This is the information page about the shipwreck Maaslust, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.235 N,0 14.574 W (50.7205833, -0.2429)

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: MAASLUST

Length 13.4 meter, width: 4 meter, tonnage 17 ton

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1965/76 5.12.80 WK EXAM'D 25.2.80 IN 504312N, 001428W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH, LENGTH 32.9MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LYING NW/SE, WITH 2 OFFLYING PIECES OF WKGE TO THE E. MAST USED FOR HEIGHTING. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 16.0MTRS. R/P. H1310/82/18 9.7.82 DIVED ON 28.3.82. SMALL MOTORISED BARGE OR TUG, APPROX 60FT LONG. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. LIES UPRIGHT. BRASS ENGINE CONTROL RECOVERED, MARKED TELEFLEX, WHICH SUGGESTS A RECENT LOSS, ALTHOUGH WK APPEARS QUITE OLD. (D M DILLINGHAM, 5.7.82). NCA. H1310/83/4 19.1.83 IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS THE 'MAASLUST', A STEEL BARGE-SHAPED VESSEL. LIES INTACT, BUT WITHOUT SUPERSTRUCTURE, HALF SUNK IN THE SILT. COVERED FOREDECK STANDS ABOUT 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 16.10.15; IN 5043.235N, 0014.574W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18.1MTRS. LENGTH 8MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 0.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 43.235 N,0 14.574 W

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