This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms maori, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.017 N,3 5.871 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)
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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: HMS MAORI
Length 85.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 1035 ton
Cause: built 1909 by w denny & bros. yarrow boilers, turbine engines. two 4inch guns. mined off zeebrugge. (ww1sl, dods).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1643/19 6.3.19 OBSTN REPD IN 512342N, 030600E. (HMS TOTNES HN 1/19).
- NM 604/19. H2771/21 6.5.21 WK 7.3MTRS [24FT], IN 512342N, 030601E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE W. (HAGUE NM 87/824/21).
- NM 1094/21. H3221/22 30.5.22 BUOY MISSING. (HAGUE NM 1020/22). DELETE BUOY.
- NM 978/22. H5091/22 12.8.22 BUOY REPORTED STILL IN POSN. (B.O.T. 35/90 DTD 3.8.22). BUOY REINSERTED
- NM 1343/22. H7966/24 25.3.25 NOW CHARTED AS DW IN 512345N, 030600E ON DUTCH 203. BR STD. H387/25 15.6.25 POSN AMENDED TO 512418N, 030558E. (BELGIAN HYDRO).
- NM 988/25. 1.4.27 BUOY DISAPPEARED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). TNM ISSUED. H2812/27 6.5.27 NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, OCC.G.10S, BELL. (HAGUE NM 1107/27).
- NM 790/27. H1427/28 5.3.28 SHOWN AS WK (1921) 1.4MTRS [10FT] ON SURVEY [E1133/3]. BR STD. H3072/28 14.5.28 BUOY MOVED 170MTRS W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3072/28 20.12.28 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 7.6MTRS [4FMS 1FT]. (BRUSSELS NM 166/28).
- NM 94/29. H9071/31 23.12.31 SHOWN IN 512359N, 030546E ON SURVEY [E3514].
- NM 54/32. H5912/34 19.9.34 AMENDED TO WK 7.5MTRS [4FMS], MARKED BY G CONL BUOY,OCC.G, BELL CLOSE W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 325. 18.4.45 DELETE BUOY. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1097/45. H3697/52 11.9.53 SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS [3FM 5FT] ON NETHERLANDS 203. NE 325. H5098/56 12.4.61 NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, 350DEGS, 1.4C FROM WK. (OSTEND NM 5/48/61).
- NM 828/61 & NM 1127/61 [MISSED SCALE]. H5098/56 17.5.62 NOW SHOWN AS NDW, BUOY DELETED. (OSTEND NM 8/68/62).
- NM 1087/62. H5098/56 1.3.77 REPORTED AS WK 11.4MTRS [5FMS 5FT]. (OSTEND PNM 59/77). NCA YET. H5098/56 24.3.77 G SPH LT BUOY,OCC.G.6S RAREFL TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED IN 512358N, 030558E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.6MTRS, FURTHER WORK TO TAKE PLACE. (OSTEND TNM 74/77 & NM 70/77, NETHERLANDS NM 713/77, & MV DART ATLANTIC HN DTD 5.3.77). NCA YET. 17.5.77 SHOWN AS WK 10.6MTRS [5FMS 5FT] IN 512403N, 031559E ON BELGIAN 1976 SURVEY [K7718]. BR STD. H5098/56 4.8.77 G BUOY REPLACED BY IALA ISOLATED DANGER BUOY. (OSTEND TNM 112/77). COVERED BY TNM 1263/77. H5098/56 3.2.78 AMENDED TO WK SW 10.8MTRS [5FMS 5FT], STILL MARKED BY TEMP ISOLATED DANGER BUOY. (BELGIAN HYDRO LTR H.63005 DTD 17.1.78). BR STD. H4483/72 29.11.78 BUOY STILL IN POSN 9.11.78. (MV MAIRANGI BAY HN DTD 9.11.78). NCA YET. H4483/72 18.1.79 NOW SHOWN AS WK SW 10.8MTRS [5FMS 5FT], MARKED BY ISOLATED DANGER BUOY, GPFL(2) CLOSE W. (MV PASS OF BALMAHA HN DTD 17.12.78).
- NM 296/79. H3329/79 21.5.81 LT ON BUOY NOW SHOWS FL(2)10S. (HAGUE NM 1438/81). BR STD. H4489/76 28.6.82 FROM 27.5.82 FOR 4 MONTHS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THIS WK. WORK BUOYS WILL BE MADE FAST TO THE WK & LT BUOY WILL LIE IN 512406N, 030600E FOR THE DURATION OF THE WORK. (BELGIAN TNM 12/106/82). NCA YET. H4483/72 16.11.82 AMENDED TO FOUL, BUOY DELETED. WRECK CLEARED TO SURROUNDING DEPTH; BUT AREA STILL FOUL. (OSTEND NM 139/82).
- NM 3033/82. 30.8.83 SHOWN TO LIE IN DEEP SCOUR OF ABOUT 16.5MTRS WITH SHOALS OF 12.6MTRS & 12.9MTRS TO W & E OF WK RESPECTIVELY, ON BELGIAN SURVEY OF FEB '83 [K9168/3]. NCA. 14.5.84 IDENTIFIED DURING PREPARATIONS TO REMOVE WK AS "HMS MAORI". (DREDGING & PORT CONSTRUCTION, FEB '84). NCA. 18.7.86 SHOWN AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1872. 13.1.88 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474]. NE 325. 5.2.91 "HMS MAORI", NDW IN 512404N, 030557E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS SEP '90 EDN, NO.S11 1402). NCA. 20.7.93 AMENDED TO FOUL IN 512404N, 030554E ON BELGIUM 104/12 [1993 EDN]. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 31.5.07 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5124.01N, 0305.86E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 24.017 N,3 5.871 E