This is the information page about the shipwreck Coryton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38.374 N,1 45.995 W (55.5, -11)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Accra
3. Aepos
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Anchises
6. Annie walker (probably)
7. Arandora star
8. Arbutus
9. Athelduke
10. Auckland castle
11. Aulton (possibly)
12. Baltanglia
13. Baron st jernblad
14. Baron stjernblad
15. Borgland
16. Botlea
17. Buka
18. Calabria
19. Calafatis
20. Choice
21. Chris christenson
22. Conch
23. Coquet mouth
24. Coryton
25. Dione ii
26. Diplomat
27. Dutchman
28. Efploia
29. Eglinton
30. Emily reaich
31. Emma
32. Empire cormorant
33. Empire merchant
34. Empire simba
35. Espire
36. Everene (possibly)
37. Ex-hmsm h 11
38. Fanefjeld
39. Florence dombey (possibly)
40. Frederick s fales
41. George and mary (possibly)
42. Havilde
43. Hazard (probably)
44. Hesvik (possibly)
45. Hms ascot
46. Hms fortuna
47. Hooghammen
48. Hornchurch (probably)
49. Isbul & margarit
50. Jan van ryswyck
51. Leise maersk (probably)
52. Mandros
53. Martin goldschmidt
54. Maystone (possibly)
55. Merwede
56. Mohamed ali el-kebir
57. Nidelven
58. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
59. Onoba
60. Peik (probably)
61. Pluto
62. President
63. Shadwan
64. Sitala
65. Skovdal (probably)
66. Snowdonia
67. Somali
68. Spey (possibly)
69. St andre
70. St fergus
71. Stirlingshire
72. Tadorne
73. Thistle
74. Thomas jackson (possibly)
75. Thornlea
76. Tillycorthie
77. Tortuguero
78. U 714
79. Ulva (possibly)
80. Venus
81. Ville de gand
82. Vinemoor
83. Vingaland
84. Wairuna

 

Name: CORYTON

Length 121.3 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4553 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1928 by w gray & co ltd in west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the british steam shipping co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 423 hp, single shaft. machinery by central marine engineering works, west hartlepool. passage st john's for hull. bombed by german aircraft and badly damaged. beached in mountainous seas and became a total loss. crew of 27 all recovered except for the captain who remained on the vessel and was lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 319 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20200416

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88 4.2.88 WK LIES JUST S OF HOLY ISLAND, NEAR ROSS BACK SANDS. TWO BOILERS AND ENGINE REMAIN TOGETHER WITH MUCH WRECKAGE ON OR UNDER THE SAND. BOWS NOT FOUND, BUT STERN MORE OR LESS INTACT AND VERY MUCH DOWN INTO THE SAND WITH ONLY TOP OF RUDDER POST SHOWING. OWNED BY BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION, WHICH HAS ALLOTTED SALVAGE RIGHTS TO O.P.E.C. (HOLDINGS) LTD. THE CONDENSER HAS BEEN SALVAGED. (D COX. 14.1.88). NCA. HH100/351/15 20.10.99 LIES IN 5538.358N, 0145.155W [WGD]. BROKEN INTO THREE PARTS. DUE TO THE SHIFTING SANDS THE STERN PART IS SOMETIMES COVERED BUT THE BOW AND CENTRE SECTION USUALLY STAND CLEAR. BOILER TOPS ARE ALMOST LEVEL WITH THE SURFACE AT LW SPRINGS. BOILERS ARE SPLIT OPEN. LIES N/S, NEARLY PARALLEL WITH THE BEACH, WHILE THE STERN, AND LARGEST, SECTION IS ABOUT 75MTRS TO THE N OF THE BOILERS. BOW SECTION STANDS ABOUT FOUR MTRS HIGH AND LIES ABOUT 250MTRS SE OF THE BOILERS. (R YOUNG). HH100/351/15 4.11.99 PREVIOUS POSN INCORRECT. BOILERS ARE IN 5438.358N, 0145.900W [?WGD]. STERN END LIES 70-80MTRS DUE NORTH FROM THE BOILERS, THE BOW SECTION LIES ABOUT 200MTRS ESE OF THE BOILERS. STERN END IS SHAPED LIKE A BOX, STANDING ON ONE CORNER, ABOUT 3-3.5MTRS HIGH. SURROUNDED BY A BIG SCOUR. THE BOILERS ARE JUST AWASH AT THE SPRING TIDE BUT THE STERN AND BOWS ARE ALWAYS BELOW THE SURFACE. (R YOUNG, LTR DTD 1.11.99). HH100/351/20 22.9.03 DIVED IN 5538.358N, 0145.955W [WGD]. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. BROKEN UP BOILER SECTION SITTING UPRIGHT ON A FLAT, SANDY BOTTOM. KELP ON THE HIGHER SECTIONS IS JUST VISIBLE FROM THE SURFACE. IN THE SAME AREA THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF PLATES AND SPARS SEMI-BURIED IN THE SAND. BOW SECTION IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY. (D PATTERSON). HH242/640/07 10.1.05 RECORD REVIEWED. INS AS DWPA.

- NM 732/05. 15.11.05 LIES IN 5538.380N, 0145.989E [WGD]. IN ABOUT 8MTRS AT LW. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 16.4.20 IN 5538.374N, 0145.995W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 319/139 DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO PARTS.(MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND DW 0.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN AND INSERT OBSTN 1.6MTRS IN 5538.331N, 0145.867W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, BOILERS VISIBLE

Position: 55 38.374 N,1 45.995 W

 

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