This is the information page about the shipwreck Coquetdale (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.563 N,1 42.169 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
3. Advanti
4. Ajax
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Balmoralwood
11. Baron garioch
12. Betelgeuse (bow section)
13. Betsy anna
14. Bobbyb
15. Borgny
16. Braedale (probably)
17. Brestois
18. Bretagne
19. Britannia (probably)
20. Campen
21. Carbon
22. Carentan
23. Castle crag
24. Castlereagh
25. Cathrine
26. Ceres (possibly)
27. Cheyenne
28. Clan macvey
29. Clarinda
30. Cleddy (probably)
31. Coquetdale (probably)
32. Derna (probably)
33. Dulce t
34. Dumfries
35. Dungrange
36. El kahira
37. Emile miguet
38. Empire crusader
39. Ernest lagouve
40. Espagne
41. Everleigh
42. Excelsior (possibly)
43. Fenna (probably)
44. Fleur de lys
45. Fluent
46. Georgios kyriakides
47. Goathland
48. Guernsey coast
49. Hartley (possibly)
50. Heronspool
51. Hms acheron (bow section)
52. Hms acheron (stern section)
53. Hms albion ii
54. Hms assurance
55. Hms courageous
56. Hms eleanor (probably)
57. Hms fame
58. Hms john mitchell
59. Hms michael clements
60. Hms new dawn
61. Hms pomone
62. Hms sargasso
63. Hms warwick deeping
64. Hms waterlily
65. Hmsm upstart
66. Iduna
67. Indutionmare
68. Ioannis fafalios
69. Iona
70. Irex
71. Janna
72. Jgena (possibly)
73. Joannis millas
74. Juno
75. Kafiristan
76. Kong guttorm (probably)
77. Kyarra
78. Lady of avenel
79. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
80. Lct 809
81. Lcvp 120
82. Leny (possibly)
83. Leticia
84. Lil boat
85. Lochavon
86. Louisiane
87. Luxor
88. Margaret smith
89. Mayflower
90. Mechanician
91. Messina
92. Michelle
93. Miefield
94. Millmer
95. Molina
96. Myrtlegrove (probably)
97. Nailsea lass
98. Navasota
99. Neree (possibly)
100. Nestlea
101. Nichola (probably)
102. Normandy
103. Nurnberg
104. Nw68
105. Nw96
106. Pescalanza
107. Piedras
108. Pool fisher
109. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
110. Reindeer
111. Rosehill (probably)
112. Sally jane
113. San fernando
114. Security (possibly)
115. Serrana (bow section)
116. Serrana (stern part)
117. Sheer grace
118. Smyrna
119. Southampton
120. Spyros (possibly)
121. Start
122. Surdelo
123. Teamwork
124. Terlings
125. Theodoros t
126. Tiiu
127. Togimo
128. U 122 (possibly)
129. U 480
130. Ub 37 (probably)
131. Vari solo sailor
132. Varvassi
133. Venezuela
134. Vera (probably)
135. Vikholmen
136. Waitara
137. War knight
138. Westville
139. Witte zee
140. Woodham
141. Xania

 

Name: COQUETDALE (PROBABLY)

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1597 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1923 by j priestman & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by h enfield ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 186nhp, single shaft. vessel was ohms at time of loss. passage st helen's & portsmouth for the clyde. in ballast. part of convoy cw9. sunk by air attack. crew of 21 saved. (ll wwii, d c wendes & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 74 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H6884/55 16.12.55 WK IN 502530N, 014205W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 17FMS IN GEN DEPTH 21FMS. SEABED STONE AND SAND. A/S RESPONSE FAIR. (HMS SCOTT, 30.8.55). CHART AS WK 17FMS [31MTRS]. BR STD. 2.3.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSN 502548N, 014212W. (AUBD 304/62, ESCORT GROUP 17, 14.2.45). HH100/351/13 30.1.98 ALMOST CERTAINLY THE WK OF 'COQUETDALE'. POSN OF WK IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT GIVEN BY SURVIVORS. THE SIZE AND LAYOUT OF THE WK FITS THAT OF THE 'COQUETDALE'. HULL PLATING BLOWN OUTWARDS IS CONSISTENT WITH SURVIVORS' ACCOUNTS OF BOMBS LANDING WITHIN THE SHIP AND EXPLODING. (D C WENDES, 28.1.98). HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 4.8.02 IN 5025.564N, 0142.168W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.9, FOUL 33.4MTRS LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.1 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 1.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5025.563N, 0142.169W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 074/254 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 25.563 N,1 42.169 W

 

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