This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms othello, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.685 N,0 2.414 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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 OTHELLO
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1954
Details measurements/cartography: H01399/41 28.7.41 H01399/41 28.7.41 OTHELLO SUNK 010DEGS, 3.5C FROM HAILE SAND FORT. (FO HUMBER 11.4.41).
- NM 1738/41. H01399/41 1.4.47 H01399/41 1.4.47 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 5FT. (HMS FETLAR, 29.3.47). H4984/47 13.10.47 H4984/47 13.10.47 TWO WKS LOCATED BY SCOTT IN VICINITY OF SINKING POSN. WK IN 533240N, 000206E CONSIDERED TO BE OTHELLO. LIES 236DEGS 30MIN, 3.65M FROM SPURN PT LTHO. DRIES 2FT. SEABED 15FT. FUNNEL DRIES. OTHER WK IS YORKSHIRE BELLE IN 533244N, 000205E. (HMS SCOTT, 1947).
- NM 2660/47. H4984/47 28.9.54 H4984/47 28.9.54 EXAM'D IN 533240N, 000231E USING HSA FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR 12FT, FOUL 15FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12FT IN GEN DEPTH 16FT. SEABED SAND. THERE IS NO SURFACE INDICATION OF A WK. E/S TRACE VERY SMALL, SUGGESTS ONLY REMNANT OF ORIGINAL WK. NO SCOUR. (HMS SHACKLETON, 21.7.54).
- NM 2085/54.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 32.685 N,0 2.414 E