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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Annie
7. Atlanticos
8. Avon
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Batavier 5
11. Blackhill
12. Bonnington court
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cerne
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Denise germaine (possibly)
25. Disa (possibly)
26. Dortejensen
27. Duiveland
28. Dynamo
29. Ellewoutsdijk
30. Embla (possibly)
31. Empire bridge
32. Erna boldt (probably)
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. European gateway (part of)
35. Excelsior
36. Faithful star
37. Flores (probably)
38. Fort massac
39. Forth
40. Franz fischer (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Fulmar
44. Gerhard
45. Grazia (possibly)
46. Grisdeale
47. Groeswen (probably)
48. Hardingham (probably)
49. Harlington (probably)
50. Harlyn (probably)
51. Harriet
52. Hebe
53. Hendon hall
54. Heworth
55. Highwave (probably)
56. Hillglen
57. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
58. Hm torpedo boat no.12
59. Hmml 127 (possibly)
60. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms arethusa
63. Hms coquette
64. Hms donna nook
65. Hms duchess of hamilton
66. Hms dundalk
67. Hms eros (possibly)
68. Hms forward iii
69. Hms franc tireur
70. Hms gracie (probably)
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms holdene
73. Hms japan
74. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
75. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
76. Hms leandros
77. Hms lord airedale
78. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
79. Hms ludlow
80. Hms marconi
81. Hms mastiff (possibly)
82. Hms monarch
83. Hms moravia (possibly)
84. Hms nadine
85. Hms ray of hope
86. Hms resono (possibly)
87. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
88. Hms sisapon
89. Hms st seiriol
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms tunisian
92. Hms velia (possibly)
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
98. Hnlms 227
99. Ingi
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. Irene
102. Iris (possibly)
103. J c dalble
104. Janny
105. Josefina thorden (after part)
106. Kankakee
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. La flandre (possibly)
112. Lady salisbury
113. Little world
114. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
115. Lonhelen (possibly)
116. Lowland
117. Mac 5 (possibly)
118. Mahseer
119. Marie leonhardt (probably)
120. Mecklenburg
121. Mexico
122. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
123. Moidart
124. Morar
125. Nereus
126. Nico
127. Nicolaos piangos
128. Niore
129. Norhauk
130. Norwich trader
131. Old charlton
132. Ostprussen (possibly)
133. Palembang (probably)
134. Paullette
135. Peik
136. Persistant whisper
137. Pescado
138. Peter hamre
139. Polgarth
140. Port dalhousie (possibly)
141. Prince igor (probably)
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Quickstep
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Rubislaw
147. Rumania
148. Salerno (possibly)
149. Salerno (possibly)
150. San calisto
151. Savona (probably)
152. Second chance (possibly)
153. Shardana
154. Sheaf field
155. Simon bolivar
156. Spaarndem
157. Stad maastricht
158. Storm
159. Sunbeam
160. Sunk head tower
161. Telegraaf xviii
162. Terukuni maru
163. The sultan
164. Thornaby (possibly)
165. Thyra
166. Torchbearer
167. Tummel (probably)
168. Uc 11 (possibly)
169. Uc 21 (possibly)
170. Uc 72 (possibly)
171. Ursus (part)
172. Vae victis
173. Vancouver
174. Volante (possibly)
175. Volscian (possibly)
176. Walsingham
177. Warrenpoint
178. Wearside
179. White ghost
180. Wychwood (possibly)
181. 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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