This is the information page about the shipwreck Candia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.335 N,0 30.777 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: CANDIA

Length 137.2 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6482 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products,grain

Cause: Built in 1896 by caird & co ltd, greenock. onwed at time of loss by p & o, s navigation co. two boilers, twin triple expansion engines of 69nhp, twim shaft. passage sydney for london. torpedoed by uc-65. one man lost. cargo included 8000 tons grain, foodstuffs, 1025 tons lead, 1000 tons zinc and general. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H0150/39 24.7.47 WK LOCATED IN 503436N, 003042W. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 20FMS IN GEN DEPTH 27FMS. GOOD E/S & A/S CONTACT, FROM BEARING 320DEGS. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, 28.6.47). CHART AS NDW. H0150/39 14.5.52 SALVAGE OPS TAKING PLACE. G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(2)10S ESTABLISHED CLOSE TO WK. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD). TNM ISSUED. H0150/39 13.9.52 SALVAGE OPS, PLANNED FROM 3 MAY TO 1 SEPT 1952 IN 503436N, 003036W DISCONTINUED. BUOY REMOVED. (RISDON BEAZLEY).

- NM 1800/52. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 36MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. [LAT]. NC 1652. H1270/72 29.8.72 LOCATED IN 503433N, 003036W USING DECCA. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 65FT. (MR DILLINGHAM, 13.6.72). H3950/70 22.9.72 AMEND TO WK 10FMS [18.2MTRS] IN 503433N, 003036W.

- NM 1901/72. H3950/70 7.12.73 CLEAR AT 100FT BY CHAIN SWEEP. (TH, 13.11.73). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. H4826/75 19.8.76 RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD STATE THAT 'CANDIA' LIES IN THIS POSN. THIS POSN OBSERVED IN MAY 1952. 1025 TONS LEAD & 1000 TONS ZINC WERE SALVAGED FROM THE FOR'D HOLDS. WK IS INTACT & UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. WK WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE OVERLAPPING ARCS ON HER TWIN PROPELLERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, TELECON 18.8.76). H4121/76 19.1.77 EXAM'D 11.8.76 IN 503418N, 003041W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 50 TO 51MTRS. SEABED UNEVEN, PROBABLY SAND RIDGES. LENGTH 180MTRS. ORIENTATION NNE/SSW. LOCATED 11.8.76. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). RETAIN AS SW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4121/76 25.11.87 SALVAGE OPS BY MV 'HOLGER DANE' COMPLETED. (TELEX 5.11.87). HH090/952/01 27.10.03 EXAM'D 27.5.03 IN 5034.335N, 0030.777W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.0, FOUL 37.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.7 IN GEN DEPTH 52-53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 154MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 14.0MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY INTACT. SMALLER SECTION AT THE S END MAY BE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE MAIN BULK, BUT IT COULD BE BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 952). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 34.335 N,0 30.777 W

 

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