This is the information page about the shipwreck Corcrest, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.372 N,1 32.605 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Baltrader
9. Bonnington court
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormount (probably)
20. Coureur des mers
21. Cressdene (possibly)
22. Dagmar (probably)
23. Denise germaine (possibly)
24. Disa (possibly)
25. Dulwich
26. Dynamo
27. Empire bridge
28. Empire ghyll
29. Erna boldt (probably)
30. Estrella (possibly)
31. European gateway (part of)
32. F stobart (probably)
33. Faithful star
34. Fleurita
35. Flores (probably)
36. Fort massac
37. Forth
38. Franz fischer (possibly)
39. Friargate (possibly)
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Gannet (possibly)
42. Gena
43. Gerhard
44. Ghc (possibly)
45. Golconda (possibly)
46. Grantleyhall (possibly)
47. Grenadier (probably)
48. Grisdeale
49. Groeswen (probably)
50. Hardingham (probably)
51. Harlington (probably)
52. Harlyn (probably)
53. Harriet
54. Hebe
55. Highwave (probably)
56. Hillglen
57. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
58. Hm torpedo boat no.12
59. Hmml 127 (possibly)
60. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms arethusa
63. Hms coquette
64. Hms donna nook
65. Hms duchess of hamilton
66. Hms eros (possibly)
67. Hms forward iii
68. Hms franc tireur
69. Hms hastfen
70. Hms hirose (probably)
71. Hms japan
72. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
73. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
74. Hms leandros
75. Hms lord airedale
76. Hms ludlow
77. Hms marconi
78. Hms marsa
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms oriana
84. Hms reed (possibly)
85. Hms resono (possibly)
86. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
87. Hms sisapon
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms tunisian
91. Hms velia (possibly)
92. Hms william wesney
93. Hmsm e6
94. Hmtb 10
95. Hnlms 227
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Ingi
98. J c dalble
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Josefina thorden (after part)
102. Kankakee
103. Khartoum (possibly)
104. Knarsdale
105. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
106. Koningen emma (possibly)
107. Kwasind
108. Lady salisbury
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lindfar
111. Lisette
112. Lonhelen (possibly)
113. Lowland
114. Mac 5 (possibly)
115. Magdapur
116. Mahseer
117. Main topman
118. Marie leonhardt (probably)
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mexico
121. Mi amigo
122. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
123. Moidart
124. Morar
125. Neptune (possibly)
126. Nereus
127. Nico
128. Nicolaos piangos
129. Niore
130. Norhauk
131. Norwich trader
132. Old charlton
133. Ostprussen (possibly)
134. Pallieter (possibly)
135. Paullette
136. Peik
137. Persistant whisper
138. Pescado
139. Peter hamre
140. Petshenga (possibly)
141. Phryne
142. Polgarth
143. Port dalhousie (possibly)
144. Prince igor (probably)
145. Princess juliana
146. Profit
147. Protinus (possibly)
148. Quickstep
149. Ravenscraig (possibly)
150. Rhenas (possibly)
151. Salerno (possibly)
152. Salerno (possibly)
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Second chance (possibly)
156. Simon bolivar
157. Stad maastricht
158. Storm
159. Sunbeam
160. Sunk beacon (remains)
161. Sunk head tower
162. Sweep ii
163. Tay bar
164. Telegraaf xviii
165. Tergestea
166. Terukuni maru
167. The sultan
168. Thornaby (possibly)
169. Thyra
170. Torchbearer
171. Uc 11 (possibly)
172. Uc 72 (possibly)
173. Vae victis
174. Vancouver
175. Volscian (possibly)
176. Walsingham
177. Wearside
178. White ghost
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Yassou
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. Ypapanti

 

Name: CORCREST

Length 86.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2373 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-hopecrest. built in 1918 by swan, hunter & wigham, richardson, sunderland. owned at time of loss by william cory & sons ltd, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 288nhp, single shaft. passage rochester for sunderland. became impaled on stern section of fort massac. three tugs came to assistance and vessel was patched up with a view to refloating. became more impaled in a heavy swell and was abandoned as ctl. later dispersed by th. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1949, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H833/46 27.6.49 SANK 1 CABLE NW OF FORT MASSAC, WHICH SEE FOR DETAILS. H2913/83 18.10.84 EXAM'D 14.6.84 IN 515321N, 013243E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11 IN GEN DEPTH 13 TO 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 140/320 DEGS. LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 25MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). NCA. H3933/88 19.9.89 LOCATED DURING AREA SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 455). NCA. HH090/573/01 29.9.93 LOCATED 15.8.93 IN VICINITY OF REPD POSN DURING ROUTINE SONAR SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 573). COVERED BY LEGEND 'WKS' AND CHARTED SYMBOL FOR FORT MASSAC. HH091/215/01 14.2.08 EXAM'D 16.11.07 IN 5153.372N, 0132.605E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.58 IN GEN DEPTH 12.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 63.3MTRS, WIDTH 26.6MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. LIES ON THE PORT BEAM OF FORT MASSAC. WELL BROKEN UP AND LARGE AMOUNTS ARE PROBABLY BURIED BELOW THE SEDIMENT. MANY FISHING BUOYS ON WK. (HMSML GARDLINE, HI 1215). COVERED BY [14587] FORT MASSAC. NCA. SEP 2023/000091490 04.05.23 WK NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (HHA SURVEY 2022). NFS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY COLLAPSED, COVERED BY [14587] FORT MASSAC See Also: 14587

Position: 51 53.372 N,1 32.605 E

 

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