This is the information page about the shipwreck Corea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 56.653 N,1 20.273 E (53.050666666667, 1.1718666666667)
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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: COREA
Length 64 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 751 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,machinery and mechanical parts,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: built by earl's sb co, hull. owned at time of loss by bennet ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 173hp, single shaft. general cargo including wool, copper and motors. passage boulogne for goole. mined and sunk.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: H0232/39 18.12.39 POSN 065 DEG, 1.5M FROM CROMER CG LOOKOUT. (CROMER, 9.12.39). INS AS DWPA IN 525700N, 012100W. - FNM 2814/39 & NM 1052/40. H0232/39 7.8.42 EXAM'D IN 525638N, 012025E. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 7, FOUL AT 8FT [MLWS]. GEN DEPTH 22FT. NO SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.7.48). AMEND TO WK 1FT 1FT.
- NM 1751/48. 9.12.48 INS G CON BUOY CLOSE N OF WK.
- NM 2729/48. 23.5.50 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS IN HAND. (MARINE CONTRACTORS LTD). H2184/45 18.11.50 DISPERSED TO 27FT IN GEN DEPTH 31FT. (MARINE CONTRACTORS LTD & TH 15.11.50). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 3FT. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2350/50. 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 7.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 106.. HH090/561/01 7.1.92 NOT FOUND. (SEATEAM, HI 561). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 18.5.15 FOUL 9.62MTRS IN 5256.653N, 0120.273E [WGD]. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HEIGHT 1MTR. ORIENTATION 5DEG. (BDC EXAMINATION OF CEFAS SURVEY DS20/DS21). AMEND FOUL 9.6MTRS, NFS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 56.653 N,1 20.273 E