This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire otter, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.728 N,5 0.165 W (50.66845, -5.0353833333333)

 

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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.

 

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6. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
7. Diligent
8. Dumfries
9. Elna e
10. Empire otter
11. Ezra weston (bow section)
12. Ezra weston (stern section)
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15. Gregynog
16. Hmcs regina
17. Hmhs rewa
18. Kai (possibly)
19. Lci(l)99
20. Lisa maria
21. Madryn
22. Marguerite pry
23. Milly (possibly)
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25. Pallion (probably)
26. Pearn pride (possibly)
27. Provider (possibly)
28. Risoy (probably)
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30. Swainby (probably)
31. Teneriffa (possibly)
32. Towneley
33. U 325 (possibly)
34. Ub 65

 

Name: EMPIRE OTTER

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.4, tonnage 4670 ton
Load: oil

Cause: ex-amsco, ex-torino. built in 1920 by international sb co, pascagoula, mi. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 378nhp, single shaft. machinery by international marine iron works, houston, texas. passage southampton for avonmouth. cargo crude oil. sank following an explosion, probably as a result of striking a british mine. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 26 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: FOR PREVIOUS HISTORY SEE [17750]. HH090/799/01 7.6.99 HH090/799/01 7.6.99 WK EXAM'D IN 5057.728N, 0500.165W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.5 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 133.4MTRS, WIDTH 18.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.9MTRS. LIES 026/206 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. MAGNETOMETER NOT AVAILABLE. SEABED SAND. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 799). WELL COLLAPSED. INS AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 29.8.03 HH100/351/20 29.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT AND UPRIGHT IN 64MTRS. STANDS 11MTRS HIGH. BOW UPRIGHT WITH EVIDENCE OF IMPACT WITH SEABED, FLAT DECK AFT FOR 30-40MTRS, THEN COMPETE BREAK IN WK (DOWN TO SEABED). STERN UPRIGHT WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY STRUCTURE ABOVE DECK LEVEL. BRIDGE LATER FOUND ON SEABED BY PORT SIDE. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND SINGLE SCREW (NOTED BY P KING). THE ABOVE DECK LAYOUT, THE TYPE OF ENGINE AND THE OVERALL AGE OF THE WRECK PROVE WK IS NOT REWA. CROCKERY FOUND BY T WOODCOCK WITH SS AMSCO MARKINGS IDENTIFY THE WK AS EMPIRE OTTER. LAYOUT OF DECK AND LACK OF ANY STRUCTURE ABOVE DECK LEVEL HELP TO CONFIRM THIS IDENTITY. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 25.8.03). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL COLLAPSED See Also: 17750

Position: 50 57.728 N,5 0.165 W

 

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