The wreck of a fishing boat, fire damaged and partially collasped, lying in the intertidal mud
Event and Historical Information:
The SUANDRA was a 35gt wooden smack (crabber) built in Belgium and registered at Fleetwood (official number 362635). On 23 June 1976, the SUANDRA caught fire four miles off Cardigan Island (the gas cylinders in the hold also exploded). RAE Aberporth's tug DOLWEN was able to attend and put the fire out. The SUANDRA was then towed to New Quay to assess the damage. The following Saturday, arsonists set fire the boat with the blaze being put out by the local fire brigade. It was eventually towed to the river Teifi and abandoned on the mud.
Sources include:
RCAHMW during aerial recconnaisance, 1st August 2007.
Troughton, W, 2006, CeredIgion Shipwrecks, pg102-3
