This is the information page about the shipwreck Cormarsh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.012 N,1 3.342 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Baron ailsa
8. Birtley
9. Blackburn
10. Burgos
11. Carrier
12. Chatwood (possibly)
13. Chelsea (possibly)
14. Chevychase
15. Clan morrison
16. Cormarsh
17. Czestochowa
18. Dauntless (possibly)
19. Duncarron
20. Eikhaug
21. Empire newcomen
22. Empress
23. Fireglow
24. Fittonia (possibly)
25. Flashlight (probably)
26. Francois trixier
27. George royle
28. Georgia (stern section)
29. Giorgio ohlsen
30. Harden
31. Heathfield
32. Hjordis
33. Hms arley
34. Hms cap d'antifer
35. Hms cape spartel (probably)
36. Hms cobra
37. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
38. Hms kylemore
39. Hms pintail
40. Hms queenworth
41. Hms solomon
42. Hms st donats
43. Hmsm umpire
44. Keymun
45. La combattante (stern section)
46. Lanterna (probably)
47. Laurium (possibly)
48. London
49. Minorca
50. Mirabel
51. Nimrod (probably)
52. Ogono
53. Ottar jarl
54. P.l.m. 25
55. Pacific
56. Pontfield (forepart)
57. Rimac
58. Robert w pomeroy
59. Royal scott
60. Schieland
61. Shepherd lad
62. Siri maria
63. Sitona
64. Sverre (possibly)
65. Tayjack 1 (part of)
66. Trajan
67. Traviata (possibly)
68. Vera (probably)
69. Virgin de lourdres
70. Welsh prince
71. Western mist (possibly)
72. Westland
73. William balls (probably)
74. Wimbledon
75. Winhill or whinhill
76. Zephyr
77. Zor

 

Name: CORMARSH

Length 96 meter, width: 13.5 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 2848 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1939 by burntisland sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 244hp. single shaft. machinery aft by ne marine eng co ltd, sunderland. passage london for blyth. in ballast. torpedoed by german e-boat. no men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 139 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 531600N, 010400E. (WW2SL). IN 531550N, 010345E. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H04146/41 6.1.42 INS DW IN 531600N, 010400E WITH G CAN, GPFL(2).

- NM 30/42. H04146/41 20.3.43 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 40FT IN 531559N, 010328E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 1942). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 582/43. H04146/41 1.6.49 EXAM'D IN 531557N, 010321E USING DECCA. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 1103/49. H332/62 4.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NCA. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH100/351/01 30.3.90 LARGE PIECES OF WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA IN 531558N, 010311E. TILES SEEN AND RUDDER POST IDENTIFIED. STANDS NO MORE THAN 3MTRS HIGH. (P J LASSEY, 12.6.89). NCA. HH090/593/01 10.1.94 EXAM'D 15.8.93 IN 531559.2N, 010327.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.0, FOUL AT 15.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 18.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BREADTH 28MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN, LYING 135/315 DEG. ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO SW 15MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 4.9.18 EXAM'D 25.3.18 IN 5316.012N, 0103.342E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.2MTRS, LENGTH 87.8MTRS, WIDTH 21.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 139/319 DEGS. SCOUR CONTAINED WITHIN WRECKAGE AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 14.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP WK SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA

Position: 53 16.012 N,1 3.342 E

 

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