This is the information page about the shipwreck Maidag (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 37.488 N,5 31.176 W (49.930316666667, -5.3332333333333)

 

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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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2. Ada (possibly)
3. Ardgarry
4. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
5. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
6. Aurelien
7. Ballarat
8. Briagha mara
9. Brigamara
10. Carpo (possibly)
11. Catena
12. Chattahoochee (possibly)
13. Christine
14. City of corinth (possibly)
15. Congener
16. Corvus
17. Eva (possibly)
18. Garthclyde (possibly)
19. Graziella
20. Heathdene
21. Henley (possibly)
22. Hms mourne (possibly)
23. Hockwold
24. Kalibia (possibly)
25. Kornog (possibly)
26. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
27. Lady cory-wright
28. Lorle (probably)
29. Lovat
30. Madame midas (possibly)
31. Maidag (possibly)
32. Marie roberts
33. Mervyn (possibly)
34. Noya (possibly)
35. Polycarp (possibly)
36. Sabre of newquay
37. Semper parates
38. Sidmouth (possibly)
39. Umdali mendi (possibly)
40. Westwood (possibly)

 

Name: MAIDAG (POSSIBLY)

Length 72.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1253 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1916 by p ph stuhr's mask & skibs. owned at the time of loss by r peterson. passage newport for bordeaux. torpedoed by german submarine 22.5m s by e of wolf rock. (ll ww1, ww1sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 92 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 22.5M S BY E OF WOLF ROCK. (LL WW1). H2590/76 13.3.76 H2590/76 13.3.76 WK EXAM'D IN 493726N, 053105W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 86 IN GEN DEPTH 94MTRS BUT NOT CLOSELY SOUNDED. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. HT 7MTRS ABOVE SMOOTH BOTTOM. LIES NW/SE. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). INS WK 86MTRS. BR STD. H2979/74 11.11.77 H2979/74 11.11.77 FF REPD IN 493734N, 053101W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 10.7.85 10.7.85 WK, STANDING 4 FMS ABOVE SEABED, IN POSN BY DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). NCA. HH090/430/01 12.7.89 HH090/430/01 12.7.89 EXAM'D 12.11.88 IN 493727N, 053107W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 92MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.4MTRS, SHADOW HT 6.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 68MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 100/280DEGS, WITH BOW W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 84MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 49 37.488 N,5 31.176 W

 

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