This is the information page about the shipwreck Otis tetrax, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 45.052 N,0 8.245 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. Bellerophon
7. Breitenburg
8. Brema
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Canada
14. Carson
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Cook s26
19. Corinth (possibly)
20. Cramlington (possibly)
21. Cyclope
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Diana
27. Diana
28. Dido
29. Dryade
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Feltre
37. Femke
38. Fermo
39. Forest queen
40. Fowberry tower (part)
41. Francis
42. Fryken
43. Georgie
44. Georgios
45. Gerhardt (possibly)
46. Girl kitty (possibly)
47. Giuseppe
48. Gothic
49. Harlech
50. Harnis (probably)
51. Helmsman (probably)
52. Hms benvolio
53. Hms botanic
54. Hms calverton
55. Hms corfield
56. Hms egret
57. Hms fairy
58. Hms falcon (stern section)
59. Hms mistletoe
60. Hms othello
61. Hms princess victoria
62. Hms remillo
63. Hms silicia
64. Hms strathborve (part)
65. Hms susarion
66. Hms yorkshire belle
67. Horsted
68. Hugh taylor
69. Ida
70. Ionic (probably)
71. J b paddon
72. Janet helen (possibly)
73. John and thomas
74. John mowlem
75. John rettig (probably)
76. Kalo (probably)
77. Kernoozer
78. Kimberley (possibly)
79. Kingston cameo
80. Knuthenborg
81. Kyma
82. Ladas (possibly)
83. Lady anstruther (probably)
84. Lifeguard (possibly)
85. Lord haig (possibly)
86. Lord haig (possibly)
87. Lottie (possibly)
88. Lucerne
89. Lyra (bow section)
90. Magdalyn ann
91. Maggie
92. Marian francis
93. Marie l
94. Markersdall (probably)
95. Meeuw
96. Modig
97. Modiva (possibly)
98. Monimia (possibly)
99. Nar
100. Nimrod
101. Norfolk coast
102. Odessa
103. Onward (possibly)
104. Ophir ii (possibly)
105. Orsa
106. Otis tetrax
107. Paraciers
108. Peebles (possibly)
109. Portia
110. Ravonia (part)
111. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
112. Rayford
113. Realf
114. Reculver
115. Retriever
116. Revi
117. Rhuys
118. Rievaulx abbey
119. Rivaulx
120. River don (part of)(probably)
121. River witham
122. Sagacity
123. Salacon
124. Salmondby
125. Saltoun
126. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
127. Sergei
128. Sna iii
129. Sota eduardo
130. Stanburn
131. Tees
132. Thessaly
133. Thomas deas
134. Togston (possibly)
135. Triton
136. Uc 39
137. Uc 47
138. Uc 75
139. Umbe
140. Upminster (possibly)
141. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
142. Varangmalm (possibly)
143. Venture (possibly)
144. Ville de valenciennes
145. Violet (probably)
146. Wayside flower (possibly)
147. Whitemantle (possibly)
148. William hanson
149. Windsor (part of)
150. Winga
151. Xavier
152. Zeemermin

 

Name: OTIS TETRAX

Length 65.5 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 996 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1916 by j meyer's sb co, zaltbommel. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 186hp, single shaft. machinery by burgherhour's works, rotterdam. passage methil for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by submarine, probably ub-112.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 243 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20200917

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 28 MILES S 1/4 E FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD. (BMVS). M39420 22.8.18 POSN 534030N, 000900E. (SIO GRIMSBY IDSA). 23.8.18 8 MILES N FROM HUMBER LT V. (BOT WR). 31.8.18 POSN 534100N, 001230E. (VAEC AP REPD). H4213/19 31.5.19 POSN WITHERNSEA LTHO 3.9M, 252DEG. MARKED BY LT BUOY. H8301/22 18.12.22 DISPERSED TO 42FT LWST. (TH NM 78/22). INS AS WK 7FMS IN 534455N, 000809E.

- NM 44/23. 10.2.67 POSN AMENDED TO 534504N, 000812E. NE 109. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 12.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H1287/78/302 19.10.78 LOCATED IN 534420N, 000755W USING DECCA. BOILER AND BOW ONLY STANDING 12FT AND LYING IN SMALL SCOUR. (M OXLADE, 12.9.78). SEP 2021/000166150 4.9.20 EXAM?D 17.9.20 IN 5345.052N, 0008.245E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 66.3MTRS, WIDTH 18.4MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 243/063 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 12.2MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 200 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). HEAVILY DEGRADED, WITH BOILER VISIBLE. AMEND DW 12.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HEAVILY DEGRADED, WITH BOILER VISIBLE

Position: 53 45.052 N,0 8.245 E

 

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