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 (50.426050, -1.702817)

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.

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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