This is the information page about the shipwreck Cedrington court, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.068 N,1 35.715 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CEDRINGTON COURT
Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 5160 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Ex war viper, ex cabotia '19. built in 1918 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by court line. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 518hp, single shaft. passage rosario for leith. cargo 7100 tons wheat. struck a mine laid by german aircraft. (ww2sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20171221
Details measurements/cartography: H092/40 15.1.40 PFNM 113 ISSUED. H0312/40 3.4.40 INS AS DW.
- NM 855/40. H092/40 5.9.45 INS MAST.
- NM 2705/45. H092/40 17.9.50 SWEPT IN 512259N, 013547E USING HSA AFTER DISPERSAL 15.8.50. SWEPT CLEAR AT 43FT, FOUL AT 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45FT IN GEN DEPTH 48FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 16.9.50). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT.
- NM 1738/50. H932/53 30.1.53 EXAM'D IN 512301N, 013545E. A SERIES OF SMALL SPIKES STICKING UP 2FT FROM A SMALL BUMP WITH A SMALL SCOUR 6FT DEEP. FAIR A/S CONTACT WAS OBTAINED. GENERAL DEPTH 9FMS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 50FT. SEABED SAND. (HMS FRANKLIN, 29.1.53). 13.6.72 AMEND TO SW 12.8MTRS. NC 1828. H2538/79 5.4.79 EXAM'D 7.9.78 IN 512301N, 013549 [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 17.9MTRS. BROKEN UP & DISPERSED OVER WIDE AREA. ALMOST FLUSH WITH SEABED. GENERAL ORIENTATION 150/330 DEG. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63/79). AMEND TO WK 16.4MTRS. LATER AMENDED TO FOUL. H2347/85 20.1.87 EXAM'D 10.9.86 IN 512302N, 013549E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER & HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15.3 TO 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.1MTRS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 314A). BR STD. HH090/682/01 21.11.95 EXAM'D 23.9.95 IN 512303.4N, 013542.5E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14, FOUL 14.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. SCATTERED WK COVERING 180MTRS BY 40MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 682).
- NM 647/96. HH090/770/01 18.9.98 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 770). NCA. SEP 2018/000061842 18.7.18 EXAM'D 21.12.17; WK LOCATED IN 5123.068N, 0135.715E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS, LENGTH 192.2MTRS, WIDTH 59.90MTRS, HEIGHT 1.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 190MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 90 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 14.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 23.068 N,1 35.715 E