This is the information page about the shipwreck Malda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 5.03 N,9 32.04 W (49.217166666667, -9.5673333333333)

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: MALDA

Length 137.2 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 7896 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: torpedoed by german submarine. 64 lives lost. passage boston for london. general cargo. (ll ww1 & ww1sl).

Water depth above wreck: 159 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: UNKNOWN

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 130 MILES W A QUARTER S OF BISHOP ROCK. (BMVS). VESSEL WAS TORPEDOED 130 MILES OFF SCILLYS BUT DID NOT FOUNDER IMMEDIATELY AND THE CAPTAIN SET COURSE FOR THE SCILLY ISLES. VESSEL FINALLY FOUNDERED IN 490500N, 093200W. SANK ABOUT 135 MILES W BY S OF THE SCILLY ISLANDS. (LL WW1). POSN 490500N, 093200W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 5.03 N,9 32.04 W

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