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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Carson
17. Chant 63
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
21. Coastal fort no-1
22. Cook s26
23. Corhampton
24. Corinth (possibly)
25. Cramlington (possibly)
26. Cyclope
27. Dana (possibly)
28. Daphne ii
29. Dayrian
30. Deerpool (after 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. Francis
47. Fryken
48. Georgie
49. Georgios
50. Gerhardt (possibly)
51. Girl kitty (possibly)
52. Giuseppe
53. Gluckauf (possibly)
54. Gothic
55. Grangemouth
56. Harlech
57. Harnis (probably)
58. Helmsman (probably)
59. Hms benvolio
60. Hms botanic
61. Hms calverton
62. Hms corfield
63. Hms egret
64. Hms fairy
65. Hms falcon (stern section)
66. Hms falmouth
67. Hms kos xvi (probably)
68. Hms mistletoe
69. Hms othello
70. Hms princess victoria
71. Hms remillo
72. Hms silicia
73. Hms strathborve (part)
74. Hms susarion
75. Hms warland (possibly)
76. Hms yorkshire belle
77. Homer
78. Horsted
79. Hugh taylor
80. Hvitveis
81. Ida
82. Ightham (possibly)
83. Ionic (probably)
84. J b paddon
85. Jane (possibly)
86. Janet helen (possibly)
87. John and thomas
88. John mowlem
89. John rettig (probably)
90. Kalo (probably)
91. Katina bulgari
92. Kernoozer
93. Kimberley (possibly)
94. Kingston cameo
95. Knuthenborg
96. Kyma
97. Ladas (possibly)
98. Lady anstruther (probably)
99. Lancaster (possibly)
100. Laurel (possibly)
101. Leonora
102. Lifeguard (possibly)
103. Lord haig (possibly)
104. Lord haig (possibly)
105. Lottie (possibly)
106. Lucerne
107. Lyra (bow section)
108. Magdalyn ann
109. Maggie
110. Marian francis
111. Marie l
112. Markersdall (probably)
113. Meeuw
114. Merchiston
115. Modig
116. Modiva (possibly)
117. Monimia (possibly)
118. Nar
119. Nimrod
120. Norfolk coast
121. Odessa
122. Onward (possibly)
123. Ophir ii (possibly)
124. Orsa
125. Otis tetrax
126. Paraciers
127. Peebles (possibly)
128. Peggotty
129. Portia
130. Ravonia (part)
131. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
132. Rayford
133. Realf
134. Reculver
135. Retriever
136. Revello
137. Revi
138. Rhuys
139. Rievaulx abbey
140. Rivaulx
141. River don (part of)(probably)
142. River witham
143. Sagacity
144. Salacon
145. Salmondby
146. Saltoun
147. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
148. Sergei
149. Sna iii
150. Sota eduardo
151. Stanburn
152. Stylianos chandris
153. Tees
154. Thessaly
155. Thomas deas
156. Togston (possibly)
157. Triton
158. Uc 39
159. Uc 47
160. Uc 75
161. Umbe
162. Upminster (possibly)
163. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
164. Varangmalm (possibly)
165. Vechstroom
166. Venture (possibly)
167. Ville de valenciennes
168. Violet (probably)
169. Wayside flower (possibly)
170. Whitemantle (possibly)
171. William hanson
172. Windsor (part of)
173. Winga
174. Xavier
175. 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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