This is the information page about the shipwreck Cresta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 15.09 N,1 39.599 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Batavier 5
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Carica milica
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. Eva witte
35. F stobart (probably)
36. Faithful star
37. Farmatyr
38. Firth
39. Forth
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Gannet (possibly)
43. Gasfire
44. Gena
45. Gerhard
46. Gipsy (possibly)
47. Golconda (possibly)
48. Grantleyhall (possibly)
49. Grenadier (probably)
50. Gulf breaker
51. H h petersen
52. Harlington (probably)
53. Harlyn (probably)
54. Hillglen
55. Hms adonis (possibly)
56. Hms arethusa
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms eros (possibly)
61. Hms fontenoy
62. Hms forward iii
63. Hms hirose (probably)
64. Hms holdene
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms ludlow
69. Hms monarch
70. Hms moravia (possibly)
71. Hms nadine
72. Hms new comet (possibly)
73. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
74. Hms orthos (probably)
75. Hms river clyde (possibly)
76. Hms river clyde (possibly)
77. Hms sisters melville
78. Hms speeton (possibly)
79. Hms spider
80. Hms tervani
81. Hms tettenhall
82. Hms tugela
83. Hms tunisian
84. Hms waveflower
85. Hms whooper
86. Hornchurch
87. Ignis (possibly)
88. Impulsion
89. J c dalble
90. Jim
91. Knarsdale
92. Kwasind
93. Lincairn (possibly)
94. Lisette
95. Lonhelen (possibly)
96. Magdapur
97. Mangara
98. Mardyke
99. Maria rosa
100. Marianne (probably)
101. Mascota (possibly)
102. Mascotte
103. Memento (possibly)
104. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
105. Mercurius
106. Moidart
107. Mudo
108. Nadir
109. Nereus
110. Newhaven (possibly)
111. Nicolaos piangos
112. Nominoe
113. Novocastrian
114. Ocean pride
115. Old charlton
116. Ostprussen (possibly)
117. Pescado
118. Petshenga (possibly)
119. Phryne
120. Plawsworth (possibly)
121. Polgarth
122. Ren
123. Reward (possibly)
124. Rhenas (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Rochester city
128. Roxanna
129. Savona (probably)
130. Scimitar
131. Sea rhine
132. Silksworth hall (probably).
133. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
134. Skodsburg (possibly)
135. Southford
136. Sunbeam
137. Sunniside (probably)
138. Taber park
139. Tergestea
140. Thomas m (possibly)
141. Thornaby (possibly)
142. Thyra
143. Tidal (possibly)
144. Torchbearer
145. Tregantle (possibly)
146. Ui-001
147. Vae victis
148. Warrenpoint
149. White ghost
150. White lady
151. White swan
152. White swan (possibly)
153. Wychwood (possibly)
154. Wyetown
155. Yewkyle (possibly)
156. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: CRESTA

Length 7.6 meter

Cause: Sank while under tow of aldeburgh lifeboat. (ll).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 36 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 20170307

Details measurements/cartography: H4087/78 26.9.79 DW IN 521500N, 013945E APPROX, MARKED BY WHITE DAN BUOY. MAST JUST BELOW SURFACE HAS ALREADY DAMAGED PROPELLER OF FV AND FISHING GEAR ENTANGLED ON WK. (LL, 20.8.79). NCA YET. 10.8.79 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 521525N, 013926E. (YARMOUTH CG, 10.8.79). RNW ISSUED. 26.9.79 AREA SWEPT BY SONAR AND UNABLE TO LOCATE. DO NOT CONSIDER DANGER TO NAVIGATION. LOCAL FISHERMEN ADVISE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND NETS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IF WK IS IN INDICATED POSN, WOULD ONLY BE A DANGER TO SMALL CRAFT AT LW (THV SIREN, 8.9.79). AMEND DEAD. NCA. H2917/83 2.4.85 NOT LOCATED. AREA NOT SWEPT BY DCS3. LOCAL FISHERMEN CONSIDER WK WELL DISPERSED BY FOULED TRAWLING GEAR. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 31.8.17 EXAM'D 7.3.17; IN 5215.090N, 0139.599E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.25MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS, LENGTH 26.3MTRS, WIDTH 15.6MTRS, HEIGHT 0.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 036/216 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 10.1MTRS, 0.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 000 DEGS. WRECK IS MODERATELY DEFINED AND REMAINS MOSTLY IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 6.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 15.09 N,1 39.599 E

 

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