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 (49.466400, 0.042950)

 

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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. Albertville
2. Alice
3. Alpheraz
4. Artois
5. Au revoir
6. Barracuda
7. Brinette (probably)
8. Bruges
9. Caseyeur
10. Comrades
11. Cookburn
12. Creto (probably)
13. Diane
14. Duchesse de guiche
15. Duncan l clinch
16. Dundee
17. Elisabeth (possibly)
18. Felix
19. Fest noz
20. Friesland
21. General metzinger
22. Greif
23. Hippolyte worms
24. Hm b.y.m.s. 2030
25. Hms anthony hope (part of)
26. Hms anthony hope (part of)
27. Hms britomart
28. Hms derwent
29. Hms hussar
30. Hms magic
31. Hms p26 (aft section)
32. Hms p26 (fore section)
33. Hms princess olga
34. Hms pylades
35. Idefix 2
36. Ikaria
37. John
38. Joseph seep (part of)
39. Joseph seep (part of)
40. Kannik
41. Kelvinbank
42. La grace de dieu
43. Le rhapsody
44. Lee s. overmann
45. Lionel
46. Louisiane (probably)
47. Machu
48. Malachite
49. Maria, julia & mathilda jean
50. Multicat
51. Naiade
52. Noella
53. Nord deutscher
54. Northgate
55. Notre dame de la merci
56. Nymphe d'or
57. Oriole
58. Petite julie
59. Piriapolis
60. Post renum
61. Prairial
62. Ray
63. Reve d'antilles
64. Rye
65. Saint jacques
66. Saint lieven
67. Salta
68. Semoy
69. Silius
70. Spero
71. Svenner
72. Syrie
73. Talassa
74. Tunge
75. Uj 1433
76. Uss miantonomoh
77. Vanguard
78. Vlieland

 

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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