This is the information page about the shipwreck Oriente, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.247 N,5 56.954 E (53.6365833, 6.0043)

 

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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: ORIENTE

Length 62.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2333 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1959 by niigata tekkosho, niigata. owned at time of loss by empresa consolidad de navegacion mambisa. passage cuba for poland. sank following collision with norwegian mv stavfjord in dense fog, approx 16m ne of ameland. all crew members recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H6066/56 14.4.66 DW IN 533416N, 055700E, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, INTQG. (NETH HYDRO SIG 121050 APR'66).

- NM 748/66. H1547/65 15.3.68 RAFL ADDED TO BUOY. (HAGUE NM 613/68). NCA. H2671/63 18.10.77 AMENDED TO WK SW 12.7MTRS [6FMS 5FT]. BUOY CLOSE E DELETED. (NETH NM 2977/77).

- NM 2449/77. 22.8.89 WK SW 12.7MTRS IN 533416N, 055700E. (NETH WK RECORDS, JAN'88 EDN, NO.M9 530). 13.10.05 SHOWN IN 5334.250N, 0556.990E [WGD] ON NETH 1633 [INT 1417] [OCT 05 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1633.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 34.247 N,5 56.954 E

 

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