HOLSTENAU Imo 5153785

HOLSTENAU Imo 5153785

HOLSTENAU unknown location, undated
Photo collection:Peter Schliefke (copyright unknown)

Built by F. Schichau GmbH, Bremerhaven, Yard-No.1708
1956 GT, 1597 dwt ? 79,37 x 12,02 x 3,49m ‑ Dg.4,40m
Engine:Kl?ckner Humboldt Deutz AG, 2000 bhp, 13 kn
Launched:07-12-1961.Delivered:19-06-1962
1962 HOLSTENAU Bugsier‑, Reederei‑ & Bergungs AG, Hamburg, Deu.(DNBB)
1977 OCEAN FREEZE Trans Caribbean Lines Inc. (Panama), Panama, Pan.
1980 OCEAN FREEZE Trans Caribbean Maritime Inc., Panama, Pan.
1985 OCEAN FREEZE Fedros Ltd. (Bernuth Agencies Inc.), Panama, Pan.
1998 OCEAN FREEZE unknown owner(s), Belize,Blz.
Sunk as an artificial reef in 256 feet of water just north of Pacific Reef, 26 miles from Key Largo, on July 28, 1998.

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OCEAN FREEZE
Ocean Freeze remains are highlighted with a host of humorous oddities
The Ocean Freeze has more than her fair share of the ?unusual?, even when
it comes down to her name.
This is one of those ?which came first, the chicken or the egg scenarios?.
Numerous reports indicate that she was the Ocean Freeze, and then
became the Scott Mason Chaite. Other reports indicate the reverse. After
checking numerous sources I feel that Miami-Dade County Artificial Reef
Program Database is about as correct as it can get. That being said, Scott
Mason Chaite was her latest name, and is what she is buried with.

Over and above the name issue, there are more unusual aspects you?ll find
when visiting this wreck. For starters, the whole ship is upside down. This
creates a rather unusual feel as you explore your way around her 297 foot length.

Her complete orientation is so removed from the norm as to be almost
surreal. Her rudder is her highest point, her frame resting on the inverted
superstructure of her stern. Since she?s elevated upside down from the
ocean floor, divers have almost a 20 foot pass through which allows ample
room to penetrate openings, peek through portholes, and explore around
and beneath her.

The danger of her position is that one day her superstructure will
eventually erode and break beneath her great weight. Anyone in the vicinity
will be injured or killed, and of course it will certainly make future interior
penetration impossible once this occurs.

However, even when she does collapse, which is inevitable, she?ll still be
an interesting dive as she?s fast becoming a very successful artificial reef.
Numerous fish call her hulking form home, and coral, oyster, and sponges
are beginning to attach to her.

Not only are the marine life of great interest, this wreck still has some very
interesting artifacts littered on, and around her, some from her past, and
some from past divers leaving personal if not unusual mementos behind.
Source:http://www.florida-keys-vacation.com...#axzz1sfAdcBzW

HOLSTENAU Imo 5153785

HOLSTENAU,1962, - Bugsier-, Reederei-u.Bergungs AG, DEU Hamburg.

Southampton,6/8/1972.

Subsequent History:77 OCEAN FREEZE

Disposal Data:scuttled 23.10N, probably in the Caribbean, 28.7.98


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

HOLSTENAU Imo 5153785

HOLSTENAU,1962, - Bugsier-, Reederei-u.Bergungs AG, DEU Hamburg. 1956 grt x Schichau,Bremerhaven.

Subsequent History:77 OCEAN FREEZE

Disposal Data:scuttled 23.10N, probably in the Caribbean, 28.7.98


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

The OCEAN FREEZE is found off Caesar Creek, south of Miami, Florida. When she was scuttled, she remained afloat for over 24 hours. The deployment team left for the evening with a portion of the vessel sticking out of water. When they returned the next day she was on the bottom. They had no idea the vessel rolled and came to rest upside down. As far as I know, no one has visited the wreck in 5+ years. The SPIEGLE GROVE was rolled over by a storm and I suspect the OCEAN FREEZE may have changed orientation as well.

HOLSTENAU Imo 5153785

HOLSTENAU,1962, - Bugsier-, Reederei-u.Bergungs AG, DEU Hamburg. 1956 grt x Schichau,Bremerhaven.

Subsequent History:77 OCEAN FREEZE

Disposal Data:scuttled 23.10N, probably in the Caribbean, 28.7.98

Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

** As OCEAN FREEZE on the Miami River