Wreck: Madeline (Merchant vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Madeline, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.034 N,5 25.061 W (50.333900, -5.417683)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: MADELINE

Length 95.7 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2890 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built in 1894 by furness withy & co., hartlepool, was torpedoed and sunk 14m ene of pendeen by german submarine u-55 whilst en-route from dieppe to swansea. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter

Known since: 1918

Details measurements/cartography: 12.3.18 SUNK IN 502000N, 052500W. (AP FALMOUTH, DOCKET M07468). 19.3.18 ABOUT 14M ENE FROM PENDEEN LTHO. (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M12293). GIVES POSN 502000N, 052500W APPROX. 10.3.18 SUNK IN 501900N, (MAY BE 502900N), 052500W (PA). (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M12604). 18.3.18 SUNK IN 502900N, 052500W. (AP FALMOUTH, DOCKET M07718). POSN ACCEPTED AS PA 502000N 052500W. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 20.034 N,5 25.061 W

 

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