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 54 40.726 N,0 0.065 W (54.6787667, -0.0010833)

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.

Name: OTTER

Length 29.6 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 123 ton

Cause: Built in 1888 by j t eltringham, south shields. owned at time of loss by g alderson-smith. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 45 nhp, single shaft. passage scarborough for fishing and return. captured by u 57 and sunk by gunfire. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H2534/74 5.3.80 H2534/74 5.3.80 BAD OBSTN (WK) REPD IN 544037N, 000001W. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL.1). NCA. HH090/554/01 2.2.93 HH090/554/01 2.2.93 INTACT WK EXAM'D 12.10.92 IN 544043.1N, 000002.7E [OGB] USING RANGE/RANGE HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.3 IN GEN DEPTH 67.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 68.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.1MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. UPRIGHT ON GENTLY UNDULATING AND RIPPLED SEABED AND WITHIN A LARGE SCOUR. LIES 097/277DEG. MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE OBTAINED. (NP 1008, HI 554). BR STD. 28.8.08 28.8.08 DIVED 9.2008 IN LISTED POSN. IDENTIFIED BY BELL WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE DECK CLOSE TO THE BOILER. (A C JACKSON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, IN LARGE SCOUR

Position: 54 40.726 N,0 0.065 W

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