This is the information page about the shipwreck Mahenge (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 49.549 N,2 19.748 W (49.520666666667, -2.4196666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Agrion
2. Antonis g lemos (probably)
3. Armas
4. Baden
5. Beatrice maud
6. Belle colombe
7. Bess mitchell
8. Bohera
9. Bonafide
10. Bonita
11. Bremenry
12. Brighton
13. Buchanness
14. Cap horn des mers
15. Captain niko
16. Carrouest one (possibly)
17. Carrouest one (possibly)
18. Cid
19. Citta de bari
20. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
21. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
22. Constantia s (fwd part)
23. Corail
24. Dallas city (possibly)
25. Edirne
26. Emily eveson
27. Empress
28. Felix de abasolo
29. Finnborg
30. Gallia
31. Ginette
32. Guilding star
33. Hms dragon
34. Hms gossamer
35. Hms viper
36. Hmsm affray
37. Ievoli sun
38. Jeanne
39. Johan (possibly)
40. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
41. Josef joham (stern half) (probably)
42. Klein famile
43. La havre
44. Le nord
45. Linn o dee (or linn o dec)
46. Liverpool
47. Mahenge (possibly)
48. Makeshift (possibly)
49. Malka
50. Marie mashman
51. Mary toovey
52. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
53. Mersey
54. Miniota
55. Pan
56. Peras
57. Perra (possibly)
58. Phoenix c1/131
59. Point law
60. Portsea
61. Progress
62. Pruthree
63. Rabbi
64. Rap
65. Regina coeli (possibly)
66. Rfa bacchus
67. Rhenania
68. Rontegui
69. Saint antoine
70. Solway prince (possibly)
71. St malo (possibly)
72. Stade (after part)
73. Stella (probably)
74. Terra
75. Tyne
76. U 672 (possibly)
77. Uffe
78. Victorine
79. Ville de malaga
80. Waverley

 

Name: MAHENGE (POSSIBLY)

Length 133.8 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7647 ton

Cause: built in 1944 by california sb corporation. owned at the time of loss by cie maritime congolaise. sank following a collision with ss 'granville' off alderney in fog. passage antwerp for matadi. (dods).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 115 meter

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 6.3.80 6.3.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 494830N 022000W [EUR] ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1979 EDN]. BR STD. REFERRED TO AS WK OF THE 'MAHENGE' IN FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14592002 HH100/351 23.1.92 HH100/351.05 23.1.92 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 494933.5N, 021939.5W [EUR] USING E/S AND MAGNETOMETER. (D G WOODHAMS). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 27.7.00 27.7.00 LOCATED IN 4949.549N, 0219.748W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 110-120MTRS. STANDS 30MTRS HIGH. (DIVE BOAT WAY CHIEFTIAN, TELECON 27.7.00). AMEND TO NDW IN 4949.609N, 0219.668W [EUR]. BR STD. [OGB] POSN: 4949.510N, 0219.670W. 10.10.03 10.10.03 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO WK USC 80MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 49.549 N,2 19.748 W

 

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