Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Candia, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 34.335 N,0 30.777 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: CANDIA
Länge137.2 meter, Breite: 15.8 meter, Tiefgang: 9.1, Tonnage 6482 ton
Last: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products,grain
Ursache: Built in 1896 by caird & co ltd, greenock. onwed at time of loss by p & o, s navigation co. two boilers, twin triple expansion engines of 69nhp, twim shaft. passage sydney for london. torpedoed by uc-65. one man lost. cargo included 8000 tons grain, foodstuffs, 1025 tons lead, 1000 tons zinc and general. (sibi).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1947
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 52 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 0 cm
Bekannt seit: 1947, zuletzt detektiert: 2003
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H0150/39 24.7.47 WK LOCATED IN 503436N, 003042W. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 20FMS IN GEN DEPTH 27FMS. GOOD E/S & A/S CONTACT, FROM BEARING 320DEGS. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, 28.6.47). CHART AS NDW. H0150/39 14.5.52 SALVAGE OPS TAKING PLACE. G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(2)10S ESTABLISHED CLOSE TO WK. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD). TNM ISSUED. H0150/39 13.9.52 SALVAGE OPS, PLANNED FROM 3 MAY TO 1 SEPT 1952 IN 503436N, 003036W DISCONTINUED. BUOY REMOVED. (RISDON BEAZLEY).
- NM 1800/52. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 36MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. [LAT]. NC 1652. H1270/72 29.8.72 LOCATED IN 503433N, 003036W USING DECCA. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 65FT. (MR DILLINGHAM, 13.6.72). H3950/70 22.9.72 AMEND TO WK 10FMS [18.2MTRS] IN 503433N, 003036W.
- NM 1901/72. H3950/70 7.12.73 CLEAR AT 100FT BY CHAIN SWEEP. (TH, 13.11.73). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. H4826/75 19.8.76 RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD STATE THAT 'CANDIA' LIES IN THIS POSN. THIS POSN OBSERVED IN MAY 1952. 1025 TONS LEAD & 1000 TONS ZINC WERE SALVAGED FROM THE FOR'D HOLDS. WK IS INTACT & UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. WK WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE OVERLAPPING ARCS ON HER TWIN PROPELLERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, TELECON 18.8.76). H4121/76 19.1.77 EXAM'D 11.8.76 IN 503418N, 003041W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 50 TO 51MTRS. SEABED UNEVEN, PROBABLY SAND RIDGES. LENGTH 180MTRS. ORIENTATION NNE/SSW. LOCATED 11.8.76. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). RETAIN AS SW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4121/76 25.11.87 SALVAGE OPS BY MV 'HOLGER DANE' COMPLETED. (TELEX 5.11.87). HH090/952/01 27.10.03 EXAM'D 27.5.03 IN 5034.335N, 0030.777W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.0, FOUL 37.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.7 IN GEN DEPTH 52-53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 154MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 14.0MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY INTACT. SMALLER SECTION AT THE S END MAY BE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE MAIN BULK, BUT IT COULD BE BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 952). BR STD.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 50 34.335 N,0 30.777 W