This is the information page about the shipwreck Ostprussen (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 2.075 N,1 48.795 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Dulwich
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Dynamo
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Ellewoutsdijk
34. Empire bridge
35. Erna boldt (probably)
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Farmatyr
41. Firth
42. Fort massac
43. Forth
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Heworth
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms duchess of hamilton
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms forward iii
71. Hms franc tireur
72. Hms harvest gleaner
73. Hms hastfen
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms holdene
76. Hms japan
77. Hms jessie nutten
78. Hms lord airedale
79. Hms marconi
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms resono (possibly)
85. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms st seiriol
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms velia (possibly)
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
98. Hnlms 227
99. Hornchurch
100. Ignis (possibly)
101. Ingi
102. Ionian (possibly)
103. Iris (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Jamesina
106. Janny
107. Jim
108. Kenneth hawksfield
109. Khartoum (possibly)
110. Knarsdale
111. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
112. Koningen emma (possibly)
113. Kwasind
114. La flandre (possibly)
115. Lady salisbury
116. Lapwing
117. Lapwing (possibly)
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lisette
120. Little world
121. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
122. Lonhelen (possibly)
123. Lord bute
124. Magdapur
125. Mangara
126. Marie leonhardt (probably)
127. Mascotte
128. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
129. Mexico
130. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
131. Moidart
132. Morar
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nico
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Norhauk
138. Norwich trader
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Palembang (probably)
143. Paullette
144. Peik
145. Persistant whisper
146. Pescado
147. Petshenga (possibly)
148. Phryne
149. Plawsworth (possibly)
150. Polgarth
151. Profit
152. Protinus (possibly)
153. Ravenscraig (possibly)
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Rochester city
156. Salerno (possibly)
157. Salerno (possibly)
158. Savona (probably)
159. Scimitar
160. Sea king
161. Second chance (possibly)
162. Simon bolivar
163. Southford
164. St patrick
165. Storm
166. Sunk head tower
167. Tergestea
168. Terukuni maru
169. Thornaby (possibly)
170. Thyra
171. Torchbearer
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Uc 72 (possibly)
174. Vae victis
175. Vancouver
176. Victorious
177. Volscian (possibly)
178. Warrenpoint
179. Wearside
180. White lady
181. Wychwood (possibly)
182. Wyetown
183. Yarmouth
184. Yewkyle (possibly)
185. Ypapanti

 

Name: OSTPRUSSEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1779 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1901 by f schichay, danzig. a german prize vessel taken over by the royal navy run on admiralty coasting trade.two boilers, triple expansion engine of 116hp. single shaft. passage sunderland for london. cargo coal. sunk by mine laid by uc-11. sank in 3 minutes. 1 man lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 7 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: INS WRECK ON CHARTS IN 520218N, 014853E. (HMS QUEEN OF THE NORTH IN SAME POSN). 1923 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H7038/29 22.10.29 A BUOY WAS PLACED AT POSN 520218N, 014853E AND AN AREA OF 0.5M WAS SWEPT ON EITHER SIDE AT A DEPTH OF 10FMS. NO TRACE OF WRECK WAS FOUND. (TH 18.10.29). AMEND TO NDWPA.

- NM ACTION. 21.9.72 AMEND TO USC 18MTRS IN 520218.01N, 014853.0E. BR STD. H4139/76 10.1.77 EXAM'D 4.8.76 IN 520204.8N, 014854E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.1, FOUL 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. SOME 55MTRS X 40MTRS. POSSIBLY BREAKING UP. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 16.7.95 IN 520204.59N, 014847.85E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.0, FOUL 20.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 26.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.1MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. APPEARS UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BURIED AND DEGRADED. NETS AND POTS IN THE VICINITY. (OCEONICS, HI 667). AMEND SW 20MTRS. SEP 2019/000272653 19.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5202.075N, 0148.795E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 50.71MTRS, WIDTH 12.85MTRS, HEIGHT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 007/187 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BURIED, COLLAPSED

Position: 52 2.075 N,1 48.795 E

 

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