This is the information page about the shipwreck Oria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20.045 N,4 37.706 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)
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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: ORIA
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H1280/77/24 11.10.77 H1280/77/24 11.10.77 LOCATED IN 532000N, 043740.9W, WITH 55FT OVER THE BOILER, AT LW, IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. INTACT FROM STEM TO STERN EXCEPT ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. (M. SMITH, DTD 13.1.77). NCA. H1310/81/35 11.12.81 H1310/81/35 11.12.81 FAIRLY INTACT, BUT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE BLASTED OFF. ALMOST THREEQUARTERS SUNK INTO SEABED. STANDING APPROX 10FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 65FT AT LW. (N ISHERWOOD). INS AS WK PA 16.5MTRS IN 532000N, 043704W. BR STD. HH100/351/01 5.5.89 HH100/351/01 5.5.89 WELL BROKEN UP. BOILER IS HIGHEST PART. (K. HURLEY, DTD 10.4.89). HH100/351/01 8.9.89 HH100/351/01 8.9.89 WK BELIEVED TO BE 'ORIA'. STANDS 5-6MTRS HIGH. (R S BUFTON, DTD 21.8.89). AMEND TO WK USC 14MTRS.
- NM BLOCK 3454/89. 25.8.05 25.8.05 [EUT] POSN: 5320.032N, 0437.652W. NE 2011. 10.3.14 10.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5320.045N, 0437.706W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.78 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60.0MTRS, WIDTH 29.5MTRS, HT 3.22MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). FWD PART GENERALLY COVERED. BOILER, ON END, AND STERN ARE THE HIGHEST PARTS. AMEND WK 15.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS S, BOILER ON END IS HIGHEST PART
Position: 53 20.045 N,4 37.706 W