Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938357
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938357
UKHO Identifier : 003713
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.76667,-6.48750
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.76658,-6.48845
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth : 9.0
Depth Method : Found by diver
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 16
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : OTRANTO
Type : ARMED SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 163.1
Beam : 19.5
Draught : 11.9
Tonnage : 12124
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : MILITARY EQUIPMENT
Date Sunk : 06/10/1918
Bottom Texture : Rock
Debris Field : SPREAD OVER 100MTRS SQ. AREA
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1918
Last Detection Year : 1999
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL, BUILT 1909, DRIFTED ASHORE & WAS TOTALLY WRECKED FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH P&O LINER KASHMIR. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO., VESSEL WAS TAKEN OVER AS AN AUXILIARY CRUISER, AND WAS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT AMERICAN TROOPS TO FRANCE. MANY LIVES WERE LOST.MOST OF SURVIVORS RESCUED BY HMS MOUNSEY.
Surveying Details : **MO15595 16.10.18 POSN 6M N OF ORSAY ISLAND. (HMS MOUNSEY).
**N/CP58643/66 19.10.66 REPD SUNK AFTER COLLISION IN 1918.
**H1768/67 4.9.67 ONLY THE PROPELLOR & PROP SHAFT & ENGINE BLOCK REMAIN. (MIN OF TRANSPORT, TELECON). CHART AS DWPA IN 554600N, 062930W. NC 2722.
**14.8.78 WK LOCATED IN MACHIR BAY IN 554600N, 062900W APPROX BY SUB AQUA DIVERS. CONTAINS MOTOR BIKES, ARMY VEHICLES, & LOCOMOTIVES. (STAFF DIVING OFFICER, FOSNI TELECON)
**H1270/78 17.11.82 BADLY BROKEN UP AND SPREAD OVER AREA OF ABOUT 100 SQ MTRS. DEEPEST PART LIES ABOUT 16MTRS, DUE W OF OLD RADAR TWR. BOILER ARE HIGHEST PART COMING TO WITHIN 9MTRS OF SURFACE. SITE IS LITTERED WITH LIVE SHELLS. WK OWNED BY TIM EPPS, PORT CHARLOTTE HOTEL, ISLAY. (EXERCISE SCOOBIE SCOOP, 3-17.9.82, REPORT). POSN INDICATED ON CHARTLET: 554600N, 062915W APPROX. CHART AS WK PA 9MTRS. BR STD.
**12.5.99 VERY BROKEN AND SALVAGED. SIX BOILERS STANDING 5MTRS HIGH IN CENTRE OF WRECKAGE. (DIVER MAGAZINE APR'99).
