This is the information page about the shipwreck Majorca, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.143 N,2 57.547 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greleen
25. Greta c
26. Gudrun
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms buccaneer
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms formidable
34. Hms harstad
35. Hms hickory
36. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
37. Hms lord hailsham
38. Hms manor
39. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
40. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
41. Hms remindo (possibly)
42. Isbjorn
43. Karen marie (probably)
44. Kongshaug (probably)
45. L h carl
46. La blanca (possibly)
47. Lct 381
48. Lofoten (probably)
49. Lst 507 (bow section)
50. Lst 507 (stern section)
51. Lst 531
52. Lucinda (possibly)
53. Majorca
54. Marguerite (possibly)
55. Marjolene
56. Memnon
57. Minerva (probably)
58. Modavia
59. Moel tryvan
60. Moidart
61. Motano (probably)
62. Nil desperandum (probably)
63. Nyasaland
64. Ocean vagabond
65. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
66. Pergo
67. Pomella
68. Pomeranian
69. Radaas (probably)
70. Reggestroom (probably)
71. Renilde
72. Romsdalen (probably)
73. Rosten (possibly)
74. Rotorua
75. Salsette ii
76. Siren
77. Sparkling foam (possibly)
78. St dunstan
79. Tandil (probably)
80. Tracy
81. Trito
82. Ub 19 (probably)
83. Ull (probably)
84. Ursa (probably)
85. W h dwyer
86. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: MAJORCA

Length 50.9 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 493 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-ida, ex-majorca. built in 1957 by gebr coops nv, hoogeand. owned at time of loss by shenandoah transport. oil engine of 395bhp, single shaft. passage antwerp for teignmouth. took severe list after cargo shifted in good conditions. capsized and sank. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/80 28.9.82 H1270/80 28.9.82 REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK IN POSN 101 DEG, 20 MILES FROM BERRY HEAD. (BRIXHAM MRSC, TLX DTD 18.9.80). 18.9.80 SUNK IN 501948N, 015800W. (NITON RADIO. 18.9.80). INS AS USCPA 25MTRS.

- NM 2540/82. 23.9.82 NOT FOUND BY THV PATRICIA DESPITE EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF AREA. (TH, TLX DTD 23.9.82). HH100/351/07 15.7.93 HH100/351/07 15.7.93 DIVED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN 502010N, 025747W. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, BELL AND ARTIFACTS RECOVERED. LIES UPRIGHT AND COMPLETE WITH BOW TO NE. COMPLETELY COVERED WITH NETS. (C DAVIES, 23.6.93). AMEND TO USC 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2645/93. HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 13.7.03 IN 5020.143N, 0257.547W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 11.1MTRS. LIES 044/224 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 044 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 6MTRS TOWARDS 130 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 43MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BOW NE

Position: 50 20.143 N,2 57.547 W

 

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