This is the information page about the shipwreck Oswestry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.38 N,9 49.397 W (51.456333333333, -9.8232833333333)

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.

Name: OSWESTRY

Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2419 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1888 by e. withy & co., hartlepool, wrecked while on passage norfolk, va, to manchester. ran ashore in fog in a small bay on n side of mizen head.owned at time of loss by sivewright, bacon & co. (dods). vessel broke in two, [photo of bow on rocks]. (shipwrecks of the irish coast)

Year of registration: 1899

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter

Known since: 1899, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: WRECKED AT MIZEN HEAD. (DODS). HH100/351/02 2.3.90 REMAINS OF WK LOCATED IN ABOUT 30MTRS. (E BOURKE, 23.2.90). NCA, POSN 512721N, 094922W TAKEN FROM ROUGH SKETCH.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 27.38 N,9 49.397 W

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