This is the information page about the shipwreck Courtown, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.514 N,5 42.201 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Besse (probably)
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Bolette (possibly)
18. Boynton (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Congener
28. Conqueror
29. Courtown
30. Dageid
31. Denebola
32. Depois
33. Devon
34. Dunaskin
35. Dundee (probably)
36. Dux (possibly)
37. Emblem
38. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
39. Empire kingsley
40. Enrico parodi
41. Facto
42. Fanny lambert
43. Gallier (possibly)
44. Garthclyde (possibly)
45. Gemini
46. Geopotes viii
47. Glamorgan coast
48. Glendale
49. Gleno
50. Hampshire
51. Helene (probably)
52. Hellopes
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Hms warwick
57. Hmy viva 2
58. Holland xix
59. Hopeful (possibly)
60. Iona
61. J duncan
62. Jose de aramburu
63. Joshua nicholson
64. Juan ferrer
65. Juanita
66. Kate thomas (possibly)
67. Kildonan ?
68. Kilmaho
69. Kintuck
70. Kynance (probably)
71. Lake grafton
72. Lake grafton (possibly)
73. Liberty
74. Lincoln
75. Luna
76. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
77. Luxembourg (probably)
78. Lyminge
79. Madeline
80. Maria de larrinaga
81. Marie roberts
82. Maroc
83. Moorview
84. Mystique (possibly)
85. Nanna (possibly)
86. New pioneer
87. Nile
88. Ocean harvest
89. Orion
90. Oriskany
91. Pacific reliance
92. Phoenix 202
93. Phoenix 203
94. Pioneer (possibly)
95. Polesley (possibly)
96. Ponthieu
97. Primo ?
98. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
99. Regency (probably)
100. Reidar (possibly)
101. Rms mulheim
102. Saint guenole
103. Saxon briton
104. Sea viper
105. Setubel(probably)
106. Sirius (possibly)
107. St chamond
108. St george
109. Stabil (possibly)
110. Sten (possibly)
111. Sylvia-mary z-525
112. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
113. Traute sarnow
114. Tungufoss
115. Tyrhaug
116. U 1209 (possibly)
117. Umbre
118. Underwood
119. Union crystal (possibly)
120. Union star (parts of)(probably)
121. Veghtstroom (possibly)
122. Vesuvius
123. Vigrid (possibly)
124. Vine branch (possibly)
125. Vinovia
126. War baron (probably)
127. Wild boar
128. William cory
129. Yewcroft
130. Zone (probably)

 

Name: COURTOWN

Length 114.3 meter, width: 15.7 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 4419 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-bellvue, ex-koju, ex-harford. built in 1909 by j redhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by harrison sons & co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 399 nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for montevideo. sank follwing collision with ss rochefoucauld. no lives lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 4.7.45 POSSIBLE WRECK IN 501324N 054200W. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2, 4.7.45). NCA. 00.7.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT LENGTH 122FT, HEIGHT 30FT. (AUBD 301/248, C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). NCA. H5051/70 1.2.71 CHART AS NDW PA IN 501324N, 054200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1148. 12.11.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 11FMS [20MTRS]. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 2649. SEP 2010/000017786 16.12.09 PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE CHRISTOS MARKETTOS BUT THAT VESSEL NOW POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AT 5017.493N, 0536.876W [WGD]. (G J LOCKETT, VISIT & TELECON 26.1.10). SEE [16421]. 15.12.11 LOCATED 15.9.11 IN 5013.514N, 0542.201W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.66 IN GEN DEPTH 40.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 93.0MTRS, WIDTH 40.0MTRS, HT 4.42MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.5.12 THIS IS COURTOWN. CONFIRMED BY THREE BOILERS. (G J LOCKETT, TELECON). RETAIN NDW 36MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 13.514 N,5 42.201 W

 

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