This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms orthos (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 23.379 N,1 51.738 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. City of kobe
25. Claudia (possibly)
26. Cormead
27. Cresta
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. David b summers
32. Denewood
33. Disa (possibly)
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Geneva
53. George fisher
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Groenlo
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Helena
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms evesham (possibly)
69. Hms exmoor
70. Hms fontenoy
71. Hms glen prosen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms irvana (part of)
74. Hms jessie nutten
75. Hms kaphreda
76. Hms m a west (probably)
77. Hms monarch
78. Hms new comet (possibly)
79. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
80. Hms orthos (probably)
81. Hms pelton (probably)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms speeton (possibly)
86. Hms spider
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tonbridge
90. Hms tugela
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hmsm d5
94. Hornchurch
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Impulsion
97. Jamesina
98. Jim
99. Kenneth hawksfield
100. Knarsdale
101. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
102. Knitsley (possibly)
103. Kwasind
104. Langeli (possibly)
105. Lapwing
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lindisfarne (probably)
108. Lingfield
109. Lisette
110. Magdapur
111. Mangara
112. Mardyke
113. Maria rosa
114. Marianne (probably)
115. Mascota (possibly)
116. Mascotte
117. Memento (possibly)
118. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
119. Mercurius
120. Mirella
121. Mudo
122. Murdoch (probably)
123. Nadir
124. Navarra (possibly)
125. Nereus
126. Newhaven (possibly)
127. Nominoe
128. Nordborg (possibly)
129. Novocastrian
130. Ocean pride
131. Oil trader
132. Petshenga (possibly)
133. Phryne
134. Plawsworth (possibly)
135. Pluton
136. Polaris
137. Prima
138. Regain
139. Ren
140. Reward (possibly)
141. Rhenas (possibly)
142. Rhineland
143. Robin iv
144. Rochester city
145. Rogate
146. Roxanna
147. Scimitar
148. Scotia
149. Sea rhine
150. Silksworth hall (probably).
151. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
152. Skodsburg (possibly)
153. Southford
154. St patrick
155. Stad alkmaar
156. Stanmount
157. Sunniside (probably)
158. Taber park
159. Tergestea
160. Thomas m (possibly)
161. Tidal (possibly)
162. Tregantle (possibly)
163. U 13 (probably)
164. Ui-001
165. Vae victis
166. Vanguard
167. Viola (possibly)
168. War mehtar
169. War valley
170. White lady
171. White swan
172. White swan (possibly)
173. Wyetown
174. Yewkyle (possibly)
175. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS ORTHOS (PROBABLY)

Length 36.6 meter, width: 5.5 meter, tonnage 218 ton

Cause: Sunk by mine off lowestoft whilst on admiralty service. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: H3085/26 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES TONNAGE. H4282/26 14.10.26 CHARTED AS NDW PA (1917) IN 522300N, 015230E. BA 1543. H6285/69 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 522318N, 015132E ON SURVEY [K5733/2]. LC 1543. H6285/69 19.6.70 AMENDED TO WK 14FMS [25MTRS]. (KH LTR 15.8.70). LC 1543. H6285/69 27.1.70 A DEFINITE WRECK POSSIBLY THE 'ORTHOS' LOCATED DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER, E/S AND SIDE SCAN SONAR. FIXED BY DECCA. NO E/S OR DECCA READINGS AVAILABLE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84FT IN GEN DEPTH 91FT. SCOUR DEPTH 111FT. (KH, SURVEY [K5733/2], 1969). H1942/80 24.8.82 EXAM'D 17.2.82 IN 522320N, 015151E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS TO N OF WK. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 36.9MTRS, BEAM 5.39MTRS. SMALL WK LYING 152/332DEGS, BETWEEN TWO SAND RIDGES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM2403/82. SEP 2016/000091758 20.7.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16 IN 5223.379N, 0151.738E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 29.2MTRS, WIDTH 6.6MTRS, HEIGHT 1.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 035/215 DEGS. WRECK IS BROEKN IN TWO PARTS AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 23.379 N,1 51.738 E

 

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