This is the information page about the shipwreck Orne (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.202 N,2 19.413 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Arfon
8. Athen
9. Barryman
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Black hawk (fwd section)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. British inventor (bow section)
15. Centurion
16. Chasseur 6
17. Chasseur 7
18. Conch
19. Countess of erne
20. Dagmar
21. Dallas city (possibly)
22. Deucalion
23. Earl of abergavenny
24. Elena r
25. Elmcrest
26. Enecuri
27. Ethel (probably)
28. Evertsen
29. Finn
30. Forester (& pontoon)
31. Franziska
32. Frigga
33. Frogner ?
34. Gallia
35. Girnigoe
36. Gripfast
37. Halsewell
38. Hartburn (probably)
39. Hartlepool (part of)
40. Hartlepool (part of)
41. Himalaya
42. Hms arfon
43. Hms blackwood
44. Hms dark gladiator
45. Hms delight
46. Hms fisgard ii
47. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
48. Hms gossamer
49. Hms james fennel
50. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
51. Hms landrail (probably)
52. Hms warrior ii
53. Hmsm a3
54. Hmsm l24
55. Hmsm m2
56. Hmsm p555
57. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
58. Ice prince
59. Inisinver
60. Iolanthe
61. Juvenile delinquent
62. K m b (possibly)
63. Kolga
64. License to kill (possibly)
65. Longsand
66. Mallard (possibly)
67. Marie therese
68. Meknes
69. Merchant royal
70. Milo
71. Neree (possibly)
72. Neree (probably)
73. Netley abbey (possibly)
74. Onward (probably)
75. Orne (possibly)
76. Pas (c.182)
77. Pitchipoy (possibly)
78. Rapana
79. Rowella
80. Royal adelaide
81. Saratoga
82. Seahawk
83. Snowdrop
84. Spiral (possibly)
85. Stancrest
86. Sudon (possibly)
87. Terrapin
88. Thera (possibly)
89. U 322 (possibly)
90. Ub 74
91. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ORNE (POSSIBLY)

Length 47.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 928 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. was en route penarth to trouville.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 502730N. 021320W - 121DEG, 6M FROM SHAMBLES. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). POSN 502430N, 021900W. (M 81547). POSN ACCEPTED AS PA 502430N, 021900W. H3971/52 30.6.54 INS NDW PA IN 502430N, 021900W. LC F6840. 11.1.63 INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 5024.17N, 0219.33W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 140 IN 161FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND & BROKEN SHELL. OBTAINED TWICE ON E/S. MEDIUM STRENGTH SONAR RETURN FROM NE OF WRECK. CONSIDER LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. (HMS SCOTT, 1964). AMEND POSN.

- NM 907/65. H2291/64 18.8.70 AMEND TO WK 23FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1964). BR STD. H3950/70 6.10.71 AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. NC2615. 24.7.87 WK IN THIS POSN THOUGHT TO BE AN AIRCRAFT (?BOMBER). (M SKELSEY). HH090/533/01 13.5.94 NOT LOCATED DURING DCS3 AND MAGNETOMETER SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). PROBABLY NOT ORNE AS WW1SL GIVES SINKING POSN AS 25 MILES W OF PORTLAND BILL. AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 24.202 N,2 19.413 W

 

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