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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. British captain
17. British fortune (probably)
18. Brixton
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Carica milica
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Cedarwood (possibly)
25. City of kobe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Dagmar (probably)
32. Daisy (possibly)
33. David b summers
34. Db 8 (possibly)
35. Denewood
36. Disa (possibly)
37. Dronning maud (possibly)
38. Dulwich
39. Dunwich bank wk
40. Edernian
41. El argentino
42. El dorado
43. Elnet
44. Ethel radcliffe
45. Eva witte
46. F stobart (probably)
47. Farmatyr
48. Fidelio
49. Firth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Frumenton
53. G and e (possibly)
54. Gannet (possibly)
55. Gasfire
56. Gena
57. Geneva
58. George fisher
59. Gerhard
60. Gipsy (possibly)
61. Glen tilt (possibly)
62. Glynn
63. Golconda (possibly)
64. Grantleyhall (possibly)
65. Grenadier (probably)
66. Groenlo
67. Gulf breaker
68. H h petersen
69. Helena
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms condor (probably)
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms evesham (possibly)
74. Hms exmoor
75. Hms fontenoy
76. Hms glen prosen
77. Hms harvest gleaner
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms irvana (part of)
80. Hms jessie nutten
81. Hms kaphreda
82. Hms m a west (probably)
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
86. Hms orthos (probably)
87. Hms pelton (probably)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms sisters melville
91. Hms speeton (possibly)
92. Hms spider
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms tettenhall
95. Hms tonbridge
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hmsm d5
100. Hornchurch
101. Ignis (possibly)
102. Impulsion
103. Jamesina
104. Jim
105. Kenneth hawksfield
106. Knarsdale
107. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
108. Knitsley (possibly)
109. Kwasind
110. Langeli (possibly)
111. Lapwing
112. Lapwing (possibly)
113. Lincairn (possibly)
114. Lindisfarne (probably)
115. Lingfield
116. Lisette
117. Magdapur
118. Mangara
119. Mardyke
120. Maria rosa
121. Marianne (probably)
122. Mascota (possibly)
123. Mascotte
124. Memento (possibly)
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mercurius
127. Mirella
128. Mudo
129. Murdoch (probably)
130. Nadir
131. Navarra (possibly)
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nominoe
135. Nordborg (possibly)
136. Novocastrian
137. Ocean pride
138. Oil trader
139. Petshenga (possibly)
140. Phryne
141. Plawsworth (possibly)
142. Pluton
143. Polaris
144. Prima
145. Regain
146. Ren
147. Reward (possibly)
148. Rhenas (possibly)
149. Rhineland
150. Robin iv
151. Rochester city
152. Rogate
153. Roxanna
154. Scimitar
155. Scotia
156. Sea king
157. Sea rhine
158. Silksworth hall (probably).
159. Sir william stephenson
160. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
161. Skodsburg (possibly)
162. Southford
163. St patrick
164. Stad alkmaar
165. Stanmount
166. Sunniside (probably)
167. Taber park
168. Tergestea
169. Thomas m (possibly)
170. Tidal (possibly)
171. Tregantle (possibly)
172. Tunisiana
173. U 13 (probably)
174. Uc 62 (possibly)
175. Ui-001
176. Vae victis
177. Vanguard
178. Viola (possibly)
179. War mehtar
180. War valley
181. White lady
182. White swan
183. White swan (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yewkyle (possibly)
186. 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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