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 (50.403033, -5.225700)

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: 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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