This is the information page about the shipwreck Corhampton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.051 N,0 27.358 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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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: CORHAMPTON
Length 89 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2495 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1933 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ne marine engine co ltd, sunderland. passage hartlepool for rochester. cargo coal. bombed and sunk by german aircraft while under tow.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 111 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20160404
Details measurements/cartography: H03318/41 17.12.41 SANK IN 535245N, 002645E, OR 013 DEG, 1M FROM 62E BUOY. (FO HUMBER, 16.11.41). INS AS NDWPA.
- NM 2991/41. 10.4.72 AMEND TO USC PA 20MTRS. NC 121. 4.7.72 SHOWN ON DANISH FISHERY CHART 5300 [1965]. H4064/85 22.7.86 EXAM'D IN 535302N, 002731E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.3, FOUL AT 32.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.9MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 115MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING 105/285 DEG. IN TWO PARTS. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS.
- NM 2646/86. H4064/85 13.1.87 EXAM'D 28.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 42.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. (UDI, H525A). NFA. SEP 2016/000053291 10.10.16 EXAM'D 4.4.16; IN 5353.051N, 0027.358E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 116.6MTRS, WIDTH 21.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8.97MTRS, ORIENTATION 11/291 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 10MTRS, TOWARD 111 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL IN TWO PARTS, UPRIGHT WITH BOW AND STERN PROMINENT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS
Position: 53 53.051 N,0 27.358 E