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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Carson
17. Chant 63
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
21. Coastal fort no-1
22. Cook s26
23. Corhampton
24. Corinth (possibly)
25. Cramlington (possibly)
26. Cyclope
27. Dana (possibly)
28. Daphne ii
29. Dayrian
30. Deerpool (after 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. Francis
47. Fryken
48. Georgie
49. Georgios
50. Gerhardt (possibly)
51. Girl kitty (possibly)
52. Giuseppe
53. Gluckauf (possibly)
54. Gothic
55. Grangemouth
56. Harlech
57. Harnis (probably)
58. Helmsman (probably)
59. Hms benvolio
60. Hms botanic
61. Hms calverton
62. Hms corfield
63. Hms egret
64. Hms fairy
65. Hms falcon (stern section)
66. Hms falmouth
67. Hms mistletoe
68. Hms othello
69. Hms princess victoria
70. Hms remillo
71. Hms silicia
72. Hms strathborve (part)
73. Hms susarion
74. Hms warland (possibly)
75. Hms yorkshire belle
76. Homer
77. Horsted
78. Hugh taylor
79. Hvitveis
80. Ida
81. Ightham (possibly)
82. Ionic (probably)
83. J b paddon
84. Jane (possibly)
85. Janet helen (possibly)
86. John and thomas
87. John mowlem
88. John rettig (probably)
89. Kalo (probably)
90. Katina bulgari
91. Kernoozer
92. Kimberley (possibly)
93. Kingston cameo
94. Knuthenborg
95. Kyma
96. Ladas (possibly)
97. Lady anstruther (probably)
98. Lancaster (possibly)
99. Laurel (possibly)
100. Leonora
101. Lifeguard (possibly)
102. Lord haig (possibly)
103. Lord haig (possibly)
104. Lottie (possibly)
105. Lucerne
106. Lyra (bow section)
107. Magdalyn ann
108. Maggie
109. Marian francis
110. Marie l
111. Markersdall (probably)
112. Meeuw
113. Merchiston
114. Modig
115. Modiva (possibly)
116. Monimia (possibly)
117. Nar
118. Nimrod
119. Norfolk coast
120. Odessa
121. Onward (possibly)
122. Ophir ii (possibly)
123. Orsa
124. Otis tetrax
125. Paraciers
126. Peebles (possibly)
127. Peggotty
128. Portia
129. Ravonia (part)
130. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
131. Rayford
132. Realf
133. Reculver
134. Retriever
135. Revello
136. Revi
137. Rhuys
138. Rievaulx abbey
139. Rivaulx
140. River don (part of)(probably)
141. River witham
142. Sagacity
143. Salacon
144. Salmondby
145. Saltoun
146. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
147. Sergei
148. Sna iii
149. Sota eduardo
150. Stanburn
151. Stylianos chandris
152. Tees
153. Thessaly
154. Thomas deas
155. Togston (possibly)
156. Triton
157. Uc 39
158. Uc 47
159. Uc 75
160. Umbe
161. Upminster (possibly)
162. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
163. Varangmalm (possibly)
164. Vechstroom
165. Venture (possibly)
166. Ville de valenciennes
167. Violet (probably)
168. Wayside flower (possibly)
169. Whitemantle (possibly)
170. William hanson
171. Windsor (part of)
172. Winga
173. Xavier
174. 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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