This is the information page about the shipwreck Constantia s (after part)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 46.94 N,2 17.09 W (49.520666666667, -2.4196666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 S (AFTER PART)(POSSIBLY)
Length 151.3 meter, width: 19 meter, draught: 8.3, tonnage 8686 ton
Load: water
Cause: built in 1951 by kokums, malmo. owned at time of loss by venus shipping co. oil engine, single shaft. passage amsterdam for gibraltar. grounded in a strong w gale on rocks off casquests lt house. floated off, drifted onto fourquie rocks and broke into two sections. after section drifted off, not being sighted again.
Year of registration: 1967
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter
Known since: 1967, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: 6.3.80 6.3.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 494700N, 021700W [EUR] ON FRENCH 878 [DEC'79 EDN]. BR STD. FRENCH WK RECORDS GIVE NAME AS 'CONSTANTIA'. INFORMATION RECEIVED IN 1967 27.4.99 27.4.99 ACCURACY 1000MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, 1999, NO.14592003). AMENDED TO NDW PD. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [72039]
Position: 49 46.94 N,2 17.09 W