This is the information page about the shipwreck Orlock head (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.742 N,4 2.67 W (58.58585, -3.74425)

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: ORLOCK HEAD (PROBABLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1563 ton

Cause: owned at time of loss by usleter ss co. built 1921 by dublin dockyard co. 900 ihp for 10 knots. triple expansion engines. bombed and sunk by german a/c about 7 miles off strathie pt. 6 men killed.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 102 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: H01822/43 28.6.43 H01822/43 28.6.43 POSN GIVEN AS 584230N, 040530W. (LLOYDS). AUBD 316/20 POSN 584200N, 040530W. 9.4.45 AUBD 316/21 POSN GIVEN AS 584148N, 040300W. LENGTH 240FT, HEIGHT 30FT. ROCK. (EG30, 9.4.45). H01822/43 13.11.57 H01822/43 13.11.57 INS NDW IN 584230N, 040530W. (ADMIRALTY REF CONF AFO). BR STD. H1270/81 26.1.81 H1270/81 26.1.81 AMENDED TO WK 37FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). NE 219. 20.8.82 20.8.82 AMEND TO WK 68MTRS. NC 1954. H2925/83 11.1.85 H2925/83 11.1.85 WK EXAM'D 29.7.84 IN 584146N, 040235W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 92 IN GEN DEPTH 102MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 41.742 N,4 2.67 W

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