Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Ostende (possibly), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 56 19.289 N,6 15.988 W (56.603333333333, -6.3938833333333)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: OSTENDE (POSSIBLY)
Länge114.3 meter, Breite: 15.4 meter, Tiefgang: 8.3, Tonnage 4438 ton
Last: aircraft,metal: concentrate and products,armament,general and mixed goods
Ursache: ex-ehrenfels. built in 1903 by swan, hunter & wigham, richardson of newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by armament deppe (agence maritime). three boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 476 hp, single shaft. passage new york for liverpool. cargo general. steel, ammunition, bombs and aircraft. suffered an explosion believed caused by a mine. ran for shallow water but sank short. unloading commenced but vessel suffered huge explosion after fire broke out. next morning only forecastle and bridge visible. s drifter lydia blown to pieces in the explosion but crew saved. (sibi)
Jahr der Registrierung: 1943
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 5 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 60 cm
Bekannt seit: 1943, zuletzt detektiert: 20120831
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H01130/43 11.10.43 OUTLINE OF STRANDED WK, 380FT LONG, LYING WITH BOWS SW, SHOWN IN GEN DEPTH 3FMS, IN 561918N, 061556W ON HMS SCOTT SURVEY DTD 25.6.43 [E6673]. INS AS STF. - FNM 1866/43. H3731/46 14.8.46 INS FOUL ANCHORAGE IN 561918N, 061600W.
- NM 2437/46. H7660/56 13.10.56 DELETED STF FROM ALL CHARTS. LEGEND REMAINS.
- NM 2391/59. H7660/56 13.10.59 POSN CAREFULLY INVESTIGATED BY SW DIVERS. NO TRACE FOUND. REPORTED LOCALLY TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP & REMOVED FOR SCRAP. (HMS SHACKLETON, HN 3.9.59). H1288/75/339 10.11.75 LOCAL SOURCES INDICATE THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A REQUISITIONED BELGIUM VESSEL CALLED OSTENDE, OR AUSTERE, WHICH WAS LOST DUE TO AN EXPLOSION IN 1943. (P L SELLARS, 5.10.75). H5249/76 30.6.82 OSTENDE, AMMUNITION SHIP, APPARENTLY TOWED INTO BAY IN 1943. EXPLODED SOON AFTER & SCATTERED IN SMALL PARTS. AMMUNITION STILL ON SEABED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, 1982). H2466/82 12.2.87 SEABED REPORTED EXAMINED BY BENDORAN BOATYARD, FOUND TO BE FREE FROM WRECKAGE & OBSTRUCTIONS. (CLYDE CRUISING CLUB SAILING DIRECTIONS, AMENDMENT FEB'85). NCA. H2466/82 3.11.92 DELETED FROM NE 2771. 7.9.06 NOW RE-INSERTED AS F IN 5619.291N, 0615.993W [EUT]. NE 2771. SEP 2011/000137070 29.10.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 28.10.15 IN 5619.289N, 0615.988W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.02MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 060/240. DEGRADED WRECK, WESTERN END OF WK NFS. (HI 1298, NETSURVEY). AMEND TO DW 2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: DEGRADED
Position: 56 19.289 N,6 15.988 W