This is the information page about the shipwreck Ottoland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.64 N,0 53.201 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)

 

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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: OTTOLAND (POSSIBLY)

Length 82.9 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2202 ton
Load: timber,general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Ex-sarkani '39, ex-sint jansland '36, ex-schelde, ex-flushing. built in 1916 by jan smit, alblasserdam. owned at time of loss by scheepsvaart-en steenkolen maats nv. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 212hp, single shaft. passage buctouche for immingham. cargo 669 fathoms of pit props & full deck cargo of pit timber. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4 MILES S OF 20A BUOY, OFF MIDDLESBROUGH. (WW2SL). H05903/57 31.10.57 H05903/57 31.10.57 POSN 545030N, 005300W, APPROX. (LLOYDS). H6330/87 13.9.88 H6330/87 13.9.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH 63.4 IN GEN DEPTH 69.5MTRS, IN 545438N, 005306W [OGB]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TELEX 12.9.88). NCA YET. H6330/87 15.11.88 H6330/87 15.11.88 EXAM'D 26.8.88 USING SYLEDIS [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.4 IN GEN DEPTH 69.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 70.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LARGE WK BROKEN IN TWO HALVES, EACH ABOUT 30MTRS LONG AND 8MTRS WIDE. W HALF LIES 052/232 DEG AND THE OTHER 140/320 DEG. LARGE SEPARATE PIECE OF DEBRIS, WITH LITTLE HEIGHT, LIES 60MTRS SW OF MAIN WK. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, EACH 30MTRS LONG

Position: 54 54.64 N,0 53.201 W

 

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