This is the information page about the shipwreck Maid of orleans, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.237 N,0 39.195 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Asger ryg
2. Brackenfield
3. British commerce
4. Chatburn (possibly)
5. City of mexico
6. Coral
7. Donegal (possibly)
8. Fort yale
9. Giuseppina accame
10. Hmcs alberni
11. Hms loyalty
12. Hms melbreack
13. Hms moldavia
14. Hooness
15. Kingsdyke
16. Krasnaya presnia
17. Lct 2426
18. Maid of orleans
19. Marga
20. Orminster
21. Pearl (possibly)
22. Plm 4 (possibly)
23. Polandia (possibly)
24. Ringen
25. Saint andre (probably)
26. Saint enogat
27. Sines (possibly)
28. Spearfish
29. Tangara
30. Teelin head
31. Tela (possibly)
32. U 741
33. U 86 (formerly)
34. Uss osprey
35. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: MAID OF ORLEANS

Length 103.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 2386 ton

Cause: Built in 1918 by w denny & bros. owned at the time of loss by the southern railway. turbine engines for 24 knots. passage normandy for the isle of wight while serving as an auxiliary transport during the invasion of normandy. torpedoed by ?u988a. 5 lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2722/44 7.7.44 SUNK 062DEGS, 1.6M FROM E4 BUOY. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). GIVES APPROX POSN 500830N, 003942W. H02722/44 21.7.44 NDW PA IN 500830N, 004000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1531/44. 28.7.44 SONAR CONTACT IN 501000N, 004000W. TAKEN TO BE WK OF 'MAID OF ORLEANS'. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H03737/44 10.11.44 NOW CHARTED IN 501000N, 004000W. SQ. DATE. H4121/76 9.11.76 OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA - NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76). 9.10.86 NOT SHOWN ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. 22.8.91 WK LOCATED IN 500817.5N, 003907W [EUR] [+/- 20MTRS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.2 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LIES N/S. (FR WK NO 18100002). CHART AS WK 40MTRS IN 500812N, 003906W [OGB]. NE 2450. 15.6.07 LIES IN 5008.288N, 0039.118W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). [WGD] POSN: 5008.233N, 0039.200W. BR STD. 8.4.14 LOCATED 17.2.14 IN 5008.237N, 0039.195W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.1 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 67MTRS E FROM NW END. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN THREE PARTS, HIGHLY DEGRADED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1430). ?UPRIGHT, BOWS NW. BROKEN FWD OF MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 43MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BROKEN MIDSHIPS

Position: 50 8.237 N,0 39.195 W

 

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