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 (53.56915, 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. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Brabant
10. Breitenburg
11. Brema
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Carson
18. Chant 63
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. City of birmingham
21. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
22. Coastal fort no-1
23. Cook s26
24. Corhampton
25. Corinth (possibly)
26. Cramlington (possibly)
27. Cyclope
28. Dana (possibly)
29. Daphne ii
30. Dayrian
31. Deerpool (after section)
32. Diana
33. Diana
34. Dido
35. Dryade
36. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
37. Dunsany
38. Empress (probably)
39. Ethel (possibly)
40. Exmoor
41. Faunus
42. Feltre
43. Femke
44. Fermo
45. Flourish
46. Forest queen
47. Fowberry tower (part)
48. Francis
49. Fryken
50. Georgie
51. Georgios
52. Gerhardt (possibly)
53. Girl kitty (possibly)
54. Giuseppe
55. Gluckauf (possibly)
56. Gothic
57. Grangemouth
58. Harlech
59. Harnis (probably)
60. Helmsman (probably)
61. Hms benvolio
62. Hms botanic
63. Hms calverton
64. Hms corfield
65. Hms egret
66. Hms fairy
67. Hms falcon (stern section)
68. Hms falmouth
69. Hms kos xvi (probably)
70. Hms mistletoe
71. Hms othello
72. Hms princess victoria
73. Hms remillo
74. Hms silicia
75. Hms strathborve (part)
76. Hms susarion
77. Hms warland (possibly)
78. Hms yorkshire belle
79. Homer
80. Horsted
81. Hugh taylor
82. Hvitveis
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. Kernoozer
95. Kimberley (possibly)
96. Kingston cameo
97. Knuthenborg
98. Kyma
99. Ladas (possibly)
100. Lady anstruther (probably)
101. Lancaster (possibly)
102. Laurel (possibly)
103. Leonora
104. Lifeguard (possibly)
105. Lightship no 83
106. Lord haig (possibly)
107. Lord haig (possibly)
108. Lottie (possibly)
109. Lucerne
110. Lyra (bow section)
111. Magdalyn ann
112. Maggie
113. Magnolia
114. Magnolia (probably)
115. Marian francis
116. Marie l
117. Markersdall (probably)
118. Meeuw
119. Merchiston
120. Modig
121. Modiva (possibly)
122. Monimia (possibly)
123. Nadod (possibly)
124. Nar
125. Nimrod
126. Norfolk coast
127. Odessa
128. Onward (possibly)
129. Ophir ii (possibly)
130. Orsa
131. Otis tetrax
132. Paraciers
133. Peebles (possibly)
134. Peggotty
135. Portia
136. Ravonia (part)
137. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
138. Rayford
139. Realf
140. Reculver
141. Retriever
142. Revello
143. Revi
144. Rhuys
145. Rievaulx abbey
146. Rivaulx
147. River don (part of)(probably)
148. River witham
149. Sagacity
150. Salacon
151. Salmondby
152. Saltoun
153. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
154. Sergei
155. Sna iii
156. Sota eduardo
157. Stanburn
158. Stylianos chandris
159. Tees
160. Thessaly
161. Thomas deas
162. Togston (possibly)
163. Triton
164. Uc 39
165. Uc 47
166. Uc 75
167. Umbe
168. Upminster (possibly)
169. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
170. Varangmalm (possibly)
171. Vechstroom
172. Venture (possibly)
173. Ville de valenciennes
174. Violet (probably)
175. Wayside flower (possibly)
176. Whitemantle (possibly)
177. William hanson
178. Windsor (part of)
179. Winga
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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