This is the information page about the shipwreck Corland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 41.976 N,0 38.199 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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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: CORLAND
Length 103.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3431 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-buffs. built in 1917 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w cory & sons, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 303hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage blyth for london. cargo coal. attacked and sunk by german aircraft.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160409
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 534300N, 003600E. (WW2SL) H0792/42 30.3.42 POSN 534305N, 003820E. SWEEP PARTED AT 20FT, CLEARED AT 10FT LW. G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S LAID CLOSE W OF WK. (CAPT M/S HUMBER 1942) CHART AS WK 1.75FMS WITH BUOY CLOSE W.
- NM 642/42. H0792/42 20.5.48 DISPERSED TO A DEPTH OF 45FT. (C-IN-C NORE 13.5.48) NCA YET. H0792/42 15.11.48 OROPESA SWEEP OCTOBER 1948. CLEAR AT 49FT, SURROUNDING DEPTH 88FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 73FT. TRACING HELD. TIDE READINGS GRIMSBY. POSN 534246N, 003835E FIXED BY DECCA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.11.48)
- NM 2539/48. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED USING DCS3 ON 15.9.77 IN 534156.9N, 003820.6E FIXED BY HIFIX [2 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 6.6MTRS. LYING NW/SE, BOWS PROBABLY SE. (SOISS H525A 57 HI 54/77) - R/S. H5084/77 19.3.80 EXAM'D 30.10.79 IN 534158N, 003819EUSING HIFIX [2 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS. LYING SSE/NNW, BOWS S. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 64/79) NCA YET, AWAIT SWEEPING REPORT. H1944/80 22.4.82 EXAM'D 22.5.82 IN 534156N, 003820E, USING HIFIX [2 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 7.4MTRS. LYING 165/345DEGS, BOWS SSE. SONAR LENGTH 56.76MTRS, BEAM 14.6MTRS. HAS TWO HOLDS, WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AT STERN. A BROKEN MAST LIES TO W OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG HI 12). NCA. 9.7.02 DIVER UNABLE TO LOCATE WK USING E/S BUT NOT MAGENTOMETER IN CHARTED POSN ON 6.7.02. (PETER ZEMLEK/ G FURSE, TELECON 9.7.02) SEP 2016/000053291 4.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5341.976N, 0038.199E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 50.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL AND IS INTACT BUT BOW HAS BROKEN UP WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 21.8MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BROKEN BOW
Position: 53 41.976 N,0 38.199 E