This is the information page about the shipwreck Maeda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.873 N,3 14.061 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)

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: MAEDA

Length 112.5 meter, width: 15.8 meter, tonnage 4877 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Built 1921by w dobson & co with triple expansion engine. owned at time of loss by andromeda cia. nav. s.a. (a luis). on passage from rio de janiero to rotterdam. collided with norwegian tanker salsaas in fog & sank. (dods).

Year of registration: 1956

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1956, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H4904/56 27.8.56 DW MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL.G.1S, W TOPMARK. (LL & HAGUE NMS 168/2313/56 & 169/2327/56).

- NM 2147/56. 4.10.56 CERTAIN COPIES ONLY CORRECTION ISSUED FOR DUTCH 227. (HAGUE NM 223/3150/56). NCA. H4904/56 20.5.57 BUOY REPORTED TO BE R PILLAR BUOY WITH SPHL TOPMARK. ("TYNE" HN). DUTCH HYDRO STATES FORMER WAS ADRIFT & G BUOY IS CORRECT AS CHARTED. (DUTCH HYDRO 8.5.57). NCA. H4950/57 17.4.58 CAN BUOY SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 227. NC 1408. H4904/56 1.2.63 CAN BUOY EXISTANCE CONFIRMED. (RV "CLIONE", HN, 27.12.62). NCA. 16.9.63 AMENDED TO WK SW 19.8MTRS [10FMS 5FT] AND BUOY DELETED. (HAGUE NM 2027/63).

- NM 1933/63. 24.11.72 SHOWN IN 515250N, 031408E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 1954. 6.4.83 SHOWN AS WK SW 18.9MTRS [10FMS 2FT] ON NETHERLANDS 1449. BR STD. 23.12.04 SHOWN IN 5152.885N, 0314.149E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [4TH EDN DEC '04, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110. 17.9.07 SHOWN AS WKS SW 18.6MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 52.873 N,3 14.061 E

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