This is the information page about the shipwreck Cieszyn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.994 N,5 1.969 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Carolus
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Centurion (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmcs trentonian
59. Hmml 380
60. Hms almond (after part)
61. Hms almond (bow part)
62. Hms anson
63. Hms brandlebas
64. Hms comet
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms javelin (stern section)
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms torrent
73. Hmy sappho (possibly)
74. Hnlms brielle
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Jolie mouette
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. King harry (probably)
84. Kremsertor
85. Krosfond
86. Kwester
87. La suippe
88. Lady cory-wright
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lorle (probably)
97. Lucent (possibly)
98. Lydie
99. Merle
100. Mina cantiquin
101. Mitera marigo
102. Mohegan
103. Mosel
104. Mountby
105. Mourne (probably)
106. N g petersen
107. Normand
108. Nyassa
109. Ocklinge
110. Omer denise
111. Ospra
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Penelope jane (possibly)
114. Pindos
115. Plantaganet
116. Poljames
117. Poljames
118. Ponus
119. Port chalmers
120. Prestige
121. Princess royal
122. Queen (possibly)
123. Rigmor (possibly)
124. Robert
125. Rock island bridge
126. Royal anne galley
127. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
128. Schiedam
129. Shoal fisher
130. Spital
131. Spyridion vagliano
132. St anthony (possibly)
133. St george (possibly)
134. Stanwood
135. Twilight water
136. U 1018
137. U 95
138. Ub 106 (possibly)
139. Ub 112 (possibly)
140. Ub 113
141. Ub 128 (possibly)
142. Ub 86 (possibly)
143. Ub 97 (possibly)
144. Uc 66
145. Ula
146. Veritas
147. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
148. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
149. Violet
150. Volnay
151. War tune
152. Westwood (possibly)
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Zebra

 

Name: CIESZYN

Length 70.7 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1386 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1932 by nakskov skibs, nakskov, with 3 cylinder . machinery by a borsig gmbh, berlin. bombed and sunk by 5 german aircraft whilst on passage falmouth for clyde. (lloyds & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4417/71 24.9.71 WK FOUND IN 500100N, 050155W USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP], OR 253DEGS, 2.26M FROM MANACLE CG STN. (DECCA SURVEY, 15.9.71). 25.11.74 LOCATED DURING SALVAGE SURVEYS. (E GILES, 1974). NCA. H1270/77 23.6.81 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. HH090/52/01 27.1.92 EXAM'D 19.7.91 IN 500059N, 050154.5W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. INTACT, LYING 135/315DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521 & REPLY TO SURVEY APPRAISAL) CHART AS WK 61MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/12 25.3.97 IDENTIFIED AS THE CIESZYN BY RECOVERY OF ITS BELL BY IFOR PEDLEY, ALSO BRIDGE BELL RECOVERED IN 1983. (G J POUND). NCA. HH100/351/16 28.7.00 DIVED IN 5000.986N, 0501.923W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. HT 9MTRS. SEABED OF MAINLY SILT WITH LITTLE SAND. VERY INTACT. UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST. WOODEN BRIDGE SECTION HAS COLLAPSED ALONG WITH MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. HULL VIRTUALLY INTACT. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 25.11.08 LOCATED ON 22.11.08, IN 5001.011N, 0501.988W [WGD]. (G POUND, TELECON 25.11.08) AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000151151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5000.994N, 0501.969W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.38 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 7.62MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT, (MMT, HI 1455). A '3-ISLAND' VESSEL, BOWS SSE, HOLDS COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, SLIGHT LIST, BOWS SSE, 3-ISLAND VESSEL

Position: 50 0.994 N,5 1.969 W

 

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