This is the information page about the shipwreck Cressida, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 28.864 N,4 58.1 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Adela (possibly)
2. Alhambra
3. Arno mendi
4. British viscount
5. Conargo
6. Cressado
7. Dundalk
8. Eskmere
9. Fairearn (probably)
10. Farfield
11. Fin-ar-bed
12. Glenford
13. Harold
14. Kenmare
15. La rochelle (possibly)
16. Lowther range (probably)
17. Maarten cornelis
18. Maja
19. Marquess of bute (possibly)
20. Nadejda (possibly)
21. Normandy coast
22. Oliver cromwell
23. Penvearn
24. Sarpfos
25. Slieve bloom
26. Theme
27. Trieste
28. Trinidad
29. U 1024 (probably)
30. U 246
31. Uss roanoke
32. Vivar
33. Westward ho

 

Name: Cressida

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190513

Details measurements/cartography: M14319 19.3.18 16M W BY N 1/2 N (MAG) FROM SKERRIES (BOT MASTER). NCA. M07930 23.3.18 POSN 532300N, 050500W (AP REPT KINGSTON). NCA. M13186 18.3.18 16M W BY N (MAG) OF SKERRIES. SANK AT ONCE. (IDSA MASTER). H1816/22 POSN 533000N, 050000W, APPROX. H4827/75 24.1.77 NEW WK LOCATED 9.11.76 IN 532851N, 0045802W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.5 IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LYING NE/SW. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 70MTRS. BR STD. 28.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 13/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS SMALL WK OF APPROX LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS. POINT CLOUD SHOWS UPRIGHT WK WITH STERN TO THE NORTH. STERN APPEARS MISSING(SURVIVORS STATED VESSEL HIT AT THE STERN) AND WHAT MAY BE A BOILER CAN BE SEEN IN CENTRE OF SHIP. BY POSITION, ARCHIVE AND DIMENSIONS THIS WRECK IS LIKELY TO THE "CRESSIDA". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "CRESSIDA" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 28.864 N,4 58.1 W

 

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