This is the information page about the shipwreck Cressy/hoque/aboukir, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 15.216 N,3 41.52 E (52.5563333, 3.7231667)

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: Cressy/Hoque/Aboukir

Length 134.1 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 12000 ton

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u 9. hm ships cressy & hogue also sunk while rescueing survivors.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H4771/14 SUNK WITHIN 0.5M OF 521620N, 034030E. AREA WITHIN 2M DEEMED DANGEROUS. (ADMIRALTY) - FNM 50/14. H7741/26 3.12.26 AMEND TO DW PA (1914). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 19.11.56 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. BUOYS LAID. (NETHERLANDS TNM 3485/56). NCA. H2728/54 6.11.59 AMEND TO NDW IN 521518N, 034151E. (HAGUE NMS 224/3230 & 170/2472/59)

- NM 2673/59. 29.5.61 SALVAGE OPS. (NETHERLANDS TNM 1516/61). NCA. 4.12.61 SALVAGE OPS SUSPENDED. (NETHERLANDS NM 3981/61). NCA. H2671/63 15.4.64 CHARTED AS NDW (WKS). NE 2322. 7.12.72 SHOWN AS NDW IN 521524N, 034140E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES CHART 1955. 8.5.78 SHOWN AS WK 21MTRS [11FMS 3FT] IN 521524N, 034139E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 1350 [MAR'78 EDN]. BR STD. 16.3.87 NOW WK 25.1MTRS IN 521519N, 034135.5E [EUR] ON DUTCH SURVEY BY MS TYDEMAN, MAR'85 [K 9975/4]. BR STD. H1271/85 28.4.87 STILL SHOWN AS WK 21MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1350 ['86 EDN]. BR STD. 8.3.89 DEPTH FROM 1985 SURVEY NOW ACCEPTED, PART OF SYSTEMATIC SURVEY, SANDETTIE TO EUROPORT. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS NO.P15-2077) AMEND TO WKS 13FMS [25MTRS]. BR STD. 27.2.92 SHOWN AS WK 21MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 2322 [1991 EDN] AND NETHERLANDS WK NO.P15-2077 [1990 EDN]. AMEND TO WKS 21MTRS. NE 2322. COMBINED WITH WK NO [27891]. HH100/351/07 9.8.93 WK OF HMS ABOUKIR LIES IN 521519.3N, 034135.5E [EUR]. (DIVER MAGAZINE ARTICLE) HH340/530/05 25.2.00 NOW WK 23.5MTRS IN 5215.27N, 0341.58E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 8/112/00). [WGD] POSN: 5215.222N, 0341.501E.

- NM 1322/00. 23.7.02 SHOWN AS WKS 23.5MTRS IN 5215.220N, 0341.500E [WGD] TO COVER [27891] ON NETHERLANDS 2322 [INT 1415] [2ND EDN MAR'02, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 2322. 15.3.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 27891

Position: 52 15.216 N,3 41.52 E

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