This is the information page about the shipwreck Maitland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.84 N,1 1.19 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)
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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: MAITLAND
Length 81.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1557 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: ex-tilia, ex-svea, ex-kovno. built in 1882 by earle's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by i scheja. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 134hp, single shaft. passage oslow for ridham dock. sank following collision. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1926
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1926, last detected: 1979
Details measurements/cartography: H866/26 POSITION 513050N, 010105E. - TNM 267/26. H3285/26 DISPERSE TO 36FT POSITION. NOT YET EXAMINED BY TH. TO BE SWEPT BY KELLETT. H7017/27 SALVAGE OPERATION STILL IN PROGRESS. KELLETT UNABLE TO SWEEP. H7017/27 3.8.28 POSITION OF WRECK 4.15 MILES 278DEGS FROM SE MILE BEACON AND LT BUOY LIES 140YARDS 168DEGS FROM WRECK. H7017/27 6.11.28 WRECK DISPERSED TO 33FT AND BUOY WITHDRAWN. INS WK 33FT.
- NM 1781/28. H7017/27 1929 DISPERSE TO 33FT. H4915/29 1929 EXAM'D IN 513452N, 100405 USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30FT. (HMS KELLET).
- NM 1279/29. H4135/36 6.8.36 AMEND TO FOUL. (HMS KELLET, E4735/1).
- NM BLOCK. H6140/68 25.6.68 NO SONAR ECHOS. CLOSE SOUNDING REVEALED INDICATIONS OF WRECKAGE AND SCOURS WITHIN 2.5CABLES. CONSIDER FOUL SHOULD REMAIN ON CHART. (HMS ECHO 22.4.68). H6140/68 22.1.79 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE E/S SEARCH. RETAIN AS FOUL. (PLA WK REPORT - MAPLIN 16/78).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 30.84 N,1 1.19 E