This is the information page about the shipwreck Orminster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.542 N,0 42.817 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Albert
2. Asger ryg
3. Brackenfield
4. British commerce
5. Chatburn (possibly)
6. City of mexico
7. Coral
8. Donegal (possibly)
9. Fort yale
10. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
11. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
12. Hmcs alberni
13. Hms loyalty
14. Hms melbreack
15. Hms moldavia
16. Hooness
17. Kingsdyke
18. Krasnaya presnia
19. Lct 2426
20. Maid of orleans
21. Marga
22. Orminster
23. Pearl (possibly)
24. Plm 4 (possibly)
25. Polandia (possibly)
26. Ringen
27. Saint andre (probably)
28. Saint enogat
29. Sines (possibly)
30. Spearfish
31. Tangara
32. Teelin head
33. Tela (possibly)
34. U 741
35. U 86 (formerly)
36. Uss osprey
37. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: ORMINSTER

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5712 ton

Cause: Built in 1914 by bartram & sons. owned at the time of loss by minster ss co. passage normandy for isle of wight. torpedoed by u 480 approx 35m nw of cap d'antifer when straggling behind convoy on passage. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H03737/44 10.11.44 TORPEDOED 341DEGS, 1.9M FROM E4 BUOY [500748N, 004154W]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS NDW IN 500900N, 004130W. BR STD. 25.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 500900N, 004400W. WRECK OF ORMINSTER. (AUBD 304/38). 14.8.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. H1270/77 12.5.81 NOW CHARTED AS USC 30MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 22.8.91 LOCATED IN 500936N, 004245W [EUR] [+/- 20MTRS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.8 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS. LIES N/S. MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. (FR WK RECORDS NO.18100034). CHART AS WK 37MTRS IN 500930N, 004244W [OGB]. NE 2450. 18.6.07 LIES IN 5009.598N, 0042.750W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). [WGD] POSN: 5009.543N, 0042.832W. BR STD. 8.4.14 LOCATED 18.2.14 IN 5009.542N, 0042.817W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.38 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 121MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 10.6MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. E SIDE COLLAPSED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1430). UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS S. DEGRADED WITH PORT SIDE COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 39MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, ?BOWS S, MINOR SCOUR TO N

Position: 50 9.542 N,0 42.817 W

 

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