This is the information page about the shipwreck Cuba, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.643 N,1 19.033 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Borgsten (probably)
11. Braat ii
12. Brestois
13. Camberwell
14. Cambrian
15. Cambrian (part of)
16. Campen
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Carbon
20. Castle crag
21. Ceres (possibly)
22. Cleddy (probably)
23. Cuba
24. Daylesford
25. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
26. Duddon (probably)
27. Dulce t
28. Empire crusader
29. Empress queen
30. Ernest lagouve
31. Espagne
32. Excelsior
33. Faith
34. Fallodon
35. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
36. G-cbpt
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Gorizont
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hm lct 427 (after part)
44. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
45. Hms acheron (bow section)
46. Hms acheron (stern section)
47. Hms albion ii
48. Hms assurance
49. Hms boxer
50. Hms crestflower
51. Hms hazard
52. Hms invincible
53. Hms listrac (probably)
54. Hms michael clements
55. Hms new dawn
56. Hms p12 (stern section).
57. Hms pomone
58. Hms tiger
59. Hms undine
60. Hms velox
61. Hms warwick deeping
62. Hmsm swordfish
63. Hmsm upstart
64. Iduna
65. Indutionmare
66. Inger
67. Irex
68. Isleworth
69. Joannis millas
70. Juno
71. Kurland
72. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
73. Lct 1068
74. Lct 757 (possibly)
75. Lct 809
76. Leon
77. Londonier
78. Luciston
79. Luis
80. Luxor
81. Margaret smith
82. Mary rose
83. Meandros (possibly)
84. Mechanician
85. Mendi
86. Millmer
87. Minerva (possibly)
88. Molina
89. Moonraker (probably)
90. Neath (possibly)
91. Nichola (probably)
92. Nw68
93. Nw96
94. Olivine
95. Oriflamme
96. Pearl (probably)
97. Pool fisher
98. Ps ryde
99. Redesmere
100. Reindeer
101. Rosehill (probably)
102. Roway
103. Rtc no.9
104. Serrana (bow section)
105. Serrana (stern part)
106. Simla
107. Sinah
108. Smyrna
109. Spyros (possibly)
110. Stokes bay pier (remains)
111. Teamwork
112. Terlings
113. Tweed
114. U 122 (possibly)
115. U 123
116. U 152
117. U 153 (possibly)
118. U 90
119. Ub 122 (possibly)
120. Ub 21
121. Vadne
122. Vanessa (probably)
123. Vari solo sailor
124. Varvassi
125. Volkerak
126. Wapello
127. War knight
128. Weston maid (possibly)
129. Westville
130. Withern
131. Witte zee
132. Woodham
133. Y48

 

Name: CUBA

Length 57.8 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 730 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: ex-portugal. built in 1883 by acties gs weser, bremen. owned at time of loss by akties seil & damp. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 83hp, single shaft. passage bristol for kastrup. cargo saltpetre. sank following collision with norwegian ss kronpris olau.

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 77 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/14 26.3.99 LOCATED IN 5029.617N, 0119.00W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK OF STEAMER. LIES NW/SE WITH BOWS NW. HIGHEST POINTS ARE THE BOILER AND ENGINE AT 4MTRS. SEABED SHINGLE. (M PRITCHARD, 9.3.99). CHARTED DEPTH 35MTRS. INS AS WK 30MTRS.

- NM 1592/99. HH100/351/18 3.9.02 DIVED 6.02 AND IDENTIFIED AS 'CUBA' BY THE BELL. COMPOUND ENGINE, SINGLE AND DONKEY BOILERS LIE IN LINE AND FORM THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK, WHICH STANDS SOME 5MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED BY DIVE COMPUTER. THE IRON HULL STANDS NO MORE THAN 1-2MTRS HIGH. HARD SEABED OF CHALK AND SHINGLE. (D C WENDES, EMAIL DTD 20.8.02). NCA. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 24.7.02 IN 5029.644N, 0119.033W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.4, FOUL 32.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.4 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 3.10.20 IN 5029.643N, 0119.033W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.67TRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 5MTRS. ORIENTATION 077/257 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NW, COLLAPSED, HIGHEST POINT IS BOILER AND ENGINE

Position: 50 29.643 N,1 19.033 W

 

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