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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aircraft
4. Ala
5. Alastair
6. Alto (possibly)
7. Ambient (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Batavier 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. British captain
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Carica milica
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. Churston
23. Clan monroe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Coalgas
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Elnet
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. Excelsior
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. G and e (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Gulf breaker
57. H h petersen
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Heworth
61. Hillglen
62. Hms adonis (possibly)
63. Hms arethusa
64. Hms christopher (possibly)
65. Hms condor (probably)
66. Hms donside (possibly)
67. Hms dundalk
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms fontenoy
70. Hms forward iii
71. Hms harvest gleaner
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms irvana (part of)
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms kaphreda
77. Hms ludlow
78. Hms monarch
79. Hms moravia (possibly)
80. Hms nadine
81. Hms new comet (possibly)
82. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
83. Hms orthos (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms speeton (possibly)
88. Hms spider
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms tettenhall
91. Hms tugela
92. Hms tunisian
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hornchurch
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Impulsion
98. J c dalble
99. Jim
100. Knarsdale
101. Kwasind
102. Lincairn (possibly)
103. Lisette
104. Lonhelen (possibly)
105. Magdapur
106. Mangara
107. Mardyke
108. Maria rosa
109. Marianne (probably)
110. Mascota (possibly)
111. Mascotte
112. Memento (possibly)
113. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
114. Mercurius
115. Moidart
116. Mudo
117. Nadir
118. Nereus
119. Newhaven (possibly)
120. Nicolaos piangos
121. Nominoe
122. Novocastrian
123. Ocean pride
124. Old charlton
125. Ostprussen (possibly)
126. Pescado
127. Petshenga (possibly)
128. Phryne
129. Plawsworth (possibly)
130. Polgarth
131. Ren
132. Reward (possibly)
133. Rhenas (possibly)
134. Rhineland
135. Robin iv
136. Rochester city
137. Roxanna
138. Savona (probably)
139. Scimitar
140. Sea king
141. Sea rhine
142. Sheaf field
143. Silksworth hall (probably).
144. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
145. Skodsburg (possibly)
146. Southford
147. Sunbeam
148. Sunniside (probably)
149. Taber park
150. Tergestea
151. Thomas m (possibly)
152. Thornaby (possibly)
153. Thyra
154. Tidal (possibly)
155. Torchbearer
156. Tregantle (possibly)
157. Tunisiana
158. Ui-001
159. Vae victis
160. Warrenpoint
161. White ghost
162. White lady
163. White swan
164. White swan (possibly)
165. Wychwood (possibly)
166. Wyetown
167. Yewkyle (possibly)
168. 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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