This is the information page about the shipwreck Ovington (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 51.279 N,4 58.12 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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. Adono
2. Akka
3. Amy (possibly)
4. Arab (possibly)
5. Arthur
6. Beagle
7. Brent 1
8. Brent 2
9. Brent 3
10. Brent 4
11. C22
12. Caledonian (possibly)
13. Captayannis
14. Carronade
15. Cawnpore
16. Champion
17. Copia
18. Cormorant 1
19. Cormorant 2
20. Cormorant 3
21. Cougier
22. Cumbrae
23. D 36
24. D46
25. D5
26. Eilean dhu
27. Elf 3
28. Elf 4
29. Ellida
30. Endeavour
31. Europa
32. Fernlea (possibly)
33. Franleon
34. Greenock
35. Hms arsenal (probably)
36. Hms dasher
37. Hms seagull
38. Hms topaze
39. Iona i
40. Isabella of wigton (probably)
41. Jubilee star
42. Kintyre
43. Lady gertrude
44. Laurrandine
45. Liz of ashton (possibly)
46. Mary anning
47. Moonlight
48. Ocean (possibly)
49. Osprey (fore part)
50. Ovington (probably)
51. Penola
52. Portland (possibly)
53. Princess of wales (fore section)
54. Rhoda (possibly)
55. Spray (possibly)
56. Tuscan
57. Urd (possibly)
58. Wallachia

 

Name: OVINGTON (PROBABLY)

Length 57 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 697 ton
Load: coal

Cause: passage glasgow for hamburg. sank following collision with ss queen victoria, nearr greenock.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H2579/76 1.5.81 LARGE METALIC OBJECT, POSSIBLE WRECK, REPD IN 553500N, 045430W. APPROX. HEIGHT 14.5FT ABOVE SEABED. (COMCLYDE). NCA YET. H2885/83 6.12.84 NOTHING FOUND DURING AREA SEARCH USING HYDROSEARCH, DCS3 & E/S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165B). H1310/87/20 29.5.87 NOW LOCATED IN 555115N, 045833W. (W SHERGOLD, 16.5.87). NCA YET. H1310/87/20 25.6.87 CONFIRMED WK LOCATED IN 555117N, 045803W [OGB]. POSN TAKEN FROM TRACING OF CHART. LIES ON A SAND BANK WITH LEAST DEPTH 30 TO 32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34 TO 36MTRS. IT HAS NO SUPERSTRUCTURE AND ALL DECKING, APART FROM THAT AMIDSHIPS, HAS COLLAPSED. HULL BADLY CORRODED AND DROPPING AWAY. THOUGHT TO BE OVINGTON DUE SIZE AND WITHIN 0.25M OF REPORTED COLLISION POSN. NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (W SHERGOLD, 11.6.87). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5551.279N, 0458.120W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE, COLLAPSING

Position: 55 51.279 N,4 58.12 W

 

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