This is the information page about the shipwreck Orama, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 66 44 N,3 52 E (66.733333333333, 3.8666666666667)

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.

Name: ORAMA

Length 192.6 meter, width: 22.9 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 19840 ton

Cause: built in 1924 by vickers. owned at time of loss by orient steam navigation co. turbine eniges of 3900 nhp for 18 knots. while serving as an auxilliary transport was attacked and sunk by the german heavy cruiser admiral hipper. 19 men lost, 280 became prisoners. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1800 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: 5.1.78 SUNK IN 664400N, 035200E APPROX. (BR.MSL.WWII). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 66 44 N,3 52 E

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