This is the information page about the shipwreck Corvus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.667 N,5 22.538 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Acklington
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3. Adolf vinnen
4. Alacrity
5. Antwerpen
6. Arab
7. Ardgarry
8. Arvor
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Ballarat
14. Bamse (probably)
15. Bay of panama
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Besse (probably)
19. Bessemer city (probably)
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Brigamara
23. Busby
24. Carmarthen
25. Caroline
26. Carpo (possibly)
27. Chattahoochee (possibly)
28. Chimu
29. Christina
30. Citrine
31. City of corinth (possibly)
32. City of ghent
33. City of westminster (& kul)
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Congener
37. Conqueror
38. Corvus
39. Cromdale
40. Cyrenian
41. Czar
42. Dispatch (possibly)
43. Dunaskin
44. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
45. Enrico parodi
46. Erato
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Facto
49. Forde
50. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
51. Gallier (possibly)
52. Gap
53. Garthclyde (possibly)
54. Glendale
55. Godolphin
56. Graziella
57. Grip (part of)
58. Gunvor
59. Hansy
60. Hellopes
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms gloaming
64. Hms roche bonne
65. Hms royalo
66. Hms warspite
67. Hms warspite (part of)
68. Hnlms brielle
69. Hockwold
70. Holland xix
71. Ilston
72. Iona
73. Joshua nicholson
74. Juan ferrer
75. Karen marie
76. Kerris reed
77. Kilmaho
78. Lady cory-wright
79. Lake grafton
80. Lake grafton (possibly)
81. Le vieux tigre
82. Liberty
83. Libourne
84. Lincoln
85. Loe bar wk
86. Lorle (probably)
87. Lovat
88. Luxembourg (probably)
89. Lyminge
90. Maidag (possibly)
91. Merle
92. Mervyn (possibly)
93. Mina cantiquin
94. Moorview
95. Mosel
96. Mystique (possibly)
97. Nanna (possibly)
98. New pioneer
99. Normand
100. Noya (possibly)
101. Nyassa
102. Ocean harvest
103. Ocklinge
104. Omer denise
105. Ospra
106. Pearl (possibly)
107. Phoenix 203
108. Pindos
109. Pioneer (possibly)
110. Plantaganet
111. Poljames
112. Poljames
113. Ponthieu
114. Ponus
115. Port chalmers
116. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
117. Reidar (possibly)
118. Robert
119. Rock island bridge
120. Royal anne galley
121. Sabre of newquay
122. Saint guenole
123. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
124. Saxon briton
125. Schiedam
126. Sea viper
127. Semper parates
128. Setubel(probably)
129. St anthony (possibly)
130. Traute sarnow
131. Tungufoss
132. U 1018
133. U 399
134. U 95
135. Uc 66
136. Umbre
137. Umdali mendi (possibly)
138. Underwood
139. Union star (parts of)(probably)
140. Veritas
141. Vigrid (possibly)
142. Vinovia
143. Volnay
144. War tune
145. Westwood (possibly)
146. Wild boar
147. William cory
148. Wyndcliffe
149. Yewcroft
150. Zebra

 

Name: CORVUS

Length 73.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1317 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1921 by kjobenhavns flydedok & skibsv. owned at the time of loss by det bergenske dampskibsselskab. triple expansion engine of 106nhp, single shaft. passage garson & the mumbles for plymouth in eastbound convoy btc 81. torpedoed by u-1018. 8 lives lost. (ll ww2, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 21.6.78 21.6.78 FF REPD IN 495456N, 052230W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1978). HH091/058/01 19.9.04 HH091/058/01 EXAM'D 19.9.04 IN 4954.677N, 0522.538W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.6 IN GEN DEPTH 65.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 097/177 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED, BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 59MTRS. BR STD. 7.12.07 7.12.07 DIVED IN 4954.681N, 0522.530W [WGD] BY CHRIS MOYLE. IDENTIFIED AS 'CORVUS' BY BRIDGE BELL, LYING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. DESCRIBED AS "FOLDED IN HALF". (G POUND, TELECON 6.12.07) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED BROKEN WK

Position: 49 54.667 N,5 22.538 W

 

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