This is the information page about the shipwreck Orient, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 50.362 N,7 41.075 E (54.066866666667, 7.4069)

 

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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.

 

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Name: ORIENT

Length 113.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4160 ton

Cause: built 1914 by northumberland s.b. co., with triple expansion engines of 326nhp. owned at time of loss by thr. kramer. bombed by british aircraft. (dods)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4706/49 25.8.49 WK 5.8MTRS [3FMS 1FT] SHOWN IN 535021N, 074120E, MARKED BY G LT BUOYS N & S ON GERMAN 87.

- NM 1719/49. H7472/54 24.3.55 LT BUOYS AMENDED TO QKFL.G TO N, & INTQKFL.G TO S. (HAMBURG NMS 4234-4556/54)

- NM 146/55. H1852/58 30.5.58 SHOWN AS WK SW 7.3MTRS [4FMS] ON GERMAN 89. BR STD. H5150/62 6.12.65 SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.0MTRS [6FMS 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4037/65) BR STD. H3150/69 10.11.69 SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.0MTRS [8FMS 1FT] IN 535025N, 074109E [EUR], BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 3951/69)

- NM 1804/69. 21.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN WK CHART 49 [1971 EDN]. 8.9.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 15MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [REPRINT 1986]. NC 3761. 13.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 15MTRS IN 5350.362N, 0741.075E [WGD] ON GERMAN 2. (ED6, COR TO 19.6.15). MOVE TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 50.362 N,7 41.075 E

 

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