This is the information page about the shipwreck Cormorant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 55.13 N,1 58.54 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ambient (probably)
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. British captain
6. Brixton
7. Carica milica
8. Cedarwood (possibly)
9. Coalgas
10. Cormorant
11. Coureur des mers
12. Dagmar (probably)
13. Disa (possibly)
14. Dolfijn (probably)
15. Duke of york (bows)
16. Dulwich
17. Edernian
18. El argentino
19. Ellewoutsdijk
20. Estrella (possibly)
21. F stobart (probably)
22. Forth
23. Franz fischer (possibly)
24. Friargate (possibly)
25. Gannet (possibly)
26. Gena
27. Gerhard
28. Golconda (possibly)
29. Grantleyhall (possibly)
30. Grenadier (probably)
31. Hardingham (probably)
32. Harriet
33. Hebe
34. Hendon hall
35. Highwave (probably)
36. Hillglen
37. Hms adonis (possibly)
38. Hms donna nook
39. Hms eros (possibly)
40. Hms forward iii
41. Hms hirose (probably)
42. Hms holdene
43. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
44. Hms monarch
45. Hms moravia (possibly)
46. Hms new comet (possibly)
47. Hms river clyde (possibly)
48. Hms river clyde (possibly)
49. Hms sisters melville
50. Hms waveflower
51. Hornchurch
52. Ignis (possibly)
53. Ingi
54. Ionian (possibly)
55. J c dalble
56. Jamesina
57. Janny
58. Khartoum (possibly)
59. Kwasind
60. La flandre (possibly)
61. Lincairn (possibly)
62. Lisette
63. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
64. Lonhelen (possibly)
65. Lord bute
66. Magdapur
67. Mangara
68. Mecklenburg
69. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
70. Moidart
71. Newhaven (possibly)
72. Nico
73. Old charlton
74. Ostprussen (possibly)
75. Palembang (probably)
76. Paullette
77. Pescado
78. Peter hamre
79. Petshenga (possibly)
80. Phryne
81. Plawsworth (possibly)
82. Polgarth
83. Port dalhousie (possibly)
84. Ravenscraig (possibly)
85. Rhenas (possibly)
86. Rigel
87. Salerno (possibly)
88. Scimitar
89. Shardana
90. Tergestea
91. Texel
92. Thornaby (possibly)
93. Torchbearer
94. Vae victis
95. Victorious
96. Volscian (possibly)
97. Warrenpoint
98. Willy
99. Wychwood (possibly)
100. Wyetown
101. Yarmouth
102. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: CORMORANT

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: ?1918 POSN 515428N, 020105E WITH DAN BUOY. - FNM 504B. H7718/18 H7718/18 INS AS DW.

- NM 159/18. H4973/34 21.7.34 H4973/34 21.7.34 SWEPT CLEAR 46FT, FOUL 49FT. SEABED 102FT. LEAST DEPTH 47FT. (HMS KELLETT, SWEEP REPORT 20.7.34). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.

- NM ACTION. H4139/76 11.1.77 H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 3.8.76 IN 515506N, 015840.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3 MTRS, FOUL 23.0 MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2MTRS IN GEN DEPT 30.0MTRS. SCOUR 34.0MTRS. LARGE WK 110MTRS X 30MTRS. LYING NE/SW. CONSIDERABLE SCOUR. STANDS WELL CLEAR OF SEABED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 22.3MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 21.12.95 HH090/667/01 21.12.95 EXAM'D 11.7.95 IN 515507.82N, 015832.41E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.3, FOUL 22.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. LIES 132/312 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT FISHING NETS AND LOBSTER/CRAB POTS ARE ON AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE WK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/11 26.3.96 HH100/351/11 26.3.96 WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND PARTLY BURIED BY SAND. HIGHEST PART WAS MIDSHIPS BUT ONLY THE SIDES REMAIN STANDING AS MOST OF THE HULL HAS COLLAPSED. THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE SHIP AND THE REST OF THE HULL COULD NOT BE FOUND. MIDSHIP SECTION ESTIMATED TO BE 50MTRS IN LENGTH WITH A FURTHER 20MTRS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN THE SAND. (R HICKINBOTTOM). HH100/351/19 11.10.02 HH100/351/19 11.10.02 DIVED, SHIP'S BELL WITH NAME CORMORANT 1900 RECOVERED. EXTENSIVELY COVERED BY SANDBANK, ONLY PARTIALLY EXPOSED. DEPTH TO TOP OF MAST 30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS AT HW. VISIBILITY 1-2MTRS. (RICHARD BEAUMONT LTR REC'D 9.10.02) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, NETTED

Position: 51 55.13 N,1 58.54 E

 

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