Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937528
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937528
UKHO Identifier : 002633
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.32152,-6.26655
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.32152,-6.26655
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 56.32167,-6.26555
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 6
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : OSTENDE (POSSIBLY)
Type : SS
Flag : BELGIAN
Length : 114.3
Beam : 15.4
Draught : 8.3
Tonnage : 4438
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 3544T GEN & 1830T STEEL, AMMO & BOMBS, AIRCRAFT
Date Sunk : 17/01/1943
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : None reported
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1943
Last Detection Year : 1987
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **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)
Surveying Details : **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.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**7.9.06 NOW RE-INSERTED AS F IN 5619.291N, 0615.993W [EUT]. NE 2771.
Chart Symbol : F
Date Last Amended : 09/09/2006
