This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan malcolm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.903 N,5 11.061 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: CLAN MALCOLM
Length 123.4 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5994 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: ran ashore in dense fog while on passage port natal, durban to glasgow. broke up within a few months and was eventually dispersed using explosives. (cornish shipwrecks, vol.1).
Year of registration: 1935
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1935, last detected: 1982
Details measurements/cartography: H7179/35 12.11.35 H7179/35 12.11.35 STRANDED IN 495752N, 051100W WITH BOW W [MAG]. BROKEN IN TWO AFT OF AMIDSHIPS, STERN PRACTICALLY SUBMERGED AT HALF FLOOD. FORE PART HAS NOT MOVED SINCE GROUNDING BUT IS LIKELY TO MOVE. (HMCG CADGWITH, 8.11.35). CHART AS DWP. BR STD. H1270/79 18.1.82 H1270/79 18.1.82 COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND HEAVILY SALVAGED. BOILERS AND SOME BOTTOM SECTIONS STILL REMAIN IDENTIFIABLE. BOWS POINT INSHORE TOWARDS HOT POINT AND STAND ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH. OWNED BY R LARN AND R DAVIES. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL.5). DELETED. R/P. RETAIN POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 57.903 N,5 11.061 W