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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Django
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Fidelio
35. Frumenton
36. G and e (possibly)
37. Gasfire
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Gipsy (possibly)
41. Girl linda
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Hamsterley
49. Helena
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms cantatrice
52. Hms christopher (possibly)
53. Hms condor (probably)
54. Hms dhoon (probably)
55. Hms donside (possibly)
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms exmoor
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm d5
75. Horseferry (probably)
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. Kenneth hawksfield
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Liliane (possibly)
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Mascota (possibly)
90. Mascotte
91. Memento (possibly)
92. Merchant
93. Mercurius
94. Meriones
95. Mirella
96. Montferland
97. Mudo
98. Murdoch (probably)
99. Navarra (possibly)
100. Nereus
101. Newland (possibly)
102. Nominoe
103. Nordborg (possibly)
104. Noreen
105. Novocastrian
106. Oil trader
107. Onto
108. Otis tarda
109. Philipp m
110. Pluton
111. Prima
112. Prosper
113. Quest
114. Regain
115. Ren
116. Reward (possibly)
117. Rhineland
118. Robin iv
119. Robrix
120. Rochester city
121. Rogate
122. Roine
123. Roxanna
124. Rye
125. Scotia
126. Sea rhine
127. Silksworth hall (probably).
128. Sir william stephenson
129. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
130. Skodsburg (possibly)
131. Southford
132. St patrick
133. Stad alkmaar
134. Stanmount
135. Strive
136. Sunniside (probably)
137. Taber park
138. Thomas m (possibly)
139. Tidal (possibly)
140. Togston
141. Tregantle (possibly)
142. Trevethoe
143. Tunisiana
144. U 13 (probably)
145. Uc 62 (possibly)
146. Vanguard
147. Viola (possibly)
148. Virgilia
149. War mehtar
150. War valley
151. Yewvalley (possibly)
152. 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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