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 (50.403367, -2.323550)

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: 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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