This is the information page about the shipwreck Corinia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.47 N,0 47.488 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: CORINIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 57.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 708 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1928 by scotts' sb & e co. owned at time of loss by the northwest shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99 rhp, single shaft. passage blyth for cowes. mined, broke in two and sank. 14 men lost. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 102 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H1072/41 11.3.41 H1072/41 11.3.41 3 SHIPS MINED IN 504500N, 004800E. (VA DOVER, SIG DTD 10.3.41). CHART AS NDW PA.
- NM 886/41. H3950/57 30.4.57 H3950/57 30.4.57 LOCATED BY A/S IN 505236N, 003842E USING VISUAL BEARINGS AND RADAR. (HMS RUSSEL, 29.4.57). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 31.3.73 31.3.73 AMEND TO USC 15MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 536. H4959/73 1.4.75 H4959/73 1.4.75 EXAM'D 5.11.74 IN 504530N, 004740E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 27.4MTRS, FOUL AT 27.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO SW 27.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4242/75 25.5.76 H4242/75 25.5.76 HMS BEAGLE'S POSN IN ERROR. POSN AMENDED TO 504525.6N, 004733.6E AS SHOWN ON FAIR SHEET. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/11 22.2.96 HH100/351/11 22.2.96 THOUGHT TO BE THE WRECK OF A WW1 STEAMSHIP. IT HAS A GUN MOUNTED ON ITS STERN. (T BENNETTO 10.1.96). NCA. 27.4.00 27.4.00 AMEND TO SW 27MTRS. BR STD. HH091/159/01 3.7.07 HH091/159/01 3.7.07 EXAM'D 3.11.06 IN 5045.470N, 0047.488E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.84 IN GEN DEPTH 33.8MTRS. SCOUR EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 068 DEGS AND 10MTRS TOWARDS 303 DEGS. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 102/282 WITH BOWS ?ESE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY BURIED. (OSAE, HI 1159). WELL BROKEN UP, PORTION LIES CLOSE TO W END. SAND PLUME EXTENDS NE FROM E END. AMEND WK 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 25.10.07 HH091/159/01 25.10.07 LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.16 IN GEN DEPTH 33.83MTRS. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 6.7MTRS. (OSAE, HI 1159, REVISED ROS). AMEND SW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, SMALL PART LIES CLOSE TO W END
Position: 50 45.47 N,0 47.488 E