This is the information page about the shipwreck Cornish coast, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.616 N,3 0.131 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: CORNISH COAST
Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 676 ton
Load: cement
Cause: sank after falling across bow of ss jeanette woermann about 420 yds se(mag) of s end of woodside stage. 5 lives lost.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 26.3.1915 ON 26.3.1915 AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RAISE THE WK BUT LIFTING WIRES TORE THROUGH HER. BLASTING OPERATIONS COMMENCED BY MDHB BETWEEN 21.4.1915 AND 9.6.1915. DEPTH 51FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 8FMS 3FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND WK 15.0MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). NC 3490.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 23.616 N,3 0.131 W