This is the information page about the shipwreck Ouse (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.196 N,0 3.533 W (50.5366, -0.0588833)

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: OUSE (POSSIBLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1004 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1911 by w dobson & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the london midland scottish railway. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 331nhp, single shaft. passage goole for cowes. sank in a collision with british ss ryde after avoiding a torpedo fired by a german e-boat. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0807/40 5.9.40 POSN 190DEGS NEWHAVEN, 15 MILES. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 2.9.40). PLOTS IN 503145N, 000030W, APPROX. NCA. 23.7.71 INS AS USCPA 28MTRS. NC 1652. H2946/73 11.6.73 NOT FOUND IN THIS POSN TO ABOUT 0.5MILES EITHER SIDE. (CABLE ROUTE SURVEY, [K6625/2]). 4.4.78 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. NC 2450 & NE 1652. H2699/76 5.12.80 LOCATED 25.6.75 IN 503209N, 000319W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). AMEND TO WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 EXAM'D 9.8.86 IN 503209N, 000327W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.7 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 12.5MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LYING 060/240 DEG. VERY LARGE UPRIGHT WK, BUT WITH NO APPARENT SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINING. (NP 1008, HI 317B). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.2.14 EXAM'D 4.3.14 IN 5032.196N, 0003.533W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.45 IN GEN DEPTH 55.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 132.8MTRS, WIDTH 55.5MTRS, HT 7.05MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP AND COLLAPSING. (NETSUVEY, HI 1435). UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, BROKEN MIDSHIPS. RETAIN WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS SW, UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS

Position: 50 32.196 N,0 3.533 W

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