This is the information page about the shipwreck Corinthia (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.608 N,3 6.443 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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: CORINTHIA (STERN SECTION)
Length 76.4 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 1378 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,railway: stock and construction materials
Cause: ex-author. built in 1880 by c mitchell & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by j h goodyear, liverpool. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 184 hp, single screw. machinery by wallsend slipway co, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage danzig for liverpool. cargo railway sleepers. stranded and lost in fog and calm conditions on the nw corner of stroma. capsized after the crew had abandoned.
Year of registration: 2001
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: 5.6.01 5.6.01 STERN SECTION LIES IN 5841.608N, 0306.443W [WGD]. INVERTED AND BROKEN BEHIND ENGINE ROOM. NO ENGINE OR BOILERS IN THIS PART. FOUR BLADED PROP WITH ONE BLADE MISSING. RUDDER MISSING BUT RUDDER POST IN PLACE. (K HEATH, TELECON, 5.6.01). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN SECTION ONLY, INTACT AND INVERTED
Position: 58 41.608 N,3 6.443 W