This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms corientes (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 22.023 N,7 10.213 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

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.

Name: HMS CORIENTES (POSSIBLY)

Length 40.1 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 280 ton

Cause: built in 1910 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd, beverley. owned by thomas baskomb ltd, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 80nhp, single shaft. mined while fishing. (sibi). hired by the admiralty from 1915. (srn).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H4784/59 11.11.59 H4784/59 11.11.59 NDW IN 552215N, 071155W. (HMS VIDAL, JULY 1959). HH100/351/06 22.1.93 HH100/351/06 22.1.93 LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 552215N, 071155W. SMALL WK IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL FISHERMEN. (N SOTHY, 12.1.93). INS AS NDWPA.

- NM 433/93. 3.2.07 3.2.07 LOCATED IN 5522.024N, 0710.213W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 31MTR. LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 2.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES APPROX 075/255 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH PROBABLE DEBRIS CLOSE E. SCOUR HOLE CLOSE S. AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.4.08 SEP 2008/000037589 28.4.08 SHOULD BE CHARTED IN 5522.023N, 0710.213W [WGD]. (MV CELTIC VOYAGER, HN DTD 18.4.08). NCA. HH091/241/01 17.10.08 HH091/241/01 & SEP 2008/000086143 17.10.08 EXAM'D 17.4.08 IN 5522.0234N, 0710.2130W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.6 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1.3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 122 DEGS. LENGTH 38.7MTRS, WIDTH 6.9MTRS, HT 27.6MTRS (SIC). LIES 075/255 DEGS. INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, JOINT IRISH BATHYMETRIC SURVEY PROJECT). BOWS E, BOW & STERN BURIED, HIGHEST PART (?BOILERS) MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 27.5MTRS. BR STD. 29.6.11 29.6.11 LEAST DEPTH 26.7MTRS. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF GSI CV05_01 DATA). BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 27.46MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 27MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW/STERN BURIED, BOWS E, HIGHEST PART MIDSHIPS

Position: 55 22.023 N,7 10.213 W

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