
19. Camilla weston
20. Cantabria (probably)
21. Cardanel
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Chevington
25. City of kobe
26. Clansman (possibly)
27. Corchester
28. Cordene
29. Corduff
30. Courier (probably)
31. Cross sand ltv
32. Dashwood
33. David b summers
34. El dorado
35. Ems
36. English trader
37. Ethel
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Fulgens
40. Galatea (possibly)
41. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Georgia (for'd part)
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glynn
47. Gulf breaker
48. Hauxley (possibly)
49. Hector gannet
50. Hms agate
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms cloughton wyke
53. Hms condor (probably)
54. Hms dhoon (probably)
55. Hms dungeness
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms francolin
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms irvana (part of)
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms speeton (possibly)
65. Hms spider
66. Hms tettenhall
67. Hms tonbridge
68. Hms tranio
69. Hms tugela
70. Hms washington (probably)
71. Hms william stephen
72. Hmsm c 11
73. I t l anna b
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. King egbert
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Lingfield
82. Londoner (probably)
83. Mardyke
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Marsworth
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Memento (possibly)
88. Mercurius
89. Montferland
90. Mudo
91. Murdoch (probably)
92. Nadir
93. Navarra (possibly)
94. Nereus
95. Nominoe
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Norman queen
98. Novocastrian
99. Ole bull
100. Osprey
101. Otter
102. Oxshott (possibly)
103. Pacific (possibly)
104. Polaris
105. Prima
106. Regain
107. Reward (possibly)
108. Robin iv
109. Robrix
110. Roine
111. Rose marie
112. Roxanna
113. Roy
114. Rye
115. Sea rhine
116. Seagull
117. Seaham
118. Sheaf water
119. Silksworth hall (probably).
120. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
121. Skodsburg (possibly)
122. St mark
123. Thomas m (possibly)
124. Thursonian
125. Tregantle (possibly)
126. Trevethoe
127. Ui-001
128. Vanguard
129. Varoy
130. Viola (possibly)
131. Walkure
132. War valley
133. Welholme (possibly)
134. Whintown (possibly)
135. White swan
136. White swan (possibly)
137. Willowpool
138. Xanthe
139. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: OSPREY

Length 73.2 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1140 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1877 by m pearse & co. owned at the time of loss by the general steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by gourlay bros & co, dundee. passage granton for london. sank after collision with british ss 'st dunstan'. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1904

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1904, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H428/10 H428/10 WK IN 524320N, 014245E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2871/23 20.4.23 H2871/23 20.4.23 WK BUOY IN POSN 039 DEGS, 7.5 CABLES FROM DISUSED LTHO, WINTERTON, WITHDRAWN. (TH). H3930/61 10.12.65 H3930/61 10.12.65 DERELICT HULK, APPROX 58X10FT, IN POSN 150FT S OF WINTERTON GAP. SKELETON FRAME OF 32 RIBS AND 7 PLANKS. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (CG WINTERTON). NCA. H4852/74 18.12.74 H4852/74 18.12.74 SMALL LUMP IN POSITION OF WRECK, BUT NOTHING DEFINITE. (ISS, HI 11/74). NCA. H1960/79 30.3.81 H1960/79 30.3.81 REPORTED AS 'COVERED'. NO TRACE FOUND WHILE CLOSE SOUNDING THE AREA. (HMS EGERIA, HI 62B/80). 2.6.87 2.6.87 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 524318N, 014222E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 8-9MTRS. FOULED AT 2.5MTRS, BUT SWEEP NOT YET COMPLETE. LYING APPROX E/W. LENGTH ABOUT 85MTRS. REPORTED BY LOCAL FISHERMAN TO HAVE SUNK IN 1903 AND TO HAVE BEEN BUOYED AT ONE TIME. (NP 1016, TELECON). NCA YET. TH AND LOCAL CG INFORMED. H4021/86 16.6.87 H4021/86 16.6.87 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 0.7, FOUL AT 0.9MTR. (NP 1016, 10.6.87). CHART AS SW 0.7MTR.

- NM 1998/87. H4021/86 6.8.87 H4021/86 6.8.87 EXAM'D 3.6.87 IN 524318N, 014222E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. DETAILS AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. LIES IN SCOUR 7.8MTRS DEEP. GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY IN EXCESS 110NT INDICATED CLOSE TO W END OF WK. (NP 1016, HI 370). NFA. HH090/569/01 19.7.93 HH090/569/01 19.7.93 EXAM'D 15.5.93 IN 524318.2N, 014222.2E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR 2.0, FOUL 2.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.3 IN GEN DEPTH 3 TO 3.8MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS. PARTLY BURIED. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. STRONG SONAR RETURN BUT NO SHADOW OBTAINED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCOUR EXTENDS 25MTRS TO N OF WK. E/S DEPTH CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FISH. RECOMMEND ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 569). AMEND TO SW 2MTRS. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH090/844/01 12.4.99 HH090/844/01 12.4.99 EXAM'D 12.3.99 IN 5243.332N, 0142.240E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.0 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.5MTRS. SCOUR EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 844). AMEND TO WK 3MTRS. BR STD. HH242/540/19 15.6.05 HH242/540/19 15.6.05 LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.2MTRS. (NP 1016, HN DTD 8.6.05). AMEND WK 2.2MTRS. BR STD. HH091/113/01 21.7.05 HH091/113/01 21.7.05 EXAM'D 1.5.05 IN 5243.332N, 0142.261E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.19 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 280 DEGS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS W. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN, APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 1113). AMEND WK 2.1MTRS. BR STD. 20.10.11 20.10.11 LOCATED 17.5.11 IN 5243.329N, 0142.270E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.0 IN GEN DEPTH 6.0MTRS. MINOR SCOUR. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 097/277 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, PART COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1367). AMEND WK 2.0MTRS. BR STD. SEP2017/000280867 01.09.16 LOCATED IN 5242.333N 0142.264E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. NFS. (ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROJECT PM_1694). AMEND TO OBSTRN 1.6MTRS, MOVE TO REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS W, PART COLLAPSED

Position: 52 43.333 N,1 42.264 E

 

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