Wreck: Makalla (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Makalla (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 16 N,2 25.207 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: MAKALLA (PROBABLY)
Length 135.6 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 6677 ton
Cause: built in 1918 by r duncan & co. owned at time of loss by t & j brockelbank. triple expansion engine of 701nhp for 12 kts. passage london for calcutta in convoy. bombed by german aircraft. twelve men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H056/40- H01001/40 POSN 581800N, 024600W. POSN 581700N, 022700W. (BRITISH MSL WW2). 25.8.78 INS AS USCPA 27MTRS IN 581700N, 022700W. NC 115. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 15.7.06 IN 5816.018N, 0225.202W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 118MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). WELL BROKEN UP, ?TWO BOILERS LIE MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2012/000201261 8.10.12 EXAM'D 22.5.12 IN 5816.000N, 0225.207W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.44 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 99.1MTRS, WIDTH 41.3MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP WITH LOTS OF ASSOCIATED DEBRIS NEARBY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372).
- NM 5249/12.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED & BROKEN UP
Position: 58 16 N,2 25.207 W
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