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 (51.075983333333, 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. Brendonia
15. Cabo espartel
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Diana
29. Dinard
30. Dorothy j (possibly)
31. Dotterel
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emile deschamps
38. Emma
39. Emma (possibly)
40. Empire lough (probably)
41. Empress of fort william (probably)
42. En avant
43. Eustratios (probably)
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. Frons olivae (probably)
50. G 85 (possibly)
51. G-42 (possibly)
52. G-asad
53. Gad 23
54. Genimar
55. Gladys
56. Gloire a sainte therese
57. Grit (probably)
58. Grosser kurfurst
59. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Henry moon
63. Heron
64. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
65. Hmhs anglia
66. Hms alert ?
67. Hms aragonite (part of)
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms blackwater
72. Hms brazen
73. Hms carilon
74. Hms carlton
75. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
76. Hms city of dundee
77. Hms cleon
78. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
79. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
80. Hms fauvette
81. Hms glen boyne
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms napia
87. Hms niger (possibly)
88. Hms northumberland (probably)
89. Hms othello ii
90. Hms peridot
91. Hms restoration (possibly)
92. Hms rodino
93. Hms stirling castle (probably)
94. Hms torbay ii (probably)
95. Hms tourmaline
96. Hms tranquil
97. Hms war sepoy
98. Hms weigelia
99. Hmsm b2
100. Hundvaag
101. Ilaro
102. Ira (possibly)
103. Jacob luckenbach
104. James harrod
105. Josephine willis
106. Kabinda
107. Kadru
108. Katharina kolkmann
109. Kielce
110. Kirsten skou
111. Koenigshaven
112. L'armandeche
113. La fleche
114. Lady stella
115. Latona
116. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
117. Le pelerin de la mer
118. Le tregor
119. Leicester
120. Leila najia
121. Leo
122. Lighter 83
123. Lizzonia
124. Loanda
125. Lolworth
126. Lord hamilton (possibly)
127. Luray victory
128. Lusitania
129. Mahratta
130. Mahratta ii
131. Maloja 1
132. Malta (probably)
133. Merel (part of)(possibly)
134. Mersey
135. Moise
136. Monarch
137. Monica (possibly)
138. Mrav
139. Munificent
140. Murillo
141. Nancy moran
142. Naranco
143. Negrier
144. Newcastle
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Nunima
150. Ocean king (possibly)
151. Opal
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Phoenix
154. Polgrange
155. Portslade (possibly)
156. Preussen
157. Pulborough
158. Rio parana
159. River levan
160. Rochester castle (possibly)
161. Rooswijk
162. Rydal force
163. Rynanna
164. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
165. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
166. Sabac
167. Saint ronan (possibly)
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Sambut
170. Santagata
171. Santagata (?part of)
172. Sea serpent
173. Seine
174. Selma (possibly)
175. Shenandoah
176. Sir russell
177. Spanish prince
178. St cecilia
179. St claire (possibly)
180. Strathclyde
181. Surrey
182. Teeswood
183. Texaco caribbean (after section)
184. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
185. The queen
186. Toromoree
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. U 11 (possibly)
190. U 16 (possibly)
191. U 48
192. U 8
193. Ub 103 (possibly)
194. Ub 108 (possibly)
195. Ub 109
196. Ub 12 (possibly)
197. Ub 31 ?
198. Ub 38
199. Ub 55 (probably)
200. Ub 56 (possibly)
201. Ub 58 (possibly)
202. Ub 78
203. Ub-33 (probably)
204. Uc 46
205. Uc 46 (possibly)
206. Uc 63
207. Uc 77 (possibly)
208. Uc 78 or uc 79
209. Unity
210. W a scholten
211. Wheatman (possibly)
212. 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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