This is the information page about the shipwreck Portia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.944 N,0 17.694 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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

 

Name: PORTIA

Length 68.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1127 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1914 by trondhjems mek. versted. owned at time of loss by j lund & co. triple expansion engine of 116nhp, single shaft. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20160409

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE 'JUNO'. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED ON 7.9.77 IN 534455.4N, 001750.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19-21MTRS. WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 100FT BY 50FT. HAS TWO HIGH POINTS. (SOISS, 23.12.77). BR STD. H1287/78/302 19.10.78 WK LOCATED IN 534447N, 001745E USING DECCA. BOILER ONLY STANDING 15FT IN SMALL SCOUR. (M OXLADE, 12.9.78). H1944/80 23.4.82 EXAM'D 12.6.81 IN 534456N, 001749E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.4MTRS, SHADOW HT 3.8MTRS. GEN DEPTH 19.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 176/356DEGS. SONAR LENGTH 65MTRS, BEAM 13.5MTRS. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED DUE TO LOBSTER POTS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS.

- NM 1147/82. 21.7.09 DIVED 14.7.09 IN 5344.944N, 0017.704E [WGD]. LENGTH 68.9MTRS, WIDTH 10.9MTRS, HT 2MTRS BY DIVER. LIES N/S. MANUFACTURER'S NAME PLATE BEARING THE NAME 'PORTIA' RECOVERED. (P RODGER, LTD REC'D 21.7.09). RETAIN WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 6.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5344.944N, 0017.694E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 91.9MTRS, WIDTH 27.3MTRS, HEIGHT 3.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. WRECK HAS BROKEN AND SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 44.944 N,0 17.694 E

 

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