This is the information page about the shipwreck Mar cor (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.255 N,6 29.367 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)

 

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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. Annie f conlon
2. Antonios
3. Ardencraig
4. Beechpark
5. Briardene (possibly)
6. Brigit
7. Brinkburn
8. Brodfield
9. Burgerdijk (probably)
10. Castleford
11. Charles maureaur
12. Cita
13. Delaware
14. Douro
15. Earl of arran
16. Earl of lonsdale
17. Enfant de bretagne
18. Erick rickmers
19. Falkland
20. Forester
21. General roberts (possibly)
22. Hathor
23. Headlands (possibly)
24. Hms association
25. Hms blazer
26. Hms colossus
27. Hms eagle (probably)
28. Hms firebrand
29. Hms romney (possibly)
30. Hms woodpecker (possibly)
31. Holland iii (probably)
32. Hollandia
33. Horsa
34. Indian city (possibly)
35. Italia
36. Jean gougy
37. Lady charlotte
38. Little western
39. Magdeleine
40. Mando
41. Mar cor (possibly)
42. Minnehaha
43. Padstow (possibly)
44. Plympton
45. Poleire
46. Prinses maria
47. Rachel harvey
48. Restormel
49. Richard davey
50. River lune
51. San bartholomeo (possibly)
52. Schiller
53. Serica (possibly)
54. Setiembre (part of)
55. St vincent (possibly)
56. Sussex
57. Thames
58. Thomas w lawson
59. Toledo (possibly)
60. U 681 (possibly)
61. Uc 19 (probably)
62. Venus des isles (pz269)
63. Western front (probably)
64. Zelda

 

Name: MAR COR (POSSIBLY)

Length 100.6 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 3257 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1894 by c s swan & hunter and owned at the time of loss by m maresca & co., was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine off the scilly isles whilst en route from cardiff to dakar. (ll ww1, ww1sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20170918

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK ABOUT 30M W OF BISHOP ROCK. (LL WW1). POSN 495500N, 063000W, APPROX. H3943/88 3.11.89 WK EXAM'D IN 495412N, 062919W USING SYLEDIS & HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 76 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). CHART AS WK 76MTRS. NE 2565. H3943/88 5.12.89 EXAM'D 27.8.89 IN 495412N, 062919W [OGB] USING DECCA. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 90MTYRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. CASTS A CLEAN SHADOW WITH A HIGH POINT AT THE CENTRE. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CLEANLY BROKEN NEAR THE CENTRE AND IS POSSIBLY TOO SMALL TO BE THE 'MAR COR'. POSSIBLY A SUBMARINE. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). NFA. SEP 2017/000242097 30.1.18 EXAM'D 18.09.17; WK IN 4954.255N, 0629.367W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 76.59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS, LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210 DEGS. WRECK IS SPLIT INTO TWO AND IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. THE CONNING TOWER IS CLOSER TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WRECK WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THIS IS ITS BOW. (MMT, HI 1505). RETAIN NDW 76MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 54.255 N,6 29.367 W

 

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