This is the information page about the shipwreck Ousel (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.144 N,1 22.005 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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.

 

1. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Blanc nez
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Cabo espartel
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dotterel
30. Dunbar castle
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Emile deschamps
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. Frons olivae (probably)
48. G 85 (possibly)
49. G-42 (possibly)
50. G-asad
51. Gad 23
52. Genimar
53. Gladys
54. Gloire a sainte therese
55. Grit (probably)
56. Grosser kurfurst
57. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
58. Halcyon
59. Harcalo
60. Henry moon
61. Heron
62. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
63. Hmhs anglia
64. Hms alert ?
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aries (possibly)
67. Hms artic trapper
68. Hms blackwater
69. Hms brazen
70. Hms carilon
71. Hms carlton
72. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
73. Hms city of dundee
74. Hms cleon
75. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
76. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
77. Hms fauvette
78. Hms glen boyne
79. Hms kingston galena
80. Hms lord grey
81. Hms lydian
82. Hms marcella
83. Hms napia
84. Hms niger (possibly)
85. Hms northumberland (probably)
86. Hms othello ii
87. Hms peridot
88. Hms restoration (possibly)
89. Hms rodino
90. Hms stirling castle (probably)
91. Hms torbay ii (probably)
92. Hms tourmaline
93. Hms tranquil
94. Hms war sepoy
95. Hms weigelia
96. Hmsm b2
97. Hundvaag
98. Ilaro
99. Ira (possibly)
100. Jacob luckenbach
101. James harrod
102. Josephine willis
103. Kabinda
104. Kadru
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Le pelerin de la mer
114. Le tregor
115. Leicester
116. Leila najia
117. Leo
118. Lizzonia
119. Loanda
120. Lord hamilton (possibly)
121. Luray victory
122. Lusitania
123. Mahratta
124. Mahratta ii
125. Maloja 1
126. Malta (probably)
127. Merel (part of)(possibly)
128. Mersey
129. Moise
130. Monarch
131. Mrav
132. Munificent
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Niki
139. Norman
140. North eastern victory
141. Notre dame des trois epis
142. Nunima
143. Opal
144. Ousel (probably)
145. Phoenix
146. Polgrange
147. Portslade (possibly)
148. Preussen
149. Pulborough
150. Rio parana
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Rydal force
154. Rynanna
155. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
156. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
157. Sabac
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Sambut
161. Santagata
162. Santagata (?part of)
163. Sea serpent
164. Seine
165. Selma (possibly)
166. Shenandoah
167. Sir russell
168. St cecilia
169. Strathclyde
170. Surrey
171. Teeswood
172. Texaco caribbean (after section)
173. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
174. The queen
175. Toward
176. Traquair (probably)
177. U 11 (possibly)
178. U 16 (possibly)
179. U 48
180. U 8
181. Ub 103 (possibly)
182. Ub 108 (possibly)
183. Ub 109
184. Ub 31 ?
185. Ub 38
186. Ub 55 (probably)
187. Ub 56 (possibly)
188. Ub 58 (possibly)
189. Ub 78
190. Ub-33 (probably)
191. Uc 46
192. Uc 46 (possibly)
193. Uc 63
194. Uc 77 (possibly)
195. Uc 78 or uc 79
196. Unity
197. W a scholten
198. Wheatman (possibly)
199. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: OUSEL (PROBABLY)

Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.3 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1284 ton
Load: sand

Cause: Built in 1901 by wigham richards & co, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the cork ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 195 nhp, single shaft. passage rotterdam to liverpool. sank after collision with the scout class cruiser hms active (3360 tons). 5 men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H5824/60 3.3.61 H5824/60 3.3.61 EXAM'D IN 510607N, 012206E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61FT. (HMS SCOTT, 21.3.60). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H5824/60 14.11.61 H5824/60 14.11.61 POSN 510606N, 012204E, [500FT SE OF 1960 POSN]. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 58FT, FOUL AT 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 87-90FT. SCOUR DEPTH 102FT. (HMS SCOTT, 4.5.61). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. 4.3.69 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 9FMS 2FT [LAT]. NE 1828. 7.9.73 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 17.4MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 9.8.78 H4199/78 9.8.78 LOCATED ON 28.10.77 IN 510607N, 012206E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.3 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. LIES 044/224DEGS, LENGTH 78MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 18.3MTRS. BR STD. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 HH090/606/01 1.2.94 EXAM'D 20.10.93 IN 510607.0N, 012206.4E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.2, FOUL AT 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.7MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING 035/215DEGS WITH 3 HIGH POINTS - HIGHEST AT CENTRE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 19.2MTRS. BR STD. HH090/647/01 1.8.96 HH090/647/01 1.8.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 647). HH100/351/14 9.9.99 HH100/351/14 9.9.99 THIS WK IS PROBABLY THE 'OUSEL'. (I TODD, LTR DTD 6.9.99). NCA. 31.1.11 31.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5106.144N, 0122.005E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.63MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 7MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). BOWS SW. DEBRIS AT BOW AND CLOSE N OF BOW. RETAIN SW 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW

Position: 51 6.144 N,1 22.005 E

 

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