Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak El oso, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 37.473 N,3 23.569 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: EL OSO
Lengte 134.1 meter, breedte: 17.4 meter, diepgang: 10.4, tonnage 7267 ton
Lading: oil
Oorzaak: built in 1921 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by lobitos oil fields ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 678nhp, single shaft. passage lobitos and halifax for ellsmere portn. mined. (ww2sl & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1940
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 21 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 40 cm
Bekend sinds: 1940, laatst gedetecteerd: 1997
Details metingen/cartografie: 3.2.40 DW PA IN 533715N, 032315W & LT BUOY, GP FL(3) G, 1.5 CABLES E. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - FNM 268/40. 21.3.40 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NOIC LIVERPOOL). - FNM 735/40 & NM 1539/40. 22.10.46 G CAN LT BUOY, GP FL(2) G, CLOSE W OF WRECK. (THNM 118/46).
- NM 3555/46. 28.10.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3FMS 5FT. (HMS SEAGULL).
- NM 3607/46. H0113/40 16.5.55 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS 3FT LOCATED IN 533730N, 032330W. (HMS COOK).
- NM 2199/54. H1893/64 11.3.68 LOCATED IN 533726N, 032325W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. SCOUR DEPTH 92FT. SURVEYED IN SEA CONDITIONS FAR FROM IDEAL FOR GOOD E/S RESULTS. (HMS WOODLARK R OF S 19.9.67). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN. BR STD. H3542/68 7.8.68 WK APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 250FT LONG, LYING WITH BOWS SSE IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 65FT (BY DIVER) AT LWS ON 29.7.68. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 25FT. SCOUR VARIES IN DEPTH AROUND WK - DEEPEST PART BEING 130FT BELOW THE SURFACE. WK CUT IN HALF AMIDSHPS WITH BOW SECTION LYING UPSIDE DOWN. STERN LIES ON PORT SIDE AND STBD PROPELLER HAS BEEN REMOVED. (IND U/W ENTRPS LTD REPORT DTD 1.8.68). CHART AS WK 3FMS 5FT (7MTRS). BR STD. 29.8.73 [DATA FROM LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS] 21.1.40 LOCATED & BUOY ESTAB'D. LEAST DEPTH 14FT [LBD]. OIL ESCAPING FROM WK. 9.3.40 BUOY MOVES TO COVER WK OF COUNSELLOR. JULY 1946 REPD BY HMS SEAGULL IN POSN 533721N, 032318W, OR 143.5 DEG, 5.85M TO QUEENS FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36FT. OCT 1946 - NO CHANGE. 21.5.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 3FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - NE 1978. H3080/77 22.4.77 BUOY NOW R CAN, QKFL R, 294DEG, 700FT FM WK. (TH NM 115/76).
- NM1013/77. H3080/77 14.4.80 CONTRACT PLACED WITH MANOR DIVING CONSTRUCTION LTD FOR FULL SURVEY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OIL REMAINS WITHIN WK AND WITH VIEW TO POSSIBLE DISPERSAL OF WK. (TH, L(LH)2390/54, 19.3.80). - NCA. H3080/77 24.10.80 CONTRACT PLACED WITH MANOR DIVING FOR DISPERSAL. TO BE COMPLETED SPRING 1982, WEATHER PERMITTING. (HM CUSTOMS, LTR DTD 7.10.80). H3080/77 13.10.86 SWEPT CLEAR 11.9, FOUL 13.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.0MTRS. (TH, TLX DTD 17.9.86).
- NM3338/86. H3838/86 23.5.88 EXAM'D 17.11.87 IN 533727N, 032330W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. SCOUR 32MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - VERT. HT 12.6MTRS, SHADOW HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 140.5MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LYING 040/220 DEG, NEXT TO A SANDWAVE ALMOST AS HIGH AS WK, MAKING SONAR MEASUREMENTS DIFFICULT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). RETAIN AS CHARTED UNTIL NEXT REPORT FROM TH. H3666/87 3.10.88 BUOY LIGHT CHARACTERISTIC NOW Q. (TH, TLX DTD 5.7.88).
- NM 2330/88. H3838/86 28.10.88 RE-ASSESSMENT OF VIDEO RECORD OF HYDROSEARCH EXAMINATION ON 17.11.87 GIVES VERTICAL HT OF 8.1MTRS AND SHADOW HT OF 13.9MTRS ON MOST PROMINENT PROJECTION FROM THE WKGE. RECOMMEND CHARTED DEPTH BE RETAINED. (HMS BULLDOG, 10.10.88). - NCA. HH206/460/06 5.6.95 TH HAS RELINQUISHED POSSESSION OF WK AND CARGO. BUOY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. EXAM'D IN 533728.4N, 032329.5W USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5MTRS. (TH TLX DTD 1.6.95 & TH NM 20/95).
- NM 1937/95. HH090/758/01 20.11.98 EXAM'D 31.10.97 IN 533728.4N, 032334.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7, FOUL 15.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. HAS COLLAPSED INTO OWN SCOUR. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 758). AMEND TO SW 14.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 730/99.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP. COLLAPSED INTO SCOUR
Positie: 53 37.473 N,3 23.569 W