This is the information page about the shipwreck Cormead, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.491 N,2 3.333 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corbrook
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. David b summers
25. Django
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
28. El dorado
29. Excellenz mehnert
30. Fidelio
31. Frumenton
32. Gasfire
33. Geneva
34. George fisher
35. Gipsy (possibly)
36. Girl linda
37. Glen derry (probably)
38. Glen tilt (possibly)
39. Glynn
40. Groenlo
41. Gulf breaker
42. H h petersen
43. Hamsterley
44. Helena
45. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
46. Hms christopher (possibly)
47. Hms condor (probably)
48. Hms dhoon (probably)
49. Hms donside (possibly)
50. Hms evesham (possibly)
51. Hms exmoor
52. Hms fontenoy
53. Hms force
54. Hms glen prosen
55. Hms irvana (part of)
56. Hms jessie nutten
57. Hms kaphreda
58. Hms m a west (probably)
59. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
60. Hms orthos (probably)
61. Hms pelton (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tugela
67. Hms washington (probably)
68. Hmsm d5
69. Horseferry (probably)
70. Impulsion
71. Ionian (probably)
72. Kenneth hawksfield
73. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
74. Knitsley (possibly)
75. La perouse (possibly)
76. Langeli (possibly)
77. Liliane (possibly)
78. Lindisfarne (probably)
79. Lingfield
80. Mardyke
81. Maria rosa
82. Marianne (probably)
83. Mascota (possibly)
84. Mascotte
85. Memento (possibly)
86. Merchant
87. Mercurius
88. Mirella
89. Montferland
90. Mudo
91. Murdoch (probably)
92. Navarra (possibly)
93. Nereus
94. Newland (possibly)
95. Nominoe
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Noreen
98. Novocastrian
99. Oil trader
100. Onto
101. Otis tarda
102. Philipp m
103. Pluton
104. Prima
105. Prosper
106. Quest
107. Regain
108. Ren
109. Reward (possibly)
110. Rhineland
111. Robin iv
112. Robrix
113. Rochester city
114. Rogate
115. Roine
116. Roxanna
117. Rye
118. Scotia
119. Sea rhine
120. Silksworth hall (probably).
121. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
122. Skodsburg (possibly)
123. Southford
124. St patrick
125. Stad alkmaar
126. Stanmount
127. Strive
128. Sunniside (probably)
129. Taber park
130. Thomas m (possibly)
131. Tidal (possibly)
132. Togston
133. Tregantle (possibly)
134. Trevethoe
135. U 13 (probably)
136. Vanguard
137. Viola (possibly)
138. Virgilia
139. War mehtar
140. War valley
141. Yewvalley (possibly)
142. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: CORMEAD

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 84 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: H04434/41 4.10.60 TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN POSN 522830N, 021500E. (C IN C NORE, 26.12.41) 26.12.41 SUNK IN POSN 522430N, 021330E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 26.12.41). H04114/42 4.10.60 POSN 523348N, 020300E OR 343DEGS NO 4 BUOY 2.7M. (HMS VALESCA, 17.12.42). H04114/42 27.5.43 CLEAR TO 36FT MLWS. (FOIC YARMOUTH 18.1.43). INS WK 6FMS.

- NM 1093/43. H04114/42 4.10.60 POSN 523348N, 020300E. DISPERSED TO 46FT MLWS. (C IN C NORE, 17.6.49). H04114/42 4.10.60 SWEPT CLEAR AT 50FT BY OROPESA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 94FT IN GEN DEPTH 101FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 3.7.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT.

- NM 1603/49. H3730/69 1.6.69 EXAM'D IN 523326N, 020326E [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S 78FT IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. SCOUR 116FT. SEABED IS FLAT SAND. (HMS BULLDOG). AMEND TO WK 13FMS. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523325N, 020322E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.0 MTRS, FOUL AT 25.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPT 25.4 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.0MTRS. SCOUR 35 MTRS. SEABED FLAT. SURFACE DISCOLOURATION DOWN TIDE OF WRECK. LIES N/S. ABOUT 450FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 30.6.71). INS AS SW 24MTRS. BR STD. H4629/71 22.12.71 RUBBLE AT STERN. IN SCOUR. LIES E/W WITH BOWS E. CRUMBLING STATE WITH MANY RENTS. BOWS FLATTENED TO SEABED. ONLY THIRD OF SHIP STILL STANDING. SUPERSTRUCTURE FALLEN ON TO SEABED. (E GILES, 13.12.71). 22.11.72 SHOWN IN 523330N, 020356E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES CHART 1954 DTD 7.11.72. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 523328.0N, 020336.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.3, FOUL 24.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LENGTH 86 MTRS, WIDTH16MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE DECAYED WITH LITTLE STRUCTURE REMAINING. (GARDLINE, HI 616). HH090/616/01 26.1.95 SURVEYED LONGITUDE AMENDED TO 020326.5E. (GARDLINE, REPLY TO SURVEY APPRAISAL). BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.491N, 0203.333E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 28.7MTRS, WIDTH 10.0MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 084/264 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 78.4MTRS, 6.6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 033 DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 52 33.491 N,2 3.333 E

 

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