This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ormonde, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 22.433 N,1 40.283 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HMS ORMONDE
Length 38.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 250 ton
Cause: built in 1906 by cochrane & sons, selby for e bacon. hired from 11.1940 as a minesweeper. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 69nhp, single shaft. sunk by aircraft. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H0834/41 16.6.41 H0834/41 16.6.41 INS NDWPA.
- NM 1938/41. 4.2.45 4.2.45 & 1.3.45 WK IN 572318N. 013830W (AUBD 313/45, EG 9). 10.6.74 10.6.74 AMEND TO USC 55MTRS. NC 213. HH091/155/01 2.3.10 HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000098684 2.3.10 EXAM'D 26.8.09 IN 5722.433N, 0140.283W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.68 IN GEN DEPTH 66.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS WITH BOWS S. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. NO SCOUR BUT MEGARIPPLES TO N AND S ARE AFFECTED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW, IN AREA OF MEGARIPPLES
Position: 57 22.433 N,1 40.283 W