This is the information page about the shipwreck Orphee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 10.14 N,2 12.08 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Agenoria
2. Altair
3. Ambassadrice
4. Amelia de llano
5. Amiable lucitte
6. Antoxo
7. Armande
8. Arnold maersk
9. Aviemore
10. Balance
11. Barunga
12. Beaverburn
13. Beaverburn (probably)
14. Bizon (possibly)
15. Bizon (probably)
16. Brockley combe
17. Cabo villano
18. Ciscar
19. Commerce
20. Cote ouest
21. Courier
22. Cuo
23. Diament
24. Dora
25. Echo
26. Empire toucan
27. Estornino
28. Fils du vent
29. Fink
30. Flamer
31. Ford power
32. Francis
33. Fulbore iii
34. Gabrielle
35. Gulnare
36. Guyona
37. Heron
38. Hms ashanti (bow section)
39. Hms ashanti (stern section)
40. Hms determinee (ex la determinee)
41. Hms edgehill
42. Hms rapid
43. Hms severn
44. Hopper
45. Isis
46. James
47. Jeanne marie
48. Joseph and margaret
49. Kathleen
50. Kromwyk
51. La blainvillaise
52. La josephine
53. La mauve
54. Le cap
55. Le poilu
56. Le squale
57. Leastilien
58. Lili joli
59. Louise
60. Lynwood
61. M 343 (possibly)
62. M 343 (probably)
63. M 483
64. M'as tu vu
65. Marie galante
66. Matelda
67. Megazan
68. Molares alvarez
69. Neptunia
70. Normandy
71. Olivegrove
72. Olway
73. Oost vlaanderen
74. Orphee
75. Pap 1
76. Pap 2
77. Pap 3
78. Peter paul
79. Petite anna
80. Prima
81. Princess ena
82. Raffio
83. Ribbledale
84. Rossgull
85. Saint louis
86. Sarcelle
87. Sarmatia
88. Schelde
89. Schokland
90. Silvonia
91. Sneaton
92. Songa (possibly)
93. Storesand
94. Sultan star
95. Susan k
96. Swift
97. Switha
98. Thrasyvoulos
99. Uss pt 509
100. Venus
101. Voorwaarts
102. Wonder

 

Name: ORPHEE

Length 16.8 meter

Cause: 20.8.82 struck a rock off corbiere, jersey, and abandoned by crew. was on passage guernsey to jersey. vessel could not be found by jersey lifeboat. (ll, 20.8.82).

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: H3898/82 5.10.82 FOUND IN 491012N, 021200W, APPROX, IN A ROCKY AREA AND WITH MAST BROKEN. BREAKING UP AND HAS 12MTRS OVER IT. (HBR MASTER, JERSEY/RNW TELECON 8.9.82). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 10.14 N,2 12.08 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway