This is the information page about the shipwreck Oriole, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 49.95 N,0 9.92 E (49.7491667, 0.3417833)

 

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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.

 

1. Albertville
2. Au revoir
3. Barracuda
4. Barsac
5. Barsac
6. Bonne sainte rita
7. Brackenfield
8. Brinette (probably)
9. Cambronne
10. Capitaine cook
11. Caseyeur
12. Chatburn (possibly)
13. Comrades
14. Cornucopia (possibly)
15. Creto (probably)
16. Diane
17. Dinard (possibly)
18. F 614
19. Fdt 216 (possibly)
20. Ferryhill
21. Grand copaise
22. Greif
23. Hippolyte worms
24. Hms computator (probably)
25. Hms melbreack
26. John
27. Kingsdyke
28. Kong oscar 2
29. Krasnaya presnia
30. La minette
31. Labous mor (possibly)
32. Lady bird (possibly)
33. Laura c anderson (possibly)
34. Lct 1074 (possibly)
35. Lct 2426
36. Lct 875
37. Lee s. overmann
38. Lst 314
39. Lst 376
40. Magicien
41. Maid of orleans
42. Malachite
43. Maria, julia & mathilda jean
44. Marie-galante
45. Multicat
46. Nord deutscher
47. Notre dame de la merci
48. Nymphe d'or
49. Oriole
50. Partridge
51. Pascal jeanne marie
52. Pearl (possibly)
53. Perseverance
54. Piriapolis
55. Plm 4 (possibly)
56. Post renum
57. Ragna (possibly)
58. Raumboat no.41
59. Ray
60. Reve d'antilles
61. Risque tout
62. Roi des iles
63. Saint florent
64. Scarface
65. Sgb 7
66. Spero
67. Suffolk coast (possibly)
68. Tangara
69. Tela (possibly)
70. U 390 (probably)
71. U 741
72. Uj 1433
73. Uss firestone (possibly)
74. Zelzate 1

 

Name: ORIOLE

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1489 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: Vessel, built in 1914 by ailsa shipbuilding company and owned at the time of loss by general steam navigation company, was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-20 while on passage london to le havre. 21 lives lost. (ll ww1, wwisl, naval staff monographs, vol.13 & dods). [see also wk [13701] in 510951n, 0015100e].

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/87 29.5.87 LOCATED NEAR LE HAVRE, IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS, OUTSIDE SHIPPING ROUTE. NOT DANGEROUS TO SHIPPING. SALVAGE OF CARGO IN HAND. (SOGETRAX - RESMAR, CHOISY LE ROI, FRANCE). NCA. POSN 495000N, 001000E FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 49.95 N,0 9.92 E

 

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