This is the information page about the shipwreck Corundum (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.962 N,4 36.537 W (51.707666666667, -4.38545)
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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: CORUNDUM (PROBABLY)
Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1203 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1899. home port glasgow. two biolers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage burryport for rouen. cargo coal. sank after collisio with ss kyleness.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1914, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 6 MILES SW OF HELWICK LIGHT. (DODS). POSN 512614N, 043212W. H3804/72 20.3.78 H3804/72 20.3.78 LOCATED 26.5.77 IN 512856.1N, 043628.2W USING HIFIS AND TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30 TO 41MTRS. SONAR HT 5MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. LENGTH 108MTRS. LYING 170/350 DEG ON ITS SIDE IN A TROUGH BETWEEN 2 SANDWAVES 5-10MTRS HIGH. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/77). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE BEWTEEN TWO SANDWAVES
Position: 51 28.962 N,4 36.537 W