This is the information page about the shipwreck Maindy keep, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 44.945 N,4 55.087 W (48.699, -5.1015)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 KEEP
Length 63.1 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 973 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built 1921 by rennie, ritchie & newport sb co., with triple expansion engines of 106nhp. owned at the time of loss by d r llewellyn. passage swansea for bordeaux. foundered. (dods)
Year of registration: 1924
Water depth above wreck: 102 meter
Known since: 1924, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: 21.9.72 SANK IN 484500N, 045500W. (DODS). NCA. 26.8.77 WK IN 484500N, 045500W APPROX [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 105MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 2.9.77 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. 21.11.78 SHOWN AS NDW IN 484502N, 045502W. NE 2644. 12.10.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 86MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. 2.3.09 SHOWN IN 4844.945N, 0455.087W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 44.945 N,4 55.087 W