This is the information page about the shipwreck Constantia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.869 N,0 23.373 W (54.381150, -0.389550)

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.

Name: CONSTANTIA

Length 56.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 772 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 21 having just left the tyne.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2 MILES E FROM S CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS AS NDW (PA) (1918) IN 542430N, 002500W. BR STD. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW PA. NC 129. 28.8.73 AMEND TO USC PA 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. H1310/86/7 19.2.86 LOCATED AND IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL, IN 542255N, 002320W. LIES ON EVEN KEEL - BRIDGE TO STERN IS COMPLETE. BOWS DAMAGED. WK PURCHASED FROM DEPT OF TRANSPORT. LEAST DEPTH 38MTRS (MHWS) IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. (G WADSWORTH, 26.1.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 23.2.93 LOCATED IN 542252N, 002317W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 NOT EXAMINED OR CLOSE SOUNDED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. FROM MAIN LINE DCS3 RECORDS LIES IN 542252.8N, 002325.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5422.869N, 0023.373W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.6TRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 59.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.8MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 008/188. THE WRECK IS MAINLY INTACT WITH THE BOW COLLAPSED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 34MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact

Position: 54 22.869 N,0 23.373 W

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