This is the information page about the shipwreck Cressado, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 39.729 N,5 0.75 W (53.94795, -4.7442)

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: Cressado

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 76 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190514

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 LENGTH 300FT, HEIGHT 40FT. POSN 533930N, 045930W. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST) H4827/75 25.1.77 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SEARCH. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). H4466/81 10.4.84 EXAM'D 11.11.83 IN 533943N, 050041W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 13MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LYING 080/260 DEG. POSSIBLY BROKEN UP, WITH A BUILD-UP OF SAND ON S SIDE. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 95). BR STD. 24.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 14/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS SS OR MV LYING ON PORT SIDE, WK IS COLLAPSED ALONG ITS LENGTH 77MTRS, WIDTH MEASURED FROM POINT CLOUD 10MTRS. THE POSN IS IN RIGHT AREA, DIMENSIONS ARE SIMILAR AND WK APPEARS TO SHOW SIMILARITIES WITH IMAGES OF VESSEL "CRESSADO". THIS ISN'T CONCLUSIVE BUT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST WRECK IS "CRESSADO" (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "CRESSADO" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?BROKEN UP, SAND BUILD UP TO S

Position: 53 39.729 N,5 0.75 W

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