Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms royal oak, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 58 55.848 N,2 59.001 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Busy bee (part of)
17. Carolina thornden
18. Carron
19. Challenger
20. Charisma
21. Clio
22. Clio ii
23. Collingdoc
24. Copeland
25. Corinthia (stern section)
26. Croma
27. Daghestan (probably)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elegance
34. Elton
35. Emerald wings
36. Empire parsons (possiby)
37. Empire seaman
38. Empire seaman
39. Energy
40. Ephram
41. Excelsior
42. Eyfirdingur
43. F2
44. Faro
45. Freesia
46. G101
47. G103
48. G104
49. Gartmore
50. Giralda (possibly)
51. Gondolier
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Gunnaren
54. Hindenburg
55. Hmd chance
56. Hmd imbat
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hmd lustring
60. Hms albacore (bow section)
61. Hms dewey eve
62. Hms endeavour
63. Hms loch garry
64. Hms narborough
65. Hms oceana
66. Hms opal
67. Hms roedean
68. Hms rose valley
69. Hms royal oak
70. Hms strathgarry
71. Hms vanguard
72. Hms zarefah
73. Ilsenstein
74. Invader
75. Irene
76. James barrie
77. Johanna thorden
78. Juanita
79. Juniata (fore part)
80. Jv 526
81. Jv 751
82. Kaiser
83. Kaiserin
84. Karlsruhe
85. Kathe niederkirchner
86. Koln
87. Konig
88. Kronprinz wilhelm
89. Lapland
90. Lizzie bain (possibly)
91. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
92. Loch maddy (stern section)
93. Lorne
94. Lycia
95. Mara
96. Markgraf
97. Martis
98. Martis
99. Minieh
100. Naja (part of)
101. Napier star
102. Navena
103. Numidian
104. Numidian
105. Ocean racer
106. Pennsylvania
107. Pinnace 288
108. Pinnace 744
109. Pontos
110. Prinzregent luitpold
111. Prudentia
112. Radiation
113. Reginald
114. Reinfield
115. Remus
116. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
117. Rosewood
118. S 36 (bow section)
119. Seydlitz
120. Skua flaes beacon
121. Sunbeam
122. Swiftsure
123. Tbf fn899
124. Teeswood
125. Tennessee
126. Thames
127. Thunfisch
128. U 18 (probably)
129. Ub 116
130. V 78 (part of)
131. V83
132. Yc 21

 

Naam: HMS ROYAL OAK

Lengte 189 meter, breedte: 26.8 meter, diepgang: 8.5, tonnage 29150 ton

Oorzaak: built in 1914 by devonport dockyard. a dreadnought battleship. yarrow boilers, turbine engines of 40,000 shp for 22 knots. eight 15 inch, twelve 6 inch, eight 4 inch and four three pdr guns. torpedoed by german submarine u 47 (gunter prien). struck initially in the bow and shortly afterwards by a salvo of 3 or 4 torpedoes. sank with loss of 834 officers and ratings out of total complement of 1146.

Jaar registratie: 1939

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 26 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 45 cm

Bekend sinds: 1939, laatst gedetecteerd: 2020

Details metingen/cartografie: H0108/39 6.10.39 THE STERN LIES 259 DEG, 4590FT FROM GAITRIP, WITH THE BOWS 052DEG, 620FT FROM THE STERN, IN 585550N, 025858W. (KHM, SCAPA FLOW). - FNM 2471/39. H0108/39 12.3.41 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 1FM. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 537/41. H489/41 17.5.41 G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G 20S LAID. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1133/41. H0108/39 23.6.43 BN ESTABLISHED ON WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1250/43. H0108/39 1.7.49 BN REMOVED. (RNO ORKNEY).

- NM 1270/49. 26.1.83 REPORTED TO BE STILL COMPLETE EXCEPT THAT SPOTTING TOP HAS COLLAPSED AND NOW LIES ALONGSIDE WK. BOATS STILL REMAIN AT DAVITS. 'SURVEYED' ANNUALLY BY DIVING TEAM FROM HMS COCHRANE, ON WHICH OCCASIONS WHITE ENSIGN IS ALWAYS REPLACED ON ENSIGN STAFF. (MR WINTER, TELECON). HH268/440/04 4.9.97 MOD CARRIED OUT SWATH-BATHYMETRY SURVEY OF WK BY COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR IN EARLY 1996. BOW POSN: 585554.24N, 025849.17W, [OGB], STERN POSN: 585550.58N, 025859.56W. OIL IS LEAKING FROM WK. (SALVAGE & MOORING ORGANISATION, FAX DTD 18.8.97). MEAN POSN: 585552.41N, 025854.22W [OGB]. BR STD. HH268/440/05 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02).

- NM 5104/02. HH268/440/06 14.12.05 BUOY NOW LIT FL(3) G, 20 SEC. (NLB, TLX DTD 9.12.05 & NM 53/05). BR STD. 24.5.06 WK HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY M/B. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED GREATER THAN 4MTRS. (M DEAN, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5855.848N, 0259.001W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 58 55.848 N,2 59.001 W

 

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