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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 939164
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/939164
UKHO Identifier : 005169
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.84278,-5.12278
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.84284,-5.12390
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 54.84278,-5.12278
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ORION
Type : S PADDLER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 899
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 19/06/1850
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1966
Last Detection Year : 1989
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT OF IRON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J & G BURNS. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, PADDLE PROPULSION. TOOK PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR GLASGOW ON 17.6.1850 WITH CREW OF 40 & 170 PASSENGERS. AT 1.15AM STRUCK ROCKS OFF LT HOUSE AT ENTRANCE TO PORTPATRICK HARBOUR. SHIP WAS AT FULL SPEED & IMPACT TORE HER BOTTOM OUT AND SANK IN A FEW MINS. 60 DROWNED. (DODS). 41 LIVES LOST. (SII).
Surveying Details : **H571/66 26.10.66 REPD AS A VERY OLD WOODEN EMIGRANT SAILING SHIP. (MR.JESSOP). NCA.
**H1285/75 10.7.75 VERY LITTLE OF THIS WK REMAINS, EXCEPT FOR SOME MECHANICAL PARTS. SEABED OF SAND & ROCK,WITH PLENTY OF KELP. (A.NEWTON, ST.HELENS. LTR). NCA.
**H1282/76/50 17.8.76 WK REPD AS ORION IN 545034N, 050728W [OGB]. (A.NEWTON). NCA.
**H1281/77 18.4.77 POSN REPD AS 545034N, 050722W [OGB]. REMAINS LIE ON GRAVEL BOTTOM DOTTED WITH ODD ROCK OUTCROP, MOSTLY BURIED IN GRAVEL, LESS THAN 100YDS OFF SHORE. (P.C.MILLER LTR, DTD 28.1.77). NCA.
**14.4.89 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 250FT NW OF PORTPATRICK HBR ENTRANCE. (BSAC WK REGISTER SUPPLEMENT). POSN 545027N, 050712W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 28/08/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 28/08/2009
