This is the information page about the shipwreck Aorangi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.408 N,2 51.797 W (58.857916666667, -3.1613)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. Ben barvas
9. Benachie
10. Bettina danica
11. Bremse
12. Brummer
13. Busy bee (part of)
14. Carolina thornden
15. Carron
16. Charisma
17. Clio
18. Clio ii
19. Collingdoc
20. Copeland
21. Corinthia (stern section)
22. Cotovia (probably)
23. Croma
24. Daghestan (probably)
25. Danmark (after part)
26. Dresden
27. Duna
28. Edinboune
29. Elegance
30. Elton
31. Emerald wings
32. Empire parsons (possiby)
33. Empire seaman
34. Empire seaman
35. Excelsior
36. Faro
37. Gartmore
38. Giralda (possibly)
39. Gondolier
40. Gunnaren
41. Hastings county
42. Hessen
43. Hmd chance
44. Hmd lustring
45. Hmd lustring
46. Hmd lustring
47. Hms albacore (bow section)
48. Hms endeavour
49. Hms loch garry
50. Hms narborough
51. Hms opal
52. Hms roedean
53. Hms rose valley
54. Hms royal oak
55. Hms strathgarry
56. Hms vanguard
57. Hms zarefah
58. Ilsenstein
59. Invader
60. Irene
61. James barrie
62. Johanna thorden
63. Juanita
64. Juniata (fore part)
65. Jv 526
66. Jv 751
67. Kathe niederkirchner
68. Koln
69. Konig
70. Kronprinz wilhelm
71. Lapland
72. Lizzie bain (possibly)
73. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
74. Loch maddy (stern section)
75. Lorne
76. Lycia
77. Markgraf
78. Martis
79. Martis
80. Minieh
81. Naja (part of)
82. Napier star
83. Navena
84. Neptune
85. Numidian
86. Numidian
87. Ocean racer
88. Pennsylvania
89. Pinnace 288
90. Pontos
91. Prudentia
92. Radiation
93. Reginald
94. Reinfield
95. Remus
96. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
97. Rosewood
98. Skua flaes beacon
99. Sunbeam
100. Swiftsure
101. Tbf fn899
102. Teeswood
103. Tennessee
104. Thames
105. Thunfisch
106. U 18 (probably)
107. Ub 116
108. V 78 (part of)

 

Name: AORANGI

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H8598/19 8.10.20 POSN 585326N, 025142W USING HSA. SHIP HEADING NORTH 32DEGS WEST [MAGNETIC]. INS WK.

- NM 1636/20. H1515/22 13.3.22 WK HAS NOW BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES WHICH ARE UNCOVERED AT LW. AMEND TO STF (3 PORTIONS UNCOVERED AT LW). BR STD. H1515/22 3.4.22 D OF N HAS INFORMED KHM SCAPA THAT HE THINKS WK SHOULD BE BUOYED. H1515/22 27.7.22 G CONL BUOY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ABOUT 160 YARDS W OF WK, OR 144DEGS, 1280 YDS FROM CLETT TR MINOR LT. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD NM 3/22). INS G CONL BUOY CLOSE W OF WK.

- NM 1252/22. H4470/39 28.6.39 BUOY REMOVED. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD NM 3/39).

- NM 1367/39. H3402/59 8.7.59 INS DW ON NC 2179. H2496/72 15.3.72 VERY LARGE WK, SPREAD OUT OVER LARGE AREA BY PAST SALVAGE OPS. FOUR VERY LARGE BOILERS AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). H1287/75 4.11.75 DIVER SEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT OF THE AREA, AND NO WK WAS FOUND. LOCAL FISHERMEN ALSO SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OF WK IN THIS LOCATION. (C P O DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN). 19.8.92 BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF BARRIER, WK MAKES A GOOD DIVE IF PREVAILING WIND MAKES DIVING ON WEST SIDE IMPOSSIBLE. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW - R MACDONALD, 1990). 11.12.81 INS AS ST. NC 2250.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 53.408 N,2 51.797 W

 

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