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 (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Aurora
4. Azira
5. Balzac
6. Bangarth
7. Blairhall
8. Blue dawn
9. British officer (after part)
10. Burnhope (part of)
11. Cairnglen
12. Carlo
13. Carmarthen coast
14. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
15. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
16. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
17. Clare (possibly)
18. Clavering (part of)
19. Corsham
20. Cranford (possibly)
21. Denham (probably)
22. Diamond d
23. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
24. Dora
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Empire bay
28. Eston
29. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
30. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
31. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
32. Eventide
33. Fawn (probably)
34. Fenella
35. Ferryhill
36. Firelight (possibly)
37. Gateshead (possibly)
38. General havelock
39. Gottfried (possibly)
40. Gran
41. Grit
42. Gudbrand (possibly)
43. H a brightman
44. H c flood (possibly)
45. H c flood (probably)
46. Hanne
47. Hans hoth (probably)
48. Harraton
49. Harvest
50. Hawkwood
51. Hebble (probably)
52. Hekla (possibly)
53. Helvetia (possibly)
54. Hercules
55. Hmms 180
56. Hms ben ardna (probably)
57. Hms elise
58. Hms elise (possibly)
59. Hms ethel taylor
60. Hms euston
61. Hms james ludford
62. Hms loch naver
63. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
64. Hms snaefell (probably)
65. Hms southsea
66. Hms star of devoran
67. Hms summer rose
68. Hms william hallet (possibly)
69. Hms witherington
70. Hmsm unity (probably)
71. Hogarth
72. Humber
73. Ida duncan
74. Ilios (possibly)
75. Ilious
76. Intent
77. Inverlane (part of)
78. Inverlane (stern section)
79. Jenny m (possibly)
80. John m smart (possibly).
81. Jolly girls
82. Jolly girls (possibly)
83. Jonkoping i (possibly)
84. Kalua
85. Kamma
86. Kasko
87. Kilkis (possibly)
88. King james (possibly)
89. La basiase (la bastaise)
90. Linden (probably)
91. Llwyngwair (possibly)
92. Loch-na-gar (probably)
93. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
94. Longbird
95. Lyng
96. Maggie mcleman ii
97. Maindy bridge (possibly)
98. Marcheller (possibly)
99. Margaret sutton
100. Marne (part of)(possibly)
101. Mars
102. Mayoress pelican
103. Mile end (possibly)
104. Narcissus (possibly)
105. Nike (possibly)
106. Nordheim (possibly)
107. Nyula
108. Ocean
109. Orion (probably)
110. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
111. Pathfinder
112. Patria
113. Pitwines (probably)
114. Polleon (possibly)
115. Poltava (possibly)
116. Povena
117. Presto (possibly)
118. Presto (possibly)
119. Princess maud (possibly)
120. Protector (possibly)
121. Providence
122. Prunelle
123. Quest (probably)
124. Quillota
125. Ragnhild (possibly)
126. Ragni (probably)
127. Ravensbourne (possibly)
128. Ravnanger (probably)
129. Recorder (possibly)
130. Renen
131. Rfa creosol
132. Richard de larrinaga
133. Rio colorado
134. Rising sun (part of)
135. Rising sun (part of)
136. Rosa (possibly)
137. Rotha
138. S t wallsend
139. Saga (possibly)
140. Sargasso (possibly)
141. Scott miller
142. Snowdrop (possibly)
143. Spray
144. Stag 5 (probably)
145. Staithes (possibly)
146. Stangate
147. Strinheim
148. Suavity
149. Sunniva (possibly)
150. Svava
151. Swiftly
152. Teal (probably)
153. Teesdale (possibly)
154. Thames (probably)
155. The stewarts court (probably)
156. Triumph
157. Ub 115 (possibly)
158. Uc 32 (probably)
159. Vestra
160. Vianna (possibly)
161. Vianna (probably)
162. Victory
163. Winga
164. Winga (possibly)
165. X.l.
166. Zeeland (possibly)

 

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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