This is the information page about the shipwreck Cabenda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.493 N,3 52.312 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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. Bengrove (probably)
2. Beninin (possibly)
3. Cabenda
4. Carare
5. Cato (possibly)
6. Delfin
7. Fagernes (probably)
8. Fort medine
9. G a savage (possibly)
10. Gleneuse
11. Harvester
12. Hms princess
13. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
14. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
15. James mcgee
16. Kendy
17. Madjoe
18. Malleny (or malleney)
19. Malleny (or malleney)
20. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
21. Plantes welvard (possibly)
22. Riptide
23. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
24. Samtampa
25. Scarweather ltv
26. Sirdar
27. Slava
28. Solor (stern part) (probably)
29. Stalheim
30. Stanholme
31. Steepholm
32. Steepholm
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)
35. Strombus (part of)
36. Strombus (part of)(probably)
37. Trevessa
38. Yesso

 

Name: CABENDA

Length 45.7 meter, tonnage 534 ton
Load: scrap metal,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: mined while on passage shoreham to briton ferry. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20180217

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 12.3.41 SUNK IN 513342N, 035157W. (FOIC, CARDIFF). - PFNM 666/41. H0949/41 24.4.41 CHARTED AS DW. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 910/41. H0949/41 15.11.45 WK REPORTED NO LONGER TO EXIST. (NAVEAM 424/45 REFERS).

- NM 3705/45. H4119/71 2.8.76 WKGE, COVERING AREA 50 X 60FT APPROX, LOCATED IN 513327N, 035215W. CONSISTS OF BULWARK OF SHIP 35FT LONG AND STANDS 8FT ABOVE SEABED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FT [MLWS]. MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAREFL, LAID APPROX 300FT S. (TH SWANSEA, TLXS DTD 16-21.6.76).

- NM 1537/76. H4119/71 20.5.77 BUOY NOW R CAN, GPFL(4)15S. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 1258/77. H4119/71 18.9.79 BUOY NOW S CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, VQ(6)+LFL.10S LAID 150FT S OF WK. (TRINITY HOUSE, SWANSEA).

- NM 2371/79. H1934/78 26.3.81 EXAM'D 16.7.80 IN 513327N, 035215W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.1, FOUL AT 7.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.3 IN GEN DEPTH 10.9MTRS. SCOUR TO SW OF WK - 12.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. APPEARS TO BE WKGE OF BROKEN HULL WITH CARGO STREWN AROUND. (HMS FOX, HI 53/79). BR STD. H3941/88 22.6.90 EXAM'D 19.7.89 IN 513327.5N, 035214.4W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.9 IN GEN DEPTH 10.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP. NO DCS3 HT. INTACT, LYING N/S, WITH APPROX LENGTH 43MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. SMALL PIECES WKGE [?CARGO] SCATTERED CLOSE BY. UNABLE TO WIRE-SWEEP DUE PROXIMITY OF BUOY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS FAWN, HI 463). NCA. HH214/450/02 6.3.97 BUOY MOVED TO POSN 513320N, 035209W [OGB]. (ABP, SWANSEA & PORT TALBOT LTR DTD 22.1.97).

- NM BLOCK. 27.11.08 BUOY SHOWN WITH RACON C ON BA 1161 [EDN 3 DTD 22.11.01]. SEP 2018/000049866 3.7.18 EXAM'D 17.2.18; WK LOCATED IN 5133.493N, 0352.312W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS, LENGTH 64.7MTRS, WIDTH 22.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 9MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP. MAINLY INTACT. (TITAN SURVEYS LTD, HI 1576). AMEND DW 9.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 33.493 N,3 52.312 W

 

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