This is the information page about the shipwreck Orsa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.797 N,0 16.828 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Bellerophon
9. Benmacdhui
10. Box hill
11. Boys own
12. Breitenburg
13. Brema
14. British councillor
15. British prince
16. Briton (possibly)
17. Cadmus
18. Canada
19. Chant 63
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. City of birmingham
22. Corhampton
23. Corinth (possibly)
24. Cramlington (possibly)
25. Cyclope
26. Dana (possibly)
27. Daphne ii
28. Dayrian
29. Deerpool (after section)
30. Deerpool (for'd section)
31. Diana
32. Diana
33. Dido
34. Dryade
35. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
36. Dunsany
37. Empress (probably)
38. Ethel (possibly)
39. Exmoor
40. Faunus
41. Feltre
42. Femke
43. Fermo
44. Forest queen
45. Fowberry tower (part)
46. Fowberry tower (part)
47. Francis
48. Fryken
49. Georgie
50. Georgios
51. Gerhardt (possibly)
52. Girl kitty (possibly)
53. Giuseppe
54. Gluckauf (possibly)
55. Gothic
56. Grangemouth
57. Harlech
58. Harnis (probably)
59. Helmsman (probably)
60. Hms benvolio
61. Hms botanic
62. Hms calverton
63. Hms corfield
64. Hms cortina
65. Hms dervish
66. Hms egret
67. Hms fairy
68. Hms falcon (stern section)
69. Hms kos xvi (probably)
70. Hms lormont
71. Hms mistletoe
72. Hms othello
73. Hms princess victoria
74. Hms remillo
75. Hms st cyrus
76. Hms strathborve (part)
77. Hms susarion
78. Hms warland (possibly)
79. Hms yorkshire belle
80. Homer
81. Horsted
82. Hugh taylor
83. Ida
84. Ightham (possibly)
85. Ionic (probably)
86. J b paddon
87. Jane (possibly)
88. Janet helen (possibly)
89. John and thomas
90. John mowlem
91. John rettig (probably)
92. Kalo (probably)
93. Katina bulgari
94. Kimberley (possibly)
95. Kingston cameo
96. Knuthenborg
97. Kyma
98. Ladas (possibly)
99. Lady anstruther (probably)
100. Lady dinah
101. Lancaster (possibly)
102. Laurel (possibly)
103. Leonora
104. Lifeguard (possibly)
105. Longbenton (probably)
106. Lord haig (possibly)
107. Lord haig (possibly)
108. Lord selborne
109. Lottie (possibly)
110. Lucerne
111. Lyra (bow section)
112. Magdalyn ann
113. Maggie
114. Magnolia (probably)
115. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
116. Marian francis
117. Markersdall (probably)
118. Marshall (probably)
119. Merchiston
120. Modig
121. Modiva (possibly)
122. Monimia (possibly)
123. Nadod (possibly)
124. Nautilus
125. Nimrod
126. Norfolk coast
127. Odessa
128. Onward (possibly)
129. Ophir ii (possibly)
130. Orsa
131. Otis tetrax
132. Paraciers
133. Peebles (possibly)
134. Portia
135. Ravonia (part)
136. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
137. Rayford
138. Realf
139. Reculver
140. Retriever
141. Revello
142. Revi
143. Rhuys
144. Rievaulx abbey
145. Rivaulx
146. River don (part of)(probably)
147. River witham
148. Sagacity
149. Salacon
150. Salmondby
151. Saltoun
152. Sandra glen
153. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
154. Sna iii
155. Sota eduardo
156. Stanburn
157. Stylianos chandris
158. Teano
159. Tees
160. Thessaly
161. Thomas deas
162. Togston (possibly)
163. Tredegar hall
164. Triton
165. Uc 39
166. Uc 47
167. Uc 75
168. Umbe
169. Upminster (possibly)
170. Varangmalm (possibly)
171. Vechstroom
172. Venture (possibly)
173. Ville de valenciennes
174. Wayside flower (possibly)
175. Whitemantle (possibly)
176. William hanson
177. Windsor (part of)
178. Windsor (part of)
179. Winga
180. Xavier
181. Xavier
182. Zeemermin

 

Name: ORSA

Length 76.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1478 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1925 by new waterway sb co, schiedam. owned at time of loss by clydesdale shipowner co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 144hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for bordeaux. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 321 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20160406

Details measurements/cartography: H7236/39 4.11.39 MAST SHOWING ABOUT 3FT ABOVE WATER IN POSN 534430N, 001600E. (MINORCA 1939). - FTNM 2452/39. H0146/39 27.12.39 INS DWPA IN 534430N, 001600E. - FNM 2882/39. 24.10.39 WKS REPD 344 DEGS HUMBER LT V 11MILES AND 349 DEGS HUMBER LT V 10.9MILES. (HMS MAORI, 24.10.39). H0146/39 27.12.39 SANK 150 DEGS 15 MILES FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD. (SHIPPING CASUALTIES 10.12.39). H01624/44 14.6.44 WK LOCATED IN 534446N, 001627E. SWEEP PARTED AT 20FT, CLEARED AT 17FT. IDENTIFIED AS ORSA. (CAPT MS HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND TO WK 2FMS 5FT. LC 1190. H01624/44 17.3.45 SWEPT CLEAR 37FT, FOUL 40FT [MLWS] AFTER DISPERSAL. A PORTION OF A LIFE-BUOY RECOVERED DURING DISPERSAL OPERATIONS ESTABLISHING THIS AS ORSA. (CAPT MS HUMBER, 15.7.44). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT.

- NM 779/45. H01624/44 22.3.47 G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S, LAID CLOSE W OF WK. (TH).

- NM 762/47. H01624/44 10.10.48 CLEAR TO 45FT AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL. (C-IN-C NORE 8.10.48). H01624/44 28.1.49 EXAM' D IN 534452N, 001624E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT, SURROUNDING DEPTH 74 FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 68FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 195/49. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 13.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. 18.11.77 AMEND TO SW 13.9MTRS [LAT]. NE 109. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 7.9.77 IN 534447.2N, 001658.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 20.6MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 6.10.16 EXAM'D 6.4.16; IN 5344.797N, 0016.828E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 43.4MTRS, WIDTH 22.2MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 321/141 DEGS. WRECK HAS BROKEN UP AND DISINTEGRATED WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 16.6MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 53 44.797 N,0 16.828 E

 

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