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 54 44.505 N,4 59.468 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)

 

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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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Name: OSWALD

Length 78.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1835 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1890 by thomas turnbull & sons. owned at time of loss by thomas turnbull & sons. triple-expansion engine of 170 nhp. passage londonderry for cardiff. wrecked. no survivors. (dods).

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1966, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: H571/66 26.10.66 H571/66 26.10.66 WK OF OSWALD IN 544430N, 045924W. MAY BE OR INTEREST TO DIVERS. (MR JESSOP). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. H1285/75 10.7.75 H1285/75 10.7.75 BOTTOM IS VERY SANDY WITH ONLY ONE LARGE ROCK WHICH SHOWS AT ALL TIMES. A LOT OF PARTS SHOWING VARYING IN HEIGHT UP TO 4FT ABOVE SEABED. PROPELLOR SITUATED IN MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE PLATES. WRECK EXTENDS OUT TO 50YDS FROM THE HEAD. (A NEWTON, ST HELENS, LTR). NCA. H1288/75/373 23.9.75 H1288/75/373 POSN 544430N, 045924W [OGB]. NO SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE WK LEFT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE SEA BED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONE BOILER WHICH STANDS 12FT OFF THE SEA BED WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER QUITE A LARGE AREA, MOSTLY GIRDERS AND A FEW PLATES. (A R LAW LTR, DTD 23.9.75). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE WITH ONE BOILER

Position: 54 44.505 N,4 59.468 W

 

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