Wreck: Corsham (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Corsham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 39.983 N,0 57.712 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: CORSHAM

Length 95.1 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2760 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1918 by s p austin & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by william corey & sons. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for newcastle-upon-tyne. in ballast. torpedoed by uc 40. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 ย  REPORTED SUNK 6 MILES ESE FROM RIVER TEES ENTRANCE. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW (PA) (1918) IN 543930N, 005630W. 18.5.73 AMEND TO USCPA 18MTRS. NC 2567. H5103/83 22.9.86 FASTENER IN 544004N, 005707W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET - WHITBY AREA). H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 22.7.88 IN 543958N, 005736W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.5, FOUL AT 33MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.3 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LIES 260/080 DEG, ON ITS SIDE WITH DECK FACING S AND BROKEN INTO 4 PIECES. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 32.5MTRS.

- NM 596/89. SEP 2017/000002822 3.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5439.983N, 0057.712W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.26MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, LENGTH 94.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.1MTRS, HEIGHT 5.54MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT, BUT IS BROKEN INTO FOUR. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN FOUR PARTS

Position: 54 39.983 N,0 57.712 W

 

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