Irish Wrecks On-Line - Oregon 1 MV (No. 650)

*Vessel Type:*	Motor Ship	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	4th January 1945	*Place:*	Bangor
*Cause of Loss:*	Struck rocks	*Shore Dive from:*	Wilson's Point
*Charted Depth:*	8m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 15
*Height of Wreck:*	Scattered	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1753
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude:*	54.40 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks	*Longitude:*	05.40 West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 8m	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

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Diving Information:

Lies at Wilson's Point.
Not much left. Steel plates and pipes etc. can be seen wedged in the rocks and gullies.
Sloping rocky bottom leveling out onto sand.
Access is via the path on the Point.

Historical Information:

A pioneer motor-ship of 4,774 tons, she had been built as the "Oregon", at Copenhagen in 1916, by Akt. Burmeister & Wain, for Det. Forenede Dampskibs. Selskab, Denmark.
Measuring 407.8 x 54.2 x 33.4ft., she was powered by two 4SCA six cylinder B&W oil engines, by Shipbuilder, generating 622nhp.
In May 1940, taken over by Ministry of Shipping and placed under the management of Stephens, Sutton Ltd.
On a passage from Newport to Halifax N.S., she was waiting to join a convoy in Belfast Lough, when she dragged her anchors and foundered on Wilson’s Point, Bangor.
Some of it was beached for scrapping. Large chunks can still be seen wedged in the rocks. Screw later removed by Karl Bialowas.

Source Publications:

"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"

by
Charles Hocking

London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970

"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

"Stephens, Sutton Limited"

by
John Lingwood

World Ship Society

Other Sources:

Randal Armstrong

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Castlereagh SAC (1978)

Last update - 20-Jan-2010