This is the information page about the shipwreck Orion (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 10.909 N,1 41.287 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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: ORION (PROBABLY)

Length 58.6 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 770 ton

Cause: ex-gothe '38, ex-motala. built in 1870 by motala mv, aktieb, norrkoping. owned at time of loss by j rang. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 73nhp, single shaft. passage trondheim for aberdeen. sprang a leak and was abandoned. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 SANK IN 590600N, 013500W. NCA. 11.5.72 INS AS NDW. BR STD. 27.9.78 AMEND TO WK USC PA 88MTRS. BR STD. HH091/137/01 28.2.07 LOCATED 19.6.06 IN 5910.9085N, 0141.2865W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 78.44 IN GEN DEPTH 83.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW. IDENTIFIED DURING POST-PROCESSING AND LEAST DEPTH IS FROM ONE PASS OF M/B. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED. CONSIDERED TO BE THIS WK. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). AMEND WK 78MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/137/01 30.7.07 NOW FULLY INVESTIGATED. ABOVE DATA CONFIRMED. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LISTING

Position: 59 10.909 N,1 41.287 W

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