This is the information page about the shipwreck Constantia s (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.307 N,2 21.957 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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 (FWD PART)
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: 19 meter
Known since: 1967, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: H446/67 26.1.67 H446/67 26.1.67 ST IN 494318N, 022152W. (LL, 23.1.67).
- NM ACTION. H446/67 8.3.67 H446/67 8.3.67 NOW IN 494321N, 022157W. (TH NM 31/67 & HARBOUR MASTER GUERNSEY). H3635/71 11.6.71 H3635/71 11.6.71 POSN NOW 494322N, 022152W [EUR]. NC 60. 11.5.81 11.5.81 ONLY BREAKERS VISIBLE IN THIS POSN. WK COULD STILL EXIST. (PHOTOPLOT PG 1592-LP1). NCA. HH256/440/02 8.12.95 HH256/440/02 8.12.95 WK IS NOT NOW VISIBLE AT ANY STATE OF THE TIDE. (HARBOUR MASTER, ALDERNEY, FAX DTD 13.11.95). AMENDED TO DW.
- NM 91/96. HH256/440/03 1.3.02 HH256/440/03 1.3.02 REPORTED BY DIVERS AS HAVING BROKEN UP ALMOST COMPLETELY. LITTLE OR NOTHING PROTRUDING ABOVE THE SEABED. (A/HARBOUR MASTER, ALDERNEY, EMAIL DTD 26.2.02). NCA. HH256/440/03 5.3.02 HH256/440/03 5.3.02 WK IS DEFINITELY NOT A DANGER TO SURFACE NAVIGATION. AMEND TO OBSTN (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED). (A/HARBOUR MASTER, ALDERNEY, EMAIL DTD 27.2.02). BR STD. 31.8.06 31.8.06 WGD POSN: 4943.307N, 0221.957W. NE 60 [3RD EDN, MAY '04].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 43.307 N,2 21.957 W