This is the information page about the shipwreck Coureur des mers, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 47.568 N,1 41.241 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Afrin (probably)
2. Agamemnon
3. Alabama (possibly)
4. Albion (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Avon
8. Balgownie (probably)
9. Batavier 5
10. Bonnington court
11. Cairnside
12. Carica milica
13. Cerne
14. Churston
15. Clan monroe
16. Coalgas
17. Corcrest
18. Cormorant
19. Cormount (probably)
20. Coureur des mers
21. Cressdene (possibly)
22. Denise germaine (possibly)
23. Disa (possibly)
24. Duiveland
25. Dynamo
26. Ellewoutsdijk
27. Embla (possibly)
28. Empire bridge
29. Erna boldt (probably)
30. Estrella (possibly)
31. European gateway (part of)
32. Faithful star
33. Flores (probably)
34. Fort massac
35. Forth
36. Franz fischer (possibly)
37. Friargate (possibly)
38. Friargate (possibly)
39. Fulmar
40. Gerhard
41. Grazia (possibly)
42. Grisdeale
43. Groeswen (probably)
44. Hardingham (probably)
45. Harlington (probably)
46. Harlyn (probably)
47. Harriet
48. Hebe
49. Hendon hall
50. Highwave (probably)
51. Hillglen
52. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
53. Hm torpedo boat no.12
54. Hmml 127 (possibly)
55. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
56. Hms adonis (possibly)
57. Hms arethusa
58. Hms coquette
59. Hms donna nook
60. Hms duchess of hamilton
61. Hms eros (possibly)
62. Hms forward iii
63. Hms franc tireur
64. Hms gracie (probably)
65. Hms hastfen
66. Hms holdene
67. Hms japan
68. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
69. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
70. Hms leandros
71. Hms lord airedale
72. Hms ludlow
73. Hms marconi
74. Hms mastiff (possibly)
75. Hms monarch
76. Hms moravia (possibly)
77. Hms nadine
78. Hms ray of hope
79. Hms resono (possibly)
80. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
81. Hms sisapon
82. Hms tervani
83. Hms tunisian
84. Hms velia (possibly)
85. Hms waveflower
86. Hms william wesney
87. Hmsm e6
88. Hmtb 10
89. Hnlms 227
90. Ingi
91. Ionian (possibly)
92. Irene
93. J c dalble
94. Janny
95. Josefina thorden (after part)
96. Kankakee
97. Khartoum (possibly)
98. Knarsdale
99. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
100. Koningen emma (possibly)
101. La flandre (possibly)
102. Lady salisbury
103. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
104. Lonhelen (possibly)
105. Lowland
106. Mac 5 (possibly)
107. Mahseer
108. Marie leonhardt (probably)
109. Mecklenburg
110. Mexico
111. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
112. Moidart
113. Morar
114. Nereus
115. Nico
116. Nicolaos piangos
117. Niore
118. Norhauk
119. Norwich trader
120. Old charlton
121. Ostprussen (possibly)
122. Palembang (probably)
123. Paullette
124. Peik
125. Persistant whisper
126. Pescado
127. Peter hamre
128. Polgarth
129. Port dalhousie (possibly)
130. Prince igor (probably)
131. Profit
132. Protinus (possibly)
133. Quickstep
134. Ravenscraig (possibly)
135. Rubislaw
136. Salerno (possibly)
137. Salerno (possibly)
138. San calisto
139. Savona (probably)
140. Second chance (possibly)
141. Shardana
142. Simon bolivar
143. Spaarndem
144. Stad maastricht
145. Storm
146. Sunbeam
147. Sunk head tower
148. Telegraaf xviii
149. Terukuni maru
150. The sultan
151. Thornaby (possibly)
152. Thyra
153. Torchbearer
154. Tummel (probably)
155. Uc 11 (possibly)
156. Uc 21 (possibly)
157. Uc 72 (possibly)
158. Ursus (part)
159. Vae victis
160. Vancouver
161. Volscian (possibly)
162. Walsingham
163. Warrenpoint
164. Wearside
165. White ghost
166. Wychwood (possibly)
167. Ypapanti

 

Name: COUREUR DES MERS

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 20160223

Details measurements/cartography: H3910/62 28.9.62 WK LOCATED 110DEG 1.8 MILES FROM LONGSAND HEAD BUOY. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR AT 71FT IN 92FT. ALTHOUGH SWEEP WAS FELT TO PULL UP NO FOUL COULD BE MADE. WK MAY BE LYING ON HER SIDE. (THV PATRICIA 19.9.62). INS WK 12FMS. BR STD. H4988/71 5.1.72 LOCATED IN 514737.5N, 014119E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.5, FOUL 20.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.4 I GEN DEPTH 31.0 MTRS. SCOUR 31.6 MTRS. APPROX N/S. LENGTH 200FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS FAWN). BR SWD. HH090/667/01 2.1.95 EXAM'D 24.7.95 IN 514733.65N, 014114.09E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.9, FOUL 20.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28-31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. DIVERS REPORT THAT WK IS NETTED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/12 18.2.97 WK OF A TRAWLER LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. STANDS ABOUT 8MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS INTACT AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF IT COLLAPSING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (B HICKINBOTTOM). HH100/351/13 24.2.98 ABOUT 40MTRS LONG. SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT WITH NO SIGN OF COLLAPSING. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 23.3.98). SEP 2015/000083463 14.7.16 EXAM'D 23.2.16 IN 5147.568N, 0141.242E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195. SCOUR LENGTH 180MTRS, 2.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 023DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK INTACT, LIES ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, SUPERSTRUCTURE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN MIDSHIP AREA. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT LIES ON STBD SIDE

Position: 51 47.568 N,1 41.241 E

 

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