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 (52.795983333333, 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. Ayrshire (possibly)
12. Barrhill
13. Bertha
14. Birtley
15. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Boulderpool (fwd part)
17. British triumph
18. Camilla weston
19. Cantabria (probably)
20. Cardanel
21. Chevington
22. Clan morrison
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Continental (possibly)
25. Corchester
26. Cordene
27. Corduff
28. Corea
29. Courier (probably)
30. Dashwood
31. Duncarron
32. Efos
33. Eikhaug
34. Empress
35. Ems
36. Ethel
37. Friesland
38. Fulgens
39. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
40. Gardenia
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Georgia (stern section)
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Granta
47. Hauxley (possibly)
48. Hector gannet
49. Hms agate
50. Hms cantatrice
51. Hms caroline moller
52. Hms cloughton wyke
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms dungeness
55. Hms force
56. Hms francolin
57. Hms nogi
58. Hms tonbridge
59. Hms vortigern
60. Hms washington (probably)
61. Hms william stephen
62. Hmsm c 11
63. Homefire
64. I t l anna b
65. Ilse
66. Jessie maersk
67. Jevington court
68. Kenton
69. Keymun
70. King egbert
71. La perouse (possibly)
72. Lanterna (probably)
73. Leelite
74. Londoner (probably)
75. Marden
76. Marsworth
77. Meriones
78. Minorca
79. Montferland
80. Murdoch (probably)
81. Norman queen
82. Oakgrove
83. Ole bull
84. Osprey
85. Otter
86. Oxshott (possibly)
87. Pacific (possibly)
88. Pacific (possibly)
89. Pegrix
90. Prima
91. Regain
92. Rimac
93. Roine
94. Rose marie
95. Roy
96. Salvus ii
97. Seagull
98. Seaham
99. Sheaf water
100. St mark
101. Tayjack 1 (part of)
102. Teddington
103. Thursonian
104. Trelissick
105. Tyneford
106. Upminster
107. Varoy
108. Vigo
109. Viola (possibly)
110. Walkure
111. War valley
112. Welholme (possibly)
113. Western mist (possibly)
114. Westland
115. Whintown (possibly)
116. Willowpool
117. Winhill or whinhill
118. 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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