This is the information page about the shipwreck Cardea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 59.075 N,4 20.04 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Afton
2. Albatross
3. Argo (possibly)
4. Ballina
5. Bessie
6. Briar
7. Cardea
8. Clwyd (probably)
9. Dawn waters
10. Empress eugenie
11. G-azjy
12. Glendun
13. Grinder
14. Hms racehorse
15. Lady louisa
16. Liverpool
17. Lucy
18. Madge wildfire
19. Mary heeley
20. Melfort
21. Merisia
22. Mhari l
23. Opal (possibly)
24. Our brighter dawn
25. Peveril
26. Pt1 or pt2
27. Queen of the isles (probably)
28. Robert dee
29. Saint mirren (possibly)
30. Skerries
31. Sy sol
32. Viking
33. William hanbury

 

Name: CARDEA

Length 15.5 meter, tonnage 22 ton

Cause: sank after collision with fv ocean humter. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter

Known since: 2001, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/04 21.2.01 DIESEL SLICK ON SURFACE IN 5359.1N, 0419.9W (SINKING POSN). (MRSC LIVERPOOL, TLX DTD 18.2.01). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 21.2.01 IN COLLISION IN 5359.0N, 0419.9W. LATER SANK. (LL 19.2.01). HH100/351/17 30.8.01 DIVED IN 5359.075N, 0420.040W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN ESTIMATED GEN DEPTH OF 54MTRS AT LW. LIES APPROX E/W. INTACT. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 29.8.01). AMEND TO WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 53 59.075 N,4 20.04 W

 

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