This is the information page about the shipwreck Mahratta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.487 N,1 28.771 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Algeria
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Archon
11. Ashley
12. Atlantic (possibly)
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Brandenburg
16. Bravore
17. Ca 4
18. Camisard
19. Cap de la hague
20. Carmen
21. Cathay (part of)
22. Cedrington court
23. City of brisbane
24. Colbert
25. Colbert (possibly)
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Correct
29. Costas michalos (fwd part)
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Dartmore
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Duiveland
39. Dunbar castle
40. E goodwin ltv
41. Efford
42. Eidsiva (probably)
43. Eleonora
44. Embla (possibly)
45. Emile deschamps
46. Emma
47. Emma (possibly)
48. Empire lough (probably)
49. Empress of fort william (probably)
50. Empress of midland (possibly)
51. En avant
52. Falcon (probably)
53. Fearless
54. Filleigh
55. Flachsee
56. Flandres
57. Francesco ciampa
58. Fred everard
59. Frons olivae (probably)
60. Fulmar
61. G 85 (possibly)
62. G-42 (possibly)
63. Gad 23
64. Genimar
65. Grazia (possibly)
66. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
67. Halcyon
68. Harcalo
69. Hawnby
70. Henry moon
71. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
72. Hmhs anglia
73. Hms alert ?
74. Hms aragonite (part of)
75. Hms aries (possibly)
76. Hms artic trapper
77. Hms brazen
78. Hms carilon
79. Hms carlton
80. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
81. Hms chestnut (probably)
82. Hms city of dundee
83. Hms cleon
84. Hms desiree
85. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
86. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
87. Hms fauvette
88. Hms flirt
89. Hms glen boyne
90. Hms gracie (probably)
91. Hms guardsman
92. Hms kingston galena
93. Hms lydian
94. Hms marcella
95. Hms mastiff (possibly)
96. Hms myrtle
97. Hms napia
98. Hms niger (possibly)
99. Hms northumberland (probably)
100. Hms othello ii
101. Hms peridot
102. Hms pyrope
103. Hms ray of hope
104. Hms restoration (possibly)
105. Hms rodino
106. Hms stirling castle (probably)
107. Hms tamarisk
108. Hms torbay ii (probably)
109. Hms tourmaline
110. Hms tranquil
111. Hms war sepoy
112. Hms weigelia
113. Hms wessex
114. Hmsm b2
115. Hundvaag
116. Ilaro
117. Ira (possibly)
118. Irene
119. Jacob luckenbach
120. James harrod
121. Josephine willis
122. Kabinda
123. Kadru
124. Karmt
125. Katharina kolkmann
126. Kielce
127. Kirsten skou
128. Koenigshaven
129. L'armandeche
130. Lady stella
131. Latona
132. Laurl coin
133. Lbv (m)396
134. Le pelerin de la mer
135. Leicester
136. Leo
137. Lisbeth m
138. Loanda
139. Lord hamilton (possibly)
140. Luray victory
141. Lusitania
142. Mahratta
143. Mahratta ii
144. Maloja 1
145. Malta (probably)
146. Mariner moon
147. Menapier
148. Merel (part of)(possibly)
149. Mersey
150. Monarch
151. Mudlark
152. Munificent
153. Murillo
154. Nancy moran
155. Newlands
156. Niki
157. Norman
158. Norman
159. North eastern victory
160. Opal
161. Ousel (probably)
162. Pallieter
163. Paros isle
164. Polgrange
165. Ponzano
166. Preussen
167. Pulborough
168. Quentovic
169. Rio parana
170. Rubislaw
171. Rydal force
172. Rynanna
173. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
174. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
175. Sabac
176. Saidieh
177. Saint michael veillez sur nous
178. Saint ronan (possibly)
179. Saint ronan (possibly)
180. Sambut
181. San calisto
182. Santagata
183. Santagata (?part of)
184. Sea serpent
185. Selma (possibly)
186. Shenandoah
187. Slesvig
188. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
189. St cecilia
190. Strathclyde
191. Surrey
192. Teeswood
193. Texaco caribbean (after section)
194. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
195. The queen
196. Tina primo
197. Tongue sand tower (remains)
198. Toward
199. Traquair (probably)
200. Tummel (probably)
201. U 11 (possibly)
202. U 16 (possibly)
203. U 48
204. U 8
205. Uama
206. Ub 108 (possibly)
207. Ub 109
208. Ub 31 ?
209. Ub 38
210. Ub 55 (probably)
211. Ub 56 (possibly)
212. Ub 58 (possibly)
213. Ub 78
214. Ub-33 (probably)
215. Uc 21 (possibly)
216. Uc 26
217. Uc 46
218. Uc 46 (possibly)
219. Uc 77 (possibly)
220. Uc 78 or uc 79
221. Virginie
222. W a scholten
223. Westerley star
224. Wheatman (possibly)
225. Will and maggie (probably)
226. Woodtown (possibly)
227. Xanthence

 

Name: MAHRATTA

Length 135.9 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5730 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Vessel, built in 1892 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by t & j brocklebank. on passage from calcutta to london & dundee. was wrecked on goodwin sands due to a congestion of shipping, strong tides & her inability to obtain a pilot. crew & passengers safe, one suicide. (lloyds, dods & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1909

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1909, last detected: 20190503

Details measurements/cartography: H927/59 31.3.60 WK, LEAST E/S DEPTH 4FT, IN 511426N, 012856E. (ECES, DTD 1959). CHART AS WK 0FMS 4FT.

- NM 906/60. H2421/62 23.8.62 OBSERVED AT LW. WRECKAGE ABOUT 3FT LONG, JUST VISIBLE. DRIES 4FT IN GEN DEPTH 36FT. POSN BY HSA. (HMS EGERIA, DTD 27.3.62). AMEND TO ST (DRIES 4FT). LC 1828. H2996/65 9.11.65 WK IN 511426N, 012856E USING HSA. DRIES 4FT. SEABED SAND. VISIBLE AS A HUMP ABOUT 10FT LONG AND 4FT HIGH. A SECOND HUMP, WHICH DRIES ABOUT 2FT, IS VISIBLE ABOUT 255DEGS, 200FT FROM FIRST PART. (HMS ECHO, DTD 1.7.65). NCA. H1889/66 8.11.66 DRIES 3FT. (HMS ECHO, DTD 25.10.66). AMEND TO ST (DRIES 3FT). LCS 1828 & 1895. H3890/68 19.3.68 EXAM'D USING SONAR AND E/S TYPE 772. FIXED USING DECCA. DRIES 2FT BY E/S; DRIES 3FT BY SONAR. GEN DEPTH 40-49FT. SCOUR DEPTH 50FT. A VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND SEA SURFACE IS DISTURBED. (HMS EGERIA, HI 48/67). AMEND TO ST (DRIES). R/S. [+2FT ON ALL SOUNDINGS TO AGREE WITH BA 1828]. 26.6.68 NOW CHARTED AS ST (DRIES 2FT) [LAT]. NE 1828. 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS ST (DRIES 0.6MTRS). NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 LOCATED IN 511427N, 012852E USING HIFIX. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16MTRS [LAT]. FLAT SEABED. MARKED WATER DISTURBANCE ON SURFACE. LIES E/W, OVER A DISTANCE OF 75MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 NO 228/73, SURVEY [K6825/2]). AMEND TO DW (DRIES). NE 1828. [NOTE: THIS WRECK COULD BE 'MAHRATTA I']. 24.6.80 NOW CHARTED AS WK 0.2MTRS. NE 1828. H1938/78 20.3.81 EXAM'D 11.11.80 IN 511427N, 012852E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 1.0, FOUL AT 1.25MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.5 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT MORE THAN 13MTRS. LENGTH 155MTRS, BEAM 37MTRS. LYING 085/265DEGS. APPARENTLY BREAKING UP & SAND BUILDING UP AROUND WK. MASSIVE SURFACE SWIRLS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO SW 1MTR IN 511427N, 012852E. R/P. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 WELL BROKEN UP & IN TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF WKGE. TIDE & SALVAGE GRADUALLY FLATTENING WK. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). H2331/85 11.11.86 EXAM'D 26.6.86 IN 511427N, 012852E USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.5MTRS. CLOSE SOUNDED BUT THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THAT A SHOALER DEPTH EXISTS ON THE WK. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 298). 17.7.86 SALVAGE OF PIG IRON WAS UNDERTAKEN BY SALVAGE VESSEL 'HERBERT ROBINSON' [HUMBER DIVERS]. GUM & JUTE CARGO REMAIN ONBOARD. WK REMAINS INTACT EXCEPT FOR HOLE BLOWN IN PORT SIDE & SUPERSTRUCTURE NO LONGER EXISTS TO ANY GREAT EXTENT. NCA. HH090/511/01 14.10.91 EXAM'D 24.6.91 IN 511426.6N, 012852.8E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 2.2, FOUL AT 2.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.3MTRS. LIES 085/265DEGS. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HI 511). NCA. HH090/511/01 5.3.92 WK WAS FULLY WIRE SWEPT. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED PRIOR TO SWEEPING, PROBABLY FROM WEED. (NP 1016, HI 511, REPLY TO SURVEY APPRAISAL). NCA. HH242/400/05 20.3.94 SW 1MTR IN 511427N, 012852E, OMITTED IN ERROR FROM NE 1828. (ENGINEER, RAMSGATE LIFEBOAT, TELECON).

- NM 969/94. HH090/738/01 23.7.97 EXAM'D 6.97 IN 511427.5N, 012851.6E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 1.8, FOUL 2.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.9 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS. LARGE PIECES OF SCATTERED & BROKEN DEBRIS. PARTIALLY BURIED. SCOUR EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 060DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMEND TO SW 1.8MTRS IN 511427.5N, 012851.5E. BR STD. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5114.487N, 0128.771E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS, LENGTH 150MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, HT 11MTRS, ORIENTATION 090 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 150MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 020 DEGS. WK BROKEN UP IN AT LEAST TWO PARTS. MAST LIKE FEATURE POINTING TOWARDS SOUTH. PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 2.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 51 14.487 N,1 28.771 E

 

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