This is the information page about the shipwreck Malachite, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 41.168 N,0 1.68 E (49.49575, -0.2880167)

 

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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. A 12
2. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-61
5. A2-66
6. Albertville
7. Amsterdam
8. Artois
9. Au revoir
10. B1-90
11. Barsac
12. Barsac
13. Bonne sainte rita
14. Brackenfield
15. Brinette (probably)
16. Bruges
17. Capitaine cook
18. Caseyeur
19. Chant 6
20. Chant 6
21. Chatburn (possibly)
22. Comrades
23. Cookburn
24. Cornucopia (possibly)
25. Cubana
26. Diane
27. Dinard (possibly)
28. Dohe
29. Duncan l clinch
30. Elsa
31. Empire broadsword
32. Empire rosebery
33. F 614
34. Fdt 216 (possibly)
35. Ferryhill
36. Fort norfolk
37. Frederic
38. Friesland
39. Grand copaise
40. Greif
41. Greif
42. Hippolyte worms
43. Hmms 8
44. Hms cato
45. Hms computator (probably)
46. Hms fratton
47. Hms lawford (probably)
48. Hms lord austin (possibly)
49. Hms melbreack
50. Hms sesame (probably)
51. John
52. Joseph seep (part of)
53. Joseph seep (part of)
54. Julie
55. Kingsdyke
56. Kong oscar 2
57. L'otarie
58. La grace de dieu
59. La minette
60. Labous mor (possibly)
61. Laura c anderson (possibly)
62. Lct 1074 (possibly)
63. Lct 2426
64. Lct 875
65. Le flibustier
66. Lee s. overmann
67. Lst (possibly)
68. Lst 314
69. Lst 376
70. Lst 496
71. Lst 523
72. M 39 (possibly)
73. Magicien
74. Malachite
75. Mere theresa
76. Multicat
77. Naiade
78. Nord deutscher
79. Notre dame de la merci
80. Nymphe d'or
81. Oriole
82. Partridge
83. Pascal jeanne marie
84. Petite julie
85. Phoenix 'a 46'
86. Piriapolis
87. Plaston
88. Post renum
89. Poussoir
90. Ragna (possibly)
91. Raumboat no.41
92. Ray
93. Reve d'antilles
94. Reve des iles
95. Risque tout
96. Saint jacques
97. Saint lieven
98. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
99. Scarface
100. Semoy
101. Sgb 7
102. Spero
103. Suffolk coast (possibly)
104. Talassa
105. Tela (possibly)
106. U 390 (probably)
107. Uj 1433
108. Uss firestone (possibly)
109. Uss miantonomoh
110. Uss susan b anthony
111. Zeeland

 

Name: MALACHITE

Length 59.5 meter, width: 9.5 meter, tonnage 718 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Captured by ub-21 and sunk by gunfire 4m n by w from cape la heve. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2255/52 23.1.53 WK, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, SHOWN IN 494108N, 000147E ON FR CHART. CHART AS DW. LC 2146. H5757/55 26.10.55 DW SHOWN IN 494108N, 000147E ON FR CHART.

- NM 2500/55. H371/59 11.2.59 WK, LEAST DEPTH 21.5MTRS [12FMS], IN 494111N, 000144E. (PARIS NM 58 48 23).

- NM 181/59. H6131/59 29.1.60 WK 21.5MTRS IN 494111N, 000144E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2612. H1271/79 28.10.80 WK OF UNKNOWN COASTER, LEAST DEPTH 21.5MTRS [11FMS], IN 494114N, 000147E. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LOCATED BY E/S. (FR WK RECORDS 1976). BR STD. H1311/88 24.10.88 H1311/88 & H1271/83 24.10.88 WK IN 494112N, 000118E. IDENTIFIED AS THE 'MALACHITE'. CARGO HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SALVAGED. (G ROSE, 14.10.88). FR WK RECORDS NO.18090018 INDICATES LEAST DEPTH 22.5MTRS IN 494113N, 000146E [EUR]. AMEND TO WK 22.5MTRS [12FMS] IN 494113N, 000146E. G/S 9.1.90 SHOWN AS WK 22.5MTRS IN 494114N, 000145E [EUR] ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. WK 22.6MTRS IN 494113.5N, 000145.5E. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 5.6MTRS. LOCATED BY E/S. (FR WK RECORDS NO.18090018). NE 2146. 13.6.07 EXAM'D 2001. ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING OTHER THAN PART OF A MAST AT THE FWD END. PROP DETACHED DURING SALVAGE. LIES E/W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). NCA. 17.6.11 SHOWN IN 4941.168N, 0001.680E [WGD] WITH ISO DANGER BUOY 'DA', FL(2) 6 SEC, CLOSE S ON BA 2146 [EDN 2 DTD 25.10.07].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING

Position: 49 41.168 N,0 1.68 E

 

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