This is the information page about the shipwreck Cotovia (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 58.166 N,2 38.197 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

 

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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. Ac6
2. Almeria
3. Aorangi
4. Argyll
5. Ben barvas
6. Calf sound
7. Carolina thornden
8. Carron
9. Cemfjord
10. Charisma
11. Clio
12. Clio ii
13. Collingdoc
14. Cotovia (probably)
15. Daghestan (probably)
16. Danmark (after part)
17. Duna
18. Elegance
19. Elton
20. Emerald wings
21. Empire seaman
22. Empire seaman
23. England ?
24. Excelsior
25. Express (main section)
26. Express (portion of)
27. Eyfirdingur
28. Faro
29. Fredensborg
30. Gartmore
31. Giralda (possibly)
32. Gondolier
33. Hastings county
34. Hmd lustring
35. Hmd lustring
36. Hmd lustring
37. Hms albacore (bow section)
38. Hms duke of albany
39. Hms endeavour
40. Hms narborough
41. Hms oceana
42. Hms opal
43. Hms zarefah
44. Hoshanger
45. Ilsenstein
46. Invader
47. Irene
48. Juanita
49. Juniata (fore part)
50. Kathe niederkirchner
51. Lapland
52. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
53. Loch maddy (stern section)
54. Lorne
55. Lycia
56. Malta ii (probably)
57. Martis
58. Martis
59. Minieh
60. Naja (part of)
61. Navena
62. Numidian
63. Numidian
64. Ocean racer
65. Pontos
66. Reginald
67. Reinfield
68. Remus
69. Rosewood
70. St rognvald
71. Svinta
72. Swiftsure
73. Tamara xii (probably)
74. Teeswood
75. Tennessee
76. Thames
77. U 18 (probably)
78. U 53
79. Vestfoss
80. Vestvoss (possibly)

 

Name: COTOVIA (PROBABLY)

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 4020 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1911 by irvine's sb & dd co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by furmentum ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 375nhp, single shaft. on passage from archangel for dundee. struck a mine laid by german submarine uc-49. (ww1sl, llww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 111 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 2M SE BY E FROM AUSKERRY. (WW1SL). GIVEN AS 3M NE OF MULL HEAD, ORKNEYS. (LL WW1). NCA, FOR FILING ONLY. 22.2.80 NDW PA IN 590100N, 023000W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). NCA. HH100/351/14 18.2.99 DIVED IN 5858.15N, 0238.28W [OGB] USING GPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS [REDUCE BY 2MTRS FOR APPROX LAT]. HEIGHT ABOVE BOTTOM 3MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. SEABED HARD WITH SAND PATCHES. ONLY BOILERS AND ENGINE PROUD, SHELL PLATING LIES UNDER 6 INCHES OF SAND. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (K HEATH). INS AS WK USC 35MTRS. BR STD. 13.10.04 CINC DELETED. (K HEATH, TELECON). NCA. HH091/137/01 29.3.07 EXAM'D 12.8.06 IN 5858.1659N, 0238.1974W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.2 IN GEN DEPTH 36.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 51MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 9MTRS. LIES 111/291 DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. ENGINE AND BOILERS EVIDENT WITH PROP SHAFT LEADING TO THE SE. FWD OF THE BOILERS DIVER CONFIRMS WK IS FLAT PLATE COVERED WITH SAND. POSSIBLY A PIECE OF THIS PLATE HAS BEEN WRENCHED UP AND NOW LIES OVER THE ENGINE AND ADDS 4.5MTRS TO THE HT. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2167/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?PLATE OR FISHING GEAR OVER WK

Position: 58 58.166 N,2 38.197 W

 

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