This is the information page about the shipwreck Cristina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.182 N,5 13.542 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alster (possibly)
3. Andromeda
4. Angele (possibly)
5. Anna sophie
6. Antoinette (probably)
7. Antwerpen
8. Arthurtown
9. Bard (possibly)
10. Ben asdale
11. Ben rein
12. Besse (probably)
13. Bessemer city (probably)
14. Brava
15. Camelot challenger (possibly)
16. Carasa (possibly)
17. Carl
18. Caroni river
19. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
20. Cristina
21. Dageid
22. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
23. Dux (possibly)
24. Epsilon
25. Fanny lambert
26. Genevieve (possibly)
27. Germaine
28. Gleno
29. Hampshire
30. Hanover
31. Hemsley 1
32. Hmcs regina
33. Hmml 380
34. Hms comet
35. Hms rinovia
36. Hms royalo
37. Hms torrent
38. Hms warspite
39. Hms warspite (part of)
40. Hms warwick
41. Hmy viva 2
42. Hugin
43. Humbergate (probably)
44. Hunsgrove
45. Island maid
46. Jersey queen (possibly)
47. John taylor
48. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
49. Kai (possibly)
50. Kintuck
51. Kynance (probably)
52. La suippe
53. Lake edon
54. Lake owens
55. Leon martin (part of)
56. Lia'g
57. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
58. Madeline
59. Maria asumpta
60. Mefjord (possibly)
61. Mitera marigo
62. N g petersen
63. Nile
64. Norma (possibly)
65. Onega
66. Orfordness
67. Peer gynt (possibly)
68. Petersham
69. Ponthieu
70. Ponus
71. Portugal
72. Prestige
73. Primo ?
74. Princess royal
75. Quarnero
76. Queen (possibly)
77. Risoy (probably)
78. Rock island bridge
79. Rossmore (possibly)
80. Runswick
81. Saphir
82. Secil japan (bow section)
83. Secil japan (stern section)
84. Shanes castle
85. Shoreham (probably)
86. Siracusa
87. St chamond
88. St george (possibly)
89. St joseph
90. St stanislas
91. Stanwood
92. Sten (possibly)
93. Svint
94. Tagona
95. U 1021 (possibly)
96. U 325 (possibly)
97. U 400 (possibly)
98. Ub 106 (possibly)
99. Ub 112 (possibly)
100. Ub 128 (possibly)
101. Ub 65
102. Ub 86 (possibly)
103. Ub 97 (possibly)
104. Vesuvius
105. War baron (probably)
106. Warnow (possibly)
107. Zone (probably)

 

Name: CRISTINA

Length 85.9 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2083 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-kiora, ex-cadiz ii. built in 1903 by const nav espanola, cadiz. owned at the time of loss by cia. naviera vascongada. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by central marine works of west hartlepool. passage port talbot for bilboa. torpedoed by u 55. sank quickly approx 15m sw of trevose head and 3m nw of st agnes head. crew rescued. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & dods, diver magazine sep '10).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 164 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 19.1.78 19.1.78 DEFINITE WK LOCATED IN 502410N, 051332W USING DECCA. (E GILES). NCA YET. 19.6.79 19.6.79 WK LOCATED IN 502408N, 051331W USING DECCA. (R DAVIS). NCA YET. 16.5.84 16.5.84 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 502410N, 051332W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1149. 25.11.87 25.11.87 VERY LARGE SS, WITH 2 HUGE BOILERS, LOCATED IN 502412N, 051352W [OGB]. PROBABLY WWI WK, OR OLDER. WELL-BROKEN, LYING ON A REEF IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. (MR WARD, TELECON). NCA. 17.8.10 17.8.10 WK OF CHRISTINA IN 5024.20N, 0513.60W [WGD], BOWS W. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH, FLATTENED CLOSE TO SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS TWO BOILERS, ENGINE FALLEN TO STARBOARD. TORPEDO DAMAGE VISIBLE AFT OF ENGINE. STERN FALLEN TO PORT. PROPELLER PARTLY BURIED IN SAND. FORWARD SECTION OF WRECK COLLAPSED TO PORT. BOW COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN TO SEABED. (DIVER MAGAZINE SEP '10). 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 23.3.10 IN 5024.182N, 0513.542W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.57 IN GEN DEPTH 35.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 87.0MTRS, WIDTH 25.9MTRS, HT 4.53MTRS. LIES 164/344 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN, 2 LARGE BOILERS, BOWS SSE

Position: 50 24.182 N,5 13.542 W

 

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