This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms king orry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.917 N,2 20.682 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. Bourrasque
2. Brighton
3. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
4. Clan macalister
5. Clan macneil (possibly)
6. Cmb 71a
7. Douaisien (possibly)
8. Estafette
9. Etendard
10. Fennella
11. Floride (probably)
12. Foudroyant
13. Foudroyant (possibly)
14. G 96
15. Ganko
16. Hms basilisk
17. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
18. Hms brighton queen
19. Hms grenade
20. Hms keith
21. Hms king orry
22. Hms redcar
23. Hms skipjack
24. Hms st abbs
25. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
26. Hms thuringia (possibly)
27. Hms westella
28. Horst
29. Jaguar
30. Jonrix
31. Kestrel
32. L'urtiga (possibly)
33. Le copain d'abord
34. Lorina
35. Lorina (possibly)
36. Madimba (probably)
37. Mariner (possibly)
38. Marthe
39. Melrose
40. Mona's queen
41. Neerlandais
42. Okeania
43. P 319
44. Paris (possibly)
45. Port nicholson (probably)
46. Portrieux
47. Prinses astrid
48. R.93 (possibly)
49. Sabrina
50. Saint camille
51. Sigurds faulbaums
52. St fagan
53. St pierre (aft section)
54. St pierre (fore portion)
55. Sterre der zee
56. Toquet
57. Torpilleur branlebas
58. Trifels
59. Tringa
60. Uc 63
61. V 201 (possibly)
62. Vlaanderen (probably)
63. Wielingen ii (possibly)
64. Wolf
65. Zeester

 

Name: HMS KING ORRY

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 20.7.40 DW PA IN 510359N, 022043E. (ADMIRALTY)

- NM 1794/40. H6567/46 8.11.46 G CONL BUOY WITH SQUARE TOPMARK SW, & G CONL BUOY WITH TRIANGULAR TOPMARK NW LAID. (PARIS NM 38/3503/46)

- NM 3705/46. H5253/46 15.1.47 NOW DW IN 510359N, 022045E. (PARIS NM 38/2788/46)

- NM 3181/46. H6326/46 8.2.47 B CONL LT BUOY, GP.FL(3)G WITH TRIANGULAR TOPMARK LAID CLOSE NW. (PARIS NM 4800/46)

- NM 275/47. H6740/48 10.12.48 WK 4.9MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 5487

- NM 2619/48. H3003/51 30.5.51 BUOY NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 5487. NE 1352. H7035/54 23.11.54 DELETE BUOY SW OF WK. (PARIS NM 54.43.22)

- NM 2608/54. 1.10.57 SHOWN AS WK 7.9MTRS WITH BG CONL LT BUOY, GP.FL(3)G, WITH TRIANGULAR TOPMARK ON FRENCH CHART. NE 1352. H2628/57 8.11.57 EXPERIMENTAL WHISTLE HAS BEEN FITTED TO BUOY. (PARIS TNM 57.38.19). NCA. H2628/57 27.11.57 WHISTLE REMOVED. (PARIS NM 57.42.14) NCA. H2628/57 2.9.58 ADD WHISTLE TO BUOY. (PARIS NM 58.29.09)

- NM 1872/58. H2436/64 9.2.65 WK 7.6MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 5513. BR STD. H2628/57 26.4.65 SALVAGE OPERATIONS LASTING 5 MONTHS, MARKED BY BUOYS. (OSTENDE TNM 7/58/65 & PARIS TNM 5.14.65) NCA. H2628/57 24.8.65 NOW SW 12.0MTRS. (FRENCH NM 65.29.28)

- NM 1685/65. H2628/57 8.10.65 BG CONL BUOY WITH TRIANGULAR TOPMARK WITHDRAWN. (OSTENDE NM 17/129/65)

- NM 1863/65. H3221/65 28.7.66 NOW CHARTED AS SW 12.0MTRS IN 510400N, 022048E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 323. H3221/65 12.1.70 WK 12.8MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 6500. NE 323 & BR STD. H3199/74 17.5.74 WK 13.1MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 6469 [1974 EDN]. NC 1352. H1283/76/118 19.8.75 WK 13.1MTRS SHOWN IN 510359N, 022049.8E ON FRENCH 6501 [1975 EDN]. NC 323.H1283/76/118 8.9.76 POSN 510359.76N, 022050.58E, WK 13.0MTRS, TAKEN FROM FRENCH WK INFO. (SENT BY R. A. LEE OF DEAL). SHOWN ON FRENCH 6500 [1976 EDN]. H2981/78 1.8.79 NOW WK 13.2MTRS IN 510359N, 022045E. (FRENCH NM 79.24.36) BR STD. 8.11.88 SHOWN AS WK 13.2MTRS ON FRENCH 7057 [1987 EDN]. LOCATED IN 1979 BY V/S & E/S. IT STANDS 1MTR ABOVE SEABED & HAS BEEN DESPERSED. (1987 FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.21612081) 15.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 13.5MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY '96]. NC 1873. 8.4.03 SHOWN AS WK USC 13.2MTRS IN 5103.933N, 0220.670E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350. 17.5.07 SHOWN AS WK PA 13.2MTRS ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [3RD EDN 2006]. NE 1350.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 3.917 N,2 20.682 E

 

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