This is the information page about the shipwreck Maas (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.052 N,2 41.595 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: MAAS (POSSIBLY)

Length 72.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1234 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: Built by a vuijk & zonen, capelle a/d, ysel. owned at time of loss by houtvaart nv, amsterdam. triple expansion engine of 890 nhp for 8 knots, single shaft. passage tunis for rotterdam. struck mine laid by uc-1 and sank. 10 lives lost. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 69 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6411/21 H6411/21 [NO DATE] INS WK [OLD SYMBOL] ON CHARTS (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4282/26 14.10.26 H4282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO DW (1916). H336/31 20.1.31 H336/31 20.1.31 INS AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1408, 1406, 2182A. H2808/58 9.5.58 H2808/58 9.5.58 AMEND TO WK 16FMS. NE 1610. H2808/58 31.3.59 H2808/58 31.3.59 EXAM'D 12.3.58. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 54FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 117 IN GEN DEPTH 120-140FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR 20FT. (HMS SHACKLETON, 12.3.58). H2808/58 25.7.61 H2808/58 25.7.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 71FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 148FT. (HMS SCOTT, 21.6.61). AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H4932/61 7.5.64 H4932/61 7.5.64 AMEND TO WK 22FMS. NC 3371. 2.2.82 2.2.82 SHOWN AS WK 36MTRS IN 520502N, 024144E ON RECORDS FOR HI 8. (HMS BULLDOG). AMEND TO WK 19FMS.

- NM BLOCK 247/82. H1939/80 5.5.82 H1939/80 5.5.82 EXAMINED 1.7.81 IN 520502N, 024144E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.8 IN GEN DEPTH 43.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.8MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT, 065/245DEGS, CLOSE TO A SANDWAVE. BOWS NE. SONAR LENGTH 74MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 8). CHART AS WK 36MTRS. AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. BR STD. 18.4.83 18.4.83 SHOWN AS WK 40MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1349 [1983 EDN]. NCA. H3642/81 29.11.83 H3642/81 29.11.83 REPD TO HAVE LEAST DEPTH OF 39MTRS, SURVEY BY NETHERLANDS SURVEY VESSEL BUYSKES. (NETHERLANDS NM 2432/83). NOT SWEPT. NCA. H3498/88 17.10.88 H3498/88 17.10.88 LEAST DEPTH NOW 37MTRS IN 520507N, 024143E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 498/88). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS. HH340/530/02 30.3.95 HH340/530/02 30.3.95 LEAST DEPTH NOW 39MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 216/95). BR STD. 17.2.05 17.2.05 [EUT] POSN: 5205.064N, 0241.620E. NE 1504. 16.7.13 16.7.13 EXAM'D 26.4.13 IN 5205.052N, 0241.595E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.61 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 15MTRS TOWARDS 069 FROM NE END OF WK. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 069/249 DEGS. POSSIBLE FEATURE ABOUT 1MTR SHOALER LOCATED IN WATER COLUMN DATA. (NETSURVEY, HI 1417). SHOALER GEN DEPTHS ALL AROUND. RETAIN WK 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE, SCOUR AT NE END

Position: 52 5.052 N,2 41.595 E

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