HMS Cassandra 1918
Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Cassandra | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1918 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | First World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | light cruiser | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | World War I | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | Baltic Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Estonia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 41 km from land |
| Position | 58.4781, 21.2278 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Cassandra was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caledon group of the C class of cruisers. Cassandra had a short career, being commissioned in June 1917 and sunk by a mine during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War on 5 December 1918.
She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness and laid down in March 1916, launched on 25 November 1916 and commissioned into the Navy in June 1917.
Diving & visiting
The Estonian Navy and Estonian Maritime Museum announced in August 2010 that they had located the wrecks of Cassandra, the Arabis-class sloop HMS Gentian, and the Azalea-class HMS Myrtle near Saaremaa in depths of 197 to 328 feet (60 to 100 m). In 2021 the hydrographic research ship HMS Echo visited the location of the wreck and made multibeam images of the wreck. The bow is crushed and bent up until the bridge from the impact with the sea floor. The wreck lies at 96-97 meters on her starboard side and is considered to be in good condition. The wreck of HMS Cassandra is leaking oil and is considered to be an environmentally dangerous wreck.
Location
- Recorded position: 58.4781, 21.2278 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Baltic Sea
- Nearest coast: Estonia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Cassandra (1916) (revision 1375012801), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Rediscovery”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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