This is the information page about the shipwreck Majorka, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 34.058 N,5 13.827 W (58.26405, -5.3743)

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: MAJORKA

Length 78.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1684 ton

Cause: built in 1882 by r duncan & co. owned at time of loss by k bruusgaard. torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. (dods & ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H5029/17 18.8.17 MAST SHOWING 6FT AT LW IN 583400N, 051340W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - FNM 526/17. 18.8.17 ALSO REPORTED 8 MILES SW OF CAPE WRATH. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). PLOTS IN 582800N, 051700W. H6997/29 AMEND TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 2.7.74 AMENDED TO WK USC PA 15MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 2635. H1270/81 14.1.81 AMENDED TO WK USC PA 30MTRS (USC DEPTH RE-ASSESSED). BR STD. H2883/83 13.8.84 NOT FOUND. (LAND & MARINE, HI 159). AMENDED DEAD. BR STD. HH100/351/13 5.10.98 WK HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 583405.2N, 051344.8W [OGB]. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/14 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5834.089N, 0513.745W [WGD] USING GPS. ALMOST TOTALLY FLAT TO THE SEABED. RISES ONLY 2MTRS. E/S CONTACT IS POOR AND POSN ONLY GIVEN BY PROFUSE FISH LIFE. LIES IN 54MTRS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTD DTD 24.7.99). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HEIGHT BY DIVER, ALMOST TOTALLY FLAT TO SEABED

Position: 58 34.058 N,5 13.827 W

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