This is the information page about the shipwreck Malabar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.035 N,7 37.047 W (50.028666666667, -7.48)

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: MALABAR

Length 145.1 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 7976 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: torpedoed by submarine whilst en route from philadelphia, boston and halifax to london and avonmouth. 5 lives lost. (ll ww2). built in 1938 by w hamilton & co. owned at time of loss by t & j brocklebank. turbine engines of 1035 hnp for 12 knots. of crew of 75, five killed and two wounded. the rest took to the boats and were recovered. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 115 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 15.1.41 SUNK IN 495700N, 073700W. (WESTERN APPS LIST). H01001/40 H01001/40 SUNK IN 495700N, 073700W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST & WW2SL). TORPEDOED 60 MILES WNW OF THE BISHOP ROCK, SCILLY ISLES. (DODS). 30.1.78 30.1.78 INS AS NDW IN 495700N, 073700WN. NC 2649. 13.7.99 13.7.99 LISTED AS USC PA 100MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). BR STD. 13.7.99 13.7.99 LISTED WK PD 90MTRS IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 57.035 N,7 37.047 W

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