This is the information page about the shipwreck Corinth (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.693 N,0 15.878 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Bellerophon
9. Benmacdhui
10. Box hill
11. Boys own
12. Breitenburg
13. Brema
14. British councillor
15. British prince
16. Briton (possibly)
17. Cadmus
18. Canada
19. Chant 63
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. City of birmingham
22. Corhampton
23. Corinth (possibly)
24. Cramlington (possibly)
25. Cyclope
26. Dana (possibly)
27. Daphne ii
28. Dayrian
29. Deerpool (after section)
30. Deerpool (for'd section)
31. Diana
32. Diana
33. Dido
34. Dryade
35. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
36. Dunsany
37. Empress (probably)
38. Ethel (possibly)
39. Exmoor
40. Faunus
41. Feltre
42. Femke
43. Fermo
44. Forest queen
45. Fowberry tower (part)
46. Fowberry tower (part)
47. Francis
48. Fryken
49. Georgie
50. Georgios
51. Gerhardt (possibly)
52. Girl kitty (possibly)
53. Giuseppe
54. Gluckauf (possibly)
55. Gothic
56. Grangemouth
57. Harlech
58. Harnis (probably)
59. Helmsman (probably)
60. Hms benvolio
61. Hms botanic
62. Hms calverton
63. Hms corfield
64. Hms cortina
65. Hms dervish
66. Hms egret
67. Hms fairy
68. Hms falcon (stern section)
69. Hms lormont
70. Hms mistletoe
71. Hms othello
72. Hms princess victoria
73. Hms remillo
74. Hms st cyrus
75. Hms strathborve (part)
76. Hms susarion
77. Hms warland (possibly)
78. Hms yorkshire belle
79. Homer
80. Horsted
81. Hugh taylor
82. Ida
83. Ightham (possibly)
84. Ionic (probably)
85. J b paddon
86. Jane (possibly)
87. Janet helen (possibly)
88. John and thomas
89. John mowlem
90. John rettig (probably)
91. Kalo (probably)
92. Katina bulgari
93. Kimberley (possibly)
94. Kingston cameo
95. Knuthenborg
96. Kyma
97. Ladas (possibly)
98. Lady anstruther (probably)
99. Lady dinah
100. Lancaster (possibly)
101. Laurel (possibly)
102. Leonora
103. Lifeguard (possibly)
104. Longbenton (probably)
105. Lord haig (possibly)
106. Lord haig (possibly)
107. Lord selborne
108. Lottie (possibly)
109. Lucerne
110. Lyra (bow section)
111. Magdalyn ann
112. Maggie
113. Magnolia (probably)
114. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
115. Marian francis
116. Markersdall (probably)
117. Marshall (probably)
118. Merchiston
119. Modig
120. Modiva (possibly)
121. Monimia (possibly)
122. Nadod (possibly)
123. Nautilus
124. Nimrod
125. Norfolk coast
126. Odessa
127. Onward (possibly)
128. Ophir ii (possibly)
129. Orsa
130. Otis tetrax
131. Paraciers
132. Peebles (possibly)
133. Portia
134. Ravonia (part)
135. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
136. Rayford
137. Realf
138. Reculver
139. Retriever
140. Revello
141. Revi
142. Rhuys
143. Rievaulx abbey
144. Rivaulx
145. River don (part of)(probably)
146. River witham
147. Sagacity
148. Salacon
149. Salmondby
150. Saltoun
151. Sandra glen
152. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
153. Sna iii
154. Sota eduardo
155. Stanburn
156. Stylianos chandris
157. Teano
158. Tees
159. Thessaly
160. Thomas deas
161. Togston (possibly)
162. Tredegar hall
163. Triton
164. Uc 39
165. Uc 47
166. Uc 75
167. Umbe
168. Upminster (possibly)
169. Varangmalm (possibly)
170. Vechstroom
171. Venture (possibly)
172. Ville de valenciennes
173. Wayside flower (possibly)
174. Whitemantle (possibly)
175. William hanson
176. Windsor (part of)
177. Windsor (part of)
178. Winga
179. Xavier
180. Xavier
181. Zeemermin

 

Name: CORINTH (POSSIBLY)

Length 105.6 meter, width: 15.4 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3669 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1904 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by corinthian shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 307hp, single shaft. passage blyth for rochefort. cargo coal. shelled by ub-39, the vessel stopped and crew abandoned. submarine crew boarded and looted the vessel prior to sinking it with demolition charges.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160408

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 28 MILES S 3/4 E FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD. (WW1SL). H7236/39 24.11.39 2 WKS LOCATED BY HMS WHITEHALL IN 534418N, 001612E & 534424N, 001748E. (HMS MAORI, 24.10.39). - FTNM 2452/39. H0146/39 27.12.39 DWPA IN 87 DEGS 8.7 MILES FROM WITHERNSEA LTHO. (FO HUMBER & TH). - FNM 2882/39. H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 534444N, 001556E. SWEEP PARTED AT 48FT. CLEAR 45FT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT N REVISED POSN.

- NM 1213/44. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 13.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. 18.11.77 AMEND TO SW 13.0MTRS. NE 109. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 31.8.77 IN 534441.2N, 001602.5E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 20.4MTRS. SONAR HT 5.33MTRS. LARGE WK BROKEN IN 3 MAIN PIECES, LYING NE/SW. APPROX LENGTH 200FT. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. H1270/73 3.11.78 WK DIVED. ENGINE & BOILER PROMINENT. LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN BRITISH BUILT AS INDICATED BY LIGHT RECOVERED. (KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). NCA. HH100/351/19 6.1.03 DIVED IN 5344.790N, 0015.930E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S, 4-5MTRS HIGH BY DIVER. LENGTH 60-70MTRS, WIDTH 10-15MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. NO DEBRIS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL. UPRIGHT AND WELL BROKEN. BOILER MIDSHIPS. WRECKAGE LIES TO PORT SIDE OF MAIN WK. (K SMITH). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 8.4.16; IN 5344.693N, 0015.878E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 72.3MTRS, WIDTH 23.9MTRS, HEIGHT 3.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 034/214 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 20MTRS, TOWARD 180 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL, BROKEN UP AND PARTLY BURRIED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI1473). AMEND DW 16.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AND PARTLY BURRIED

Position: 53 44.693 N,0 15.878 E

 

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