This is the information page about the shipwreck Madeira, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 27.645 N,6 0.096 W (48.675833333333, -6.1583)

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: MADEIRA

Length 91.4 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1773 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: vessel, built 1884 by barclay, curle & co, foundered 35m w of ushant whilst on passage w coast of africa for liverpool. owned at time of loss by elder dempster & co. (dods).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 118 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 26.9.72 SANK 35M W OF USHANT. (DODS). POSN 482740N, 060000W. 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW IN 482740N, 060000W [EUR] ON FRENCH 4735. H1271/80 9.6.80 INS AS NDW IN 482740N, 060000W. BR STD. 8.7.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 95MTRS ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1985. NC 2643. 3.4.90 BRITISH CARGO SHIP 'MADEIRA' IN 482742N, 060000W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. WK USC 95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 118MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14586039). NCA. SEP 2007/000004861 26.2.07 WK USC PD 95MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 7066 [3RD EDN 2006]. AMEND TO PD. BR STD. 4.3.09 SHOWN IN 4827.607N, 0600.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. SEP 2009/000084718 10.12.09 SHOWN IN 4827.645N, 0600.096W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006 CORRECT TO 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 27.645 N,6 0.096 W

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