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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Coalgas
17. Corcrest
18. Cormorant
19. Cormount (probably)
20. Coureur des mers
21. Cressdene (possibly)
22. Cresta
23. Dagmar (probably)
24. Denewood
25. Disa (possibly)
26. Dulwich
27. Dunwich bank wk
28. Dynamo
29. Edernian
30. El argentino
31. Ellewoutsdijk
32. Empire bridge
33. Erna boldt (probably)
34. Estrella (possibly)
35. Eva witte
36. F stobart (probably)
37. Faithful star
38. Farmatyr
39. Firth
40. Fort massac
41. Forth
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Gannet (possibly)
45. Gasfire
46. Gena
47. Gerhard
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Golconda (possibly)
50. Grantleyhall (possibly)
51. Grenadier (probably)
52. Groenlo
53. Groeswen (probably)
54. Harlington (probably)
55. Harlyn (probably)
56. Harriet
57. Hebe
58. Hendon hall
59. Hillglen
60. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms coquette
63. Hms donna nook
64. Hms donside (possibly)
65. Hms duchess of hamilton
66. Hms eros (possibly)
67. Hms forward iii
68. Hms franc tireur
69. Hms hastfen
70. Hms hirose (probably)
71. Hms holdene
72. Hms japan
73. Hms jessie nutten
74. Hms lord airedale
75. Hms marconi
76. Hms monarch
77. Hms moravia (possibly)
78. Hms nadine
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms resono (possibly)
81. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms velia (possibly)
87. Hms waveflower
88. Hms whooper
89. Hms william wesney
90. Hmsm e6
91. Hmtb 10
92. Hnlms 227
93. Hornchurch
94. Ignis (possibly)
95. Ingi
96. Ionian (possibly)
97. J c dalble
98. Jamesina
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Khartoum (possibly)
103. Knarsdale
104. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
105. Koningen emma (possibly)
106. Kwasind
107. La flandre (possibly)
108. Lady salisbury
109. Lapwing
110. Lincairn (possibly)
111. Lisette
112. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
113. Lonhelen (possibly)
114. Lord bute
115. Magdapur
116. Mangara
117. Marie leonhardt (probably)
118. Mascotte
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mexico
121. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
122. Moidart
123. Morar
124. Nereus
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nico
127. Nicolaos piangos
128. Norhauk
129. Norwich trader
130. Ocean pride
131. Old charlton
132. Ostprussen (possibly)
133. Palembang (probably)
134. Paullette
135. Peik
136. Persistant whisper
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Ravenscraig (possibly)
145. Rhenas (possibly)
146. Rochester city
147. Salerno (possibly)
148. Salerno (possibly)
149. Savona (probably)
150. Scimitar
151. Second chance (possibly)
152. Simon bolivar
153. Southford
154. St patrick
155. Storm
156. Sunk head tower
157. Tergestea
158. Terukuni maru
159. Thornaby (possibly)
160. Thyra
161. Torchbearer
162. Uc 11 (possibly)
163. Uc 72 (possibly)
164. Vae victis
165. Vancouver
166. Victorious
167. Volscian (possibly)
168. Warrenpoint
169. Wearside
170. White lady
171. Wychwood (possibly)
172. Wyetown
173. Yarmouth
174. Yewkyle (possibly)
175. 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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