Hms Oceanic Wreck

Surveying Details

H6065/16 28.9.16 H6065/16 28.9.16 VESSEL IN 600703N 015818W, OR 3C NE FROM HOEVDI ROCK. (ADMIRALTY). INS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 483/16. H5961/22 15.9.22 H5961/22 15.9.22 INFORMATION & POSN REQUESTED FOR SALVAGE OF COPPER. H5961/22 23.10.22 H5961/22 23.10.22 AMEND TO DW (1914). BR STD. H6872/68 23.3.70 H6872/68 23.3.70 NOTIFIED THAT NAVY DEPT SOLD VESSEL TO SCAPA FLOW SALVAGE & SHIPBREAKING CO LTD BY COMPETATIVE TENDER ON 23.9.24. (LETTER TO BOARD OF TRADE, DTD 18.3.70). H3221/70 24.2.71 H3221/70 24.2.71 BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY OF HAZARDOUS SHOAL WATER, UNABLE TO APPROACH CLOSER ON A SMALL RAISED FEATURE. FAIRLY SMOOTH WITH NUMEROUS PATCHES OF ROCKY OUTCROPS, NONE STANDING MORE THAN A FEW FEET CLEAR OF SURROUNDING SEABED. POSSIBLE WRECKAGE LOCATED WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN THE BOW END EMBEDDED IN THE BOTTOM. LYING 040/220DEG. IT WOULD SEEM THAT WK IS PROBABLY APPROX 0.5-1C E OF CHARTED POSN. (RV 'CLIONE' REPORT, DTD 25.7.70). H2312/72 5.3.75 H2312/72 5.3.75 WK LIES APPROX 2M E OF FOULA ISLAND, ON N HOEVDI GROUND. LYING NE/SW, BOWS TO NE. GEN DEPTH 30-50FT. LYING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SANDSTONE ROCK ON WHICH WK IS EMBEDDED. WK IS IN CENTRE OF TIDE RACE. ONE LIFEBOAT DAVIT RISES TO WITHIN 10FT OF SURFACE. CONSIDERED TO BE A HAZARD. (S MARTIN LETTER, DTD 4.3.75). 3.3.80 3.3.80 SALVAGE WORK RECENTLY CARRIED OUT. SALVORS INTERVIEWED ON NATIONWIDE, BBC TV ON 28.2.80. H1310/80/39 10.11.80 H1310/80/39 10.11.80 SALVAGE CARRIED OUT BY S MARTIN & A CRAWFORD OF DUNDEE IN HEAVY CURRENTS. 250TONS OF NON-FERROUS METALS RECOVERED WITH VIRTUALLY NO EQUIPMENT. WK VERY BROKEN UP IN 6FMS ON ROCK & SAND PATCH. (C A HINE, ABERDEEN, LETTER DTD 1.11.80). 5.10.06 SEP 2006/000384986 5.10.06 DIVED 18.6.06 IN 6007.020N, 0158.843W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. ESTIMATED LENGTH <200MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES E/W. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED ROCK. LIES ON TOP OF HOEVDI REEF. AREA FROM JUST FWD OF THE ENGINES TO THE STEERING GEAR AT THE STERN LIES CORRECTLY ORIENTATED THOUGH MAINLY LEVELLED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE INTACT, TWIN DRIVE SHAFTS. THIS INCLUDES MOST OF THE DOUBLE HULL. WRECKAGE, WHICH CONSISTS MAINLY OF HULL PLATES, LIES FWD OF THE MOSTLY INTACT ENGINES TO THE LARGE ANCHOR WINCHES. 3 OF 15 HUGE BOILERS SEEN TO BE STILL INTACT NE OF THE ENGINES. NO PART OF THE WRECKAGE IS MORE OF A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION THAN THE SURROUNDING ROCKS. (G J LOCKETT). AMEND NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.