This is the information page about the shipwreck Oswald, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 51.948 N,3 59.036 W (48.915666666667, -4.2681666666667)

 

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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.

 

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5. Argonaut (possibly)
6. Barbro (possibly)(or hovde)
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11. Christina coast
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18. Kristina coast
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27. Tanio (bow only)
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Name: OSWALD

Length 11 meter

Cause: 27.8.75 caught fire 9m n of roscoffon while on passage from l'aberwrach to jersey. crew saved. (ll 27.8.75).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 77 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H4984/74 13.4.77 NDW PA IN 485200N, 035900W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 77 08 30). BR STD. 22.8.84 NDW PA IN 485200N, 035900W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NC 3669. 19.8.87 WRONG TONNAGE, 3568TONS, GIVEN. BA QUOTED AS AUTHORITY IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1985, NO.14583037. RETAIN AS NDW PA. 23.1.06 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 52MTRS IN 4852.00N, 0358.98W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7151 [2ND EDN 1995 CORRECT TO 40-33-03]. NE 3669. 26.2.09 SHOWN IN 4851.940N, 0359.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 51.948 N,3 59.036 W

 

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