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MV Carbenda - Swansea Bay
On the 28 of Feb 1941 the MV Carbenda struck a mine in Swansea Bay sinking approx 2.5 nautical miles off Port Talbot,it is to this day a hazard to the shipping entering the deep water harbor at Port Talbot and is well marked by a Cardinal buoy .

She has laid on the sea bed out of view for 62 years this month,that was until Neil Mitchell and his team at the department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University installed their equipment on M/V Strathdoon of Port Talbot Diving and Marine Services Ltd. Using The SeaBat 8101 to collect data for the thesis of PhD student, Thierry Schmitt

They carried out a Multibeam survey over Helwick bank and used the Carbenda wreck to calibrate the equipment.They took this amazing image Mark explains

"The data for the MV Carbenda was collected using a Reson 8101 multibeam system and navigation /motion data were compiled using the Applanix POS/MV during August 2002. The vessel used for the data aquistion was the MV Strathdoon of Port Talbot Diving and Marine Services. Data processing was carried out using Caris HIPS & SIPS the image has been grided to 0.25m and sun iluminated from the NE. "We have very little info on the Carbenda if you have any info that could be of help to Mark can you please contact us and we will pass it on

Depth Scale 10m to 15m