Wreck: Constantia s (after part)(possibly) (Tanker)
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 46.857 N,2 16.543 W (49.780950, -2.275717)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: CONSTANTIA S (AFTER PART)(POSSIBLY)
Length 151.3 meter, width: 19 meter, draught: 8.3, tonnage 8656 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: 2008
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter
Known since: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: 23.8.08 OBJECT LOCATED WITH N END IN 4946.884N, 0216.537W [WGD]; E END 4946.846N, 0216.510W; S END 4946.832N, 0216.543W AND W END 4946.851N, 0216.580W. STANDS 50FT HIGH ON FLAT, HARD SEABED. APPEARS TO BE AN INVERTED WK AS THE TOP IS SOLID AND FLAT SIMILAR TO OTHER MODERN, INVERTED WRECKS. UNABLE TO DISCERN AN ORIENTATION, AS IF IT IS A CHUNK OF A VERY LARGE VESSEL. COULD POSSIBLY BE A PHOENIX UNIT. ORIGINALLY FOUND BY GUERNSEY TRAWLER 'COPIOUS'. CINC REQUESTED. (M PAGE, EMAIL DTD 12.8.08). POSSIBLY PART OF CONSTANTIA BUT SEE [23344]. INS AS OBSTN USC 48MTRS IN 4946.857N, 0216.543W [WGD]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [23344]. CINC.
Position: 49 46.857 N,2 16.543 W
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