This is the information page about the shipwreck Correct, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.883 N,1 33.143 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Bravore
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Cerne
21. City of brisbane
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Dalryan
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Duiveland
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Embla (possibly)
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. Empress of midland (possibly)
44. En avant
45. Erins isle (possibly)
46. Falcon (probably)
47. Fearless
48. Filleigh
49. Flandres
50. Francesco ciampa
51. Franz fischer (possibly)
52. Fred everard
53. Frons olivae (probably)
54. Fulmar
55. G 85 (possibly)
56. G-42 (possibly)
57. Gad 23
58. Genimar
59. Grazia (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Hawksdale
63. Henry b plant
64. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
65. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
66. Hmhs anglia
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms carilon
72. Hms carlton
73. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
74. Hms chestnut (probably)
75. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
76. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
77. Hms fauvette
78. Hms flirt
79. Hms glen boyne
80. Hms gracie (probably)
81. Hms guardsman
82. Hms hermes
83. Hms kingston galena
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms mastiff (possibly)
87. Hms myrtle
88. Hms napia
89. Hms niger (possibly)
90. Hms northumberland (probably)
91. Hms othello ii
92. Hms peridot
93. Hms pyrope
94. Hms ray of hope
95. Hms restoration (possibly)
96. Hms rodino
97. Hms stirling castle (probably)
98. Hms tamarisk
99. Hms torbay ii (probably)
100. Hms tourmaline
101. Hms tranquil
102. Hms war sepoy
103. Hms weigelia
104. Hmsm b2
105. Hundvaag
106. Ilaro
107. Ira (possibly)
108. Irene
109. Jacob luckenbach
110. James harrod
111. Kabinda
112. Kadru
113. Karmt
114. Kirsten skou
115. Koenigshaven
116. L'armandeche
117. Lady stella
118. Latona
119. Laurl coin
120. Lbv (m)396
121. Le pelerin de la mer
122. Leicester
123. Leo
124. Lisbeth m
125. Loanda
126. Lord hamilton (possibly)
127. Luray victory
128. Lusitania
129. Mahratta
130. Mahratta ii
131. Maloja 1
132. Malta (probably)
133. Menapier
134. Merel (part of)(possibly)
135. Mersey
136. Mi amigo
137. Murillo
138. Nagro (possibly)
139. Nancy moran
140. Newlands
141. Norman
142. Norman
143. North eastern victory
144. Ocean hound
145. Opal
146. Ousel (probably)
147. Paros isle
148. Polgrange
149. Ponzano
150. Port dalhousie (possibly)
151. Preussen
152. Pulborough
153. Quentovic
154. Rubislaw
155. Rydal force
156. Rynanna
157. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
158. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
159. Sabac
160. Saidieh
161. Saint michael veillez sur nous
162. Saint ronan (possibly)
163. Saint ronan (possibly)
164. Sambut
165. San calisto
166. Santagata
167. Santagata (?part of)
168. Selma (possibly)
169. Slesvig
170. Spaarndem
171. Strathclyde
172. Surrey
173. Teeswood
174. The queen
175. Tina primo
176. Tongue sand tower (remains)
177. Toornvliet (probably)
178. Toward
179. Traquair (probably)
180. Tummel (probably)
181. U 11 (possibly)
182. U 16 (possibly)
183. U 48
184. Ub 29 (possibly)
185. Ub 55 (probably)
186. Uc 21 (possibly)
187. Uc 26
188. Uc 46
189. Uc 46 (possibly)
190. Uc 77 (possibly)
191. Ursus (part)
192. Velocitas
193. Virginie
194. W a scholten
195. Westerley star
196. Wheatman (possibly)
197. Will and maggie (probably)
198. Woodtown (possibly)
199. Xanthence

 

Name: CORRECT

Length 65.2 meter, width: 10.2 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 1036 ton

Cause: Vessel, built 1908 by j myer's sb. co., zalt-bommel. owned at time of loss by skibsacties 'correct'. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 127 hp, single screw. sank following collision with ss 'moldavia'. (shipwreck index of britain).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 139 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20180218

Details measurements/cartography: H892/16 DW, WITH MAST VISIBLE AT LW, MARKED BY BUOY CLOSE N. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 80/16. H4479/20 25.6.20 SANK ABOUT 1.5M WNW OF N GOODWIN LTV. DISPERSED TO 35FT LWST. (TH, DTD 1920). AMEND TO WK 35FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1092/20. H2540/32 29.4.32 SMALL OBSTN LOCATED IN 511952N, 013316E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 43FT. SEVERAL SHOALER DEPTHS FOUND CLOSE W OF WK. (HMS KELLETT, DTD 1932). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD.H2540/32 15.2.61 DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 29, FOUL AT 30FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. SCOUR DEPTH 50FT. WK APPARENTLY UPRIGHT ON EDGE OF BANK WITH DEEP SCOUR TO SE AND IN POSN 300FT W OF 1932 REPORTED POSN USING HSA. (ECES, DTD 6.10.60). AMEND TO SW 4FMS 5FT.

- NM 3087/60. H3890/68 18.3.68 EXAM'D USING SONAR AND E/S. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37FT [BY SONAR 29FT] IN GEN DEPTH 31-48FT. SCOUR DEPTH 50FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM SE AND W. (HMS EGERIA, HI 39/67). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 1FT. BR STD. 27.1.69 NOW CHARTED AS WK 5FMS [LAT]. NE 1607. 28.2.69 NOW CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1828. H2234/71 2.2.71 EXAM'D IN 511952N, 013313E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.8 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.6MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS EGERIA, HI 5/70). 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8.8MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 EXAM'D IN 511951N, 013312E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.8 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. GENERALLY FLAT SEABED WITH BANK JUST S. (HMS EGERIA, NO.115/73). NCA. H4453/72 13.3.80 LOCATED DURING AREA DCS3 SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS ECHO, HI 62/79). NCA. H1938/78 23.3.81 EXAM'D 29.10.80 IN 511951N, 013314E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 14-15MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. UPRIGHT WITH APPARENTLY ANCHOR CABLE EXTENDING FROM EACH END TO NE FOR 180MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). RETAIN SW DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 WELL BROKEN UP. STERN LARGEST PART REMAINING. (E. KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). NCA. H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 9.7.86 IN 511951N, 013314E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.3 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5-15MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPARENTLY INTACT. DCS3 LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING 140/320DEGS. RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA HH090/511/01 17.10.91 EXAM'D 22.6.91 IN 511951.9N, 013313.4E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT WITH MAST HIGHEST POINT AND REMAINDER OF WK AT SEABED LEVEL. (NP 1016, HI 511). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/738/01 12.9.97 EXAM'D 14.7.97 IN 511951.0N, 013314.1E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.9, FOUL 9.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.9 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO DEBRIS. PARTIALLY BURIED. SCOUR EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 045DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 638). AMEND TO SW 8.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/892/01 3.10.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 892). NCA. HH091/294/01 & SEP 2010/000060716 22.3.10 LOCATED IN 5119.895N, 0133.119E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.79MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. NOT IN SURVEY AREA. NFS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). UPRIGHT, INTACT, COLLAPSED. RETAIN SW 8.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2018/000061842 18.7.18 EXAM'D 18.02.18; WK LOCATED IN 5119.883N, 0133.143E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 8.71MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 75.2MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 139/319DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 15MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 320 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GOODWIN KNOLL. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 8.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 19.883 N,1 33.143 E

 

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