A team of marine experts is preparing to carry out an in-depth survey of a British World War I warship lying underwater in the Baltic Sea. The wreck, HMS Cassandra, sank in December 1918 after hitting a naval mine and now lies just 20 meters deep off the coast of Estonia’s Saaremaa Island.
This effort is led by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) in partnership with the Waves Group. The team plans to examine the wreck in detail, aiming to develop a strategy to deal with similar wartime shipwrecks that pose serious environmental threats.
The survey is a response to a global call for action by Project Tangaroa—an international initiative coordinated by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, The Ocean Foundation, and Waves Group. The group made its appeal during the Third UN Ocean Conference held in Nice, France, urging governments to address the risk of pollution from thousands of sunken
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