This is the information page about the shipwreck Transocean iii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 31.456 N,1 24.335 E (59.524266666667, 1.4055833333333)

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: TRANSOCEAN III

Length 132.6 meter, width: 79.2 meter, draught: 18.3

Cause: 8.1.74 semi-submersible drilling platform. was moored on location 9/13-4, when leg no.4 broke away. the unit capsized, floated for a period, but eventually sank upside down. crew of 38 evacuated. (ll, 8.1.74).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 109 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H3149/69 3.1.74 H3149/69 3.1.74 SANK IN 593129.5N, 012427.5E. (LL 215). 15.1.74 15.1.74 LT HO VESSEL STANDING BY TO LAY BUOY IF NECESSARY. (NLB, TLX 10.1.74). 20.5.74 20.5.74 LEAST DEPTH 61MTRS. (MR MARS, MOBILOIL & HAMBURG). - NM 99(T)/74. H3149/69 24.6.74 H3149/69 24.6.74 LIES UPSIDE DOWN IN 356FT. LENGTH OF LONGEST LEG IS 146FT. LEAST DEPTH 210FT (64 MTRS) IN 593129.4N, 012426.1E [EUR]. (MR WILKIE, MOBILOIL). INS AS WK 64MTRS.

- NM 1303/74. H1271/74 16.9.75 H1271/74 16.9.75 REPORTS RECEIVED INDICATE PLATFORM MAY BE BREAKING UP AND LARGE BUOYANT PIPES DRIFTING AWAY. (DAFS, LM DTD 3.9.75). H3149/69 22.12.78 H3149/69 22.12.78 BUOY MARKING WK, AND WELLHEAD NEARBY, HAS BEEN REMOVED. (NC 1). H1271/83 23.3.83 H1271/83 23.3.83 NDW SHOWN IN 593130N, 012450E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 307 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H4106/87 8.10.87 H4106/87 8.10.87 SHOWN IN 593129.8N, 012428.0E [EUR] ON CONTINGENCY LOCATIONS PLAN FOR MOBIL 9/13A CALM BUOY. (MOBIL N SEA LTD, MNA 10/42/072, 1.6.87). NCA. H4106/87 15.2.89 H4106/87 15.2.89 COPIES OF PLANS GIVING SOME DIMENSIONS OF PLATFORM. WK HAS BEEN FOULED BY FISHING NETS. ANCHORS AND CABLES ARE STILL ATTACHED TO WK. POSN GIVEN AS 593126.8N, 012423.1E [EUR]. (MOBIL N SEA LTD, 9.1.89). HH254/444/01 7.11.91 HH254/444/01 7.11.91 POSN GIVEN AS 593129.5N, 012427.9E [EUR]. (BERYL AREA LAYOUT CHART, AUGUST 1991). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5931.456N, 0124.335E. 30.9.13 SEP 2013/000212091 30.9.13 EXAM'D 2013 IN 5931.488N, 0124.406E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63MTRS. INVERTED WITH ONE LEG STILL ATTACHED WHICH GAVE THE LEAST DEPTH. (M DUNE, APACHE NORTH SEA, EMAIL DTD 25.9.13). AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 31.456 N,1 24.335 E

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