Wreck: Croma (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Croma, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.224 N,3 3.501 W (58.737067, -3.058350)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: CROMA

Length 100.6 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3187 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1883 by j l thompson & sons of sunderland. owned at time of loss by j dent, jr, of newcastle-upon-tyne. two boilers, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage dundee for new york. general cargo including beer, wines and spirits which were recovered. drove ashore in thick fog. later broke up, part slipping into deeper water. 300 tonnes of cargo recovered in total including 4816 cases of marmalade

Year of registration: 1899

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1899, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 584413N, 030327W. WK SOLD IN 1899. (LLOYDS). 20.2.01 DIVED IN 5844.224N, 0303.501W [WGD]. WELL BROKEN UP IN DEPTHS OF 2 TO 15MTRS. TWO STEEL PROPS LOCATED. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.2.01). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, TWO STEEL PROPS REMAIN

Position: 58 44.224 N,3 3.501 W

 

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