This is the information page about the shipwreck Otter, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 54.853 N,1 34.786 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Angele-erika
9. Artemisia
10. Asteria
11. Barrhill
12. Bertha
13. Birtley
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Cardanel
20. Chevington
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Cordene
26. Corduff
27. Courier (probably)
28. Dashwood
29. Duncarron
30. Efos
31. Eikhaug
32. Empress
33. Ems
34. Ethel
35. Friesland
36. Fulgens
37. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
38. Gardenia
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Georgia (stern section)
43. Glen derry (probably)
44. Granta
45. Hauxley (possibly)
46. Hector gannet
47. Hms agate
48. Hms caroline moller
49. Hms cloughton wyke
50. Hms dhoon (probably)
51. Hms dungeness
52. Hms force
53. Hms francolin
54. Hms tonbridge
55. Hms vortigern
56. Hms washington (probably)
57. Hms william stephen
58. Hmsm c 11
59. Homefire
60. I t l anna b
61. Ilse
62. Jessie maersk
63. Jevington court
64. Kenton
65. Keymun
66. King egbert
67. La perouse (possibly)
68. Lanterna (probably)
69. Leelite
70. Londoner (probably)
71. Marden
72. Marsworth
73. Minorca
74. Montferland
75. Murdoch (probably)
76. Norman queen
77. Oakgrove
78. Ole bull
79. Osprey
80. Otter
81. Oxshott (possibly)
82. Pacific (possibly)
83. Pacific (possibly)
84. Pegrix
85. Prima
86. Regain
87. Rimac
88. Roine
89. Rose marie
90. Roy
91. Salvus ii
92. Seagull
93. Seaham
94. Sheaf water
95. St mark
96. Teddington
97. Thursonian
98. Trelissick
99. Tyneford
100. Upminster
101. Varoy
102. Viola (possibly)
103. Walkure
104. War valley
105. Welholme (possibly)
106. Western mist (possibly)
107. Westland
108. Whintown (possibly)
109. Willowpool
110. Winhill or whinhill
111. Xanthe

 

Name: OTTER

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0243/39 2.5.40 OBSTN LOCATED IN POSN 010 DEG, 5 MILES FROM HAISBOROUGH LTHO BY MINESWEEPER. H0953/40 NSC REPD IN 525448N, 013454E. (HMS FRANKLIN). H1952/80 25.1.83 EXAM'D 3.8.81 IN 525450N, 013454E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.9, FOUL AT 16.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT NOT DETERMINED BECAUSE OF INDISTINCT RETURNS. LYING 145/325 DEGS. (SOISS, HI 22).

- NM 708/83. H1310/88/48 27.9.88 DIVED ON IN 524453N, 013441E [OGB] USING DECCA. APPEARS TO BE 180 - 200FT LONG, 25FT IN THE BEAM AND STANDS ABOUT 20FT ABOVE SEABED. HULL IS BROKEN FOR'D OF THE ENGINE AND BOILER. (M OXLADE, 1.9.88). 28.9.89 IDENTIFIED AS THE 'OTTER' FROM POTS AND CUTLERY FOUND IN WK. (F WATSON, TELECON). HH100/351/01 21.11.89 CUTLERY, PLATES AND ORNATE VICTORIAN TOILET RECOVERED WHICH CARRY BURNS MCIVOR SHIPPING LINE CREST AND NAME 'OTTER'. (M OXLADE). HH100/351/07 3.9.93 DIVED IN 525453N, 013453E [OGB] USING GPS. LIES N/S WITH BOW S. TWO LARGE BOILERS AND ENGINE STAND 4MTRS OFF SEABED. FORWARD 25FT IS BURIED IN SAND AND FORWARD HOLD ASSUMED COVERED. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MOST OF DECKING HAS GONE BUT SOME BURNT DECKING FOUND IN AFTER AND FORWARD SECTIONS. FOULED BY NETS. SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS FOUND - HALLMARKS DATE 1820 - 1860. REFERENCE TO TYNE SHIPPING COMPANY FOUND ON RIM OF A POT. (G SPENCE, 26.8.93). NCA. SEP 2015/000041896 22.5.15 EXAM'D 19.10.14 IN 5254.853N, 0134.786E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.01MTRS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI1427). AMEND DW 16.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED.

Position: 52 54.853 N,1 34.786 E

 

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