Wreck: Madura (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Madura, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 32.338 N,6 50.701 W (49.40065, -6.85085)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: MADURA
Length 115.5 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4484 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials
Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage montreal to france. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 112 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1989
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 23 MILES WSW FROM BISHOP ROCK. (WW1SL). PLOTS IN 493800N, 065400W, APPROX. H4847/71 11.5.72 H4847/71 11.5.72 WK IN 493236N, 064912W. POSN BY DECCA. STANDS 22FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 370FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY/ULRICH HARMS, 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 101MTRS [55FMS]. BR STD. H4847/71 11.12.74 H4847/71 11.12.74 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF SS 'MADURA'. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE, 10.12.74). H3943/88 8.11.89 H3943/88 8.11.89 EXAM'D IN 493218N, 065039W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS AND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105 IN GEN DEPTH 112MTRS. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). BR STD. H3943/88 2.12.89 H3943/88 2.12.89 EXAM'D 8.8.89. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. VERY LARGE, GENERALLY INTACT WK WITH OBVIOUS HIGH POINTS AT EACH END, BUT WITH HIGHEST POINT AT CENTRE. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY LARGE, INTACT, HIGH POINT IN CENTRE
Position: 49 32.338 N,6 50.701 W
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