This is the information page about the shipwreck Maindy bridge (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 56.38 N,1 16.06 W (54.939667, -1.267667)

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: MAINDY BRIDGE (POSSIBLY)

Length 85 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3653 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4214/26 1.7.26 INS AS NDWPA (1917). BR STD. H5667/52 9.9.52 AMENDED TO NDWPA. BR STD. H7018/58 12.11.59 LOCATED IN 545625N, 011558W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 115 IN GEN DEPTH 133FT. SEVERAL NON WRECK PEAKS DETECTED IN ITS VICINITY. (HMS SCOTT, AUG 1959). BR STD FOR POSN. H2433/71 2.11.67 AMENDED TO WK 19FMS. NC 8993.LOCATED IN 545625N, 011556W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3. LEAST E/S 35 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NOT CLOSELY EXAM'D. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 16.9.70). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN. 9.10.75 AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. NC 152. HH090/796/01 24.12.98 EXAM'D 18.7.98 USING DGPS. IN TWO PARTS. PART A: IN 545626.6N, 011602.6W [WGD]. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. PART B: IN 545623.1N, 011603.6W [WGD]. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 37MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. DEBRIS SWEPT CLEAR 30.1, FOUL 30.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.3 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. WK IS NETTED. LARGE WK BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. LARGER PORTION BELIEVED TO BE THE STERN AND MIDSHIPS SECTION. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE BUT APPEARS TO BE BADLY DAMAGED. SMALLER PORTION, BELIEVED TO BE THE BOW, IS 60MTRS TO THE SOUTH. WK APPEARS TO BE HEAVILY NETTED. (GARDLINE, HI 796). PROBABLY NETS ABOVE WK. INS AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 1.3.19 EXAM’D 1.3.19 IN 5456.380N, 0116.060W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.92MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 159.3MTRS, WIDTH 74.4MTRS, HT 8.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 167/347DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED, IN 2 PARTS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 30.92MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED, IN 2 PARTS

Position: 54 56.38 N,1 16.06 W

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