This is the information page about the shipwreck Orangemoor (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 44.168 N,3 19.853 W (50.014883333333, -3.39665)

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: ORANGEMOOR (POSSIBLY)

Length 121.6 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5775 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: passage bona for the tyne. torpedoed by u 101. 18 men lost.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20150615

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 494300N, 032300W OR 494700N, 032000W. (LL WW2). SUNK IN 494300N, 032300W (WW2SL & AXIX SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). H095/39 WK IN 494800N, 032700W. (WESTERN APPROACHES GENERAL ORDERS NO 00319). NCA. H0113/45 CONTACT IN 494430N, 031930W. HEIGHT 30FT. (AUBD 2675B/12). H03504/51 13.8.51 AN OLD WK CONTACTED IN 494336N, 032018W DURING SEARCH FOR THE 'AFFRAY'. LIES 070/250DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 7.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC 55MTRS. NC 2519. H4551/76 6.10.76 REPD IN 494345N, 032015W [OGB] USING DECCA OR 158DEGS, 34 MILES FROM START POINT. STANDS 24FT HIGH WITH A ROCK NEARBY. GEN DEPTH 38FMS. CARGO IS IRON ORE. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76 & 30.11.76). 12.1.79 AMEND TO WK 33FMS. NE 2668. H1310/85 7.8.85 LOCATED IN 494413N, 031945W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 40FT ABOVE SEABED. (C WILLIAMS, 2.8.85). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS (31FMS) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/86 24.6.86 WK LOCATED IN THIS POSN USING DECCA. (M HAWKINS). HH090/912/01 20.11.01 EXAM'D 27.7.01 IN 4944.175N, 0319.885W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.7 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN. FISHING BUOYS ON WK. (GARDLINE, HI 912). BR STD. 10.7.06 EXAM'D BY ROV 29.9.05. VERY BADLY MANGLED STEEL WK. APPEARS TO BE OF WELDED CONSTRUCTION. (ODYSSEY INTERNATIONAL). NCA. 9.10.15 EXAM'D 15.6.15 IN 4944.168N, 0319.853W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 69MTRS. LENGTH 117.4MTRS, WIDTH 33.3MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 110/290 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND WELL BROKEN. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN

Position: 49 44.168 N,3 19.853 W

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