This is the information page about the shipwreck Malka, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.08 N,2 14.62 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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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2. Antonis g lemos (probably)
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4. Baden
5. Balmoralwood
6. Bissen
7. Bonita
8. Bretagne
9. Britannia (possibly)
10. Bronte (ex-war coney)
11. Cab
12. Cap horn des mers
13. Cathrine
14. Centurion
15. Cheyenne
16. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
17. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
18. Dallas city (possibly)
19. Deucalion
20. Edirne
21. Eika
22. Eleni stathatou
23. Elmcrest
24. Emile miguet
25. Finn
26. Finnborg
27. Frigga
28. Gairsoppa
29. Gallia
30. Ginette
31. Girnigoe
32. Goathland
33. Heronspool
34. Hms blackwood
35. Hms courageous
36. Hms dark gladiator
37. Hms delight
38. Hms gossamer
39. Hms warrior ii
40. Ice prince
41. Ievoli sun
42. Jeanne
43. Johan (possibly)
44. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
45. Kafiristan
46. Kolga
47. Lenda
48. Leticia
49. Louisiane
50. Mahenge (possibly)
51. Malka
52. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
53. Meknes
54. Mera 1
55. Merchant royal
56. Mersey
57. Miefield
58. Miniota
59. Motorola
60. Mount myrto
61. Netley abbey (possibly)
62. Pan
63. Perra (possibly)
64. Pescalanza
65. Phoenix c1/131
66. Rabbi
67. Regina coeli (possibly)
68. Rfa bacchus
69. San fernando
70. Snowdrop
71. Solway prince (possibly)
72. Spiral (possibly)
73. Spolanda
74. Stade (after part)
75. Stade (possibly)
76. Theodoros t
77. Tiiu
78. Tipasa
79. U 672 (possibly)
80. Uffe
81. Xania

 

Name: MALKA

Length 72.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 500 ton
Load: salt

Cause: ex-oosterhaut. capsized and sank in bad weather. passage delfzyl for aveiro. cargo salt.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H3635/71 30.1.75 H3635/71 30.1.75 SANK 18 MILES N FROM CASQUETS. ALL SAVED. (WYKE REGIS CG). SANK 013 DEG, 20 MILES FROM CASQUETS. (LL, VOL 219). INS AS USCPA 20FMS IN 500245N, 021545W. BR STD. 9,8,78 AMEND TO USCPA 50MTRS. NE 2454. 22.1.80 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDWPA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 79]. NCA. 20.9.88 20.9.88 SHOWN AS USCPA 50MTRS ON FRENCH 6940 [1982]. HH090/496/01 10.8.90 HH090/496/01 10.8.90 EXAM'D 11.5.90 IN 500304.8N, 021437.2W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.7 IN GEN DEPTH 61.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, APPROX. LIES 160/340 DEG, BROKEN AT CENTRAL SECTION WITH BOW AND STERN SECTIONS STANDING PROMINENT. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED OVER S SECTION. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/13 15.1.98 HH100/351/13 15.1.98 IDENTIFIED AS 'MALKA' BY THE BELL. WK LIES ON STBD SIDE. STERN SECTION AND BOW SECTION INTACT. MIDSHIP SECTION (HOLDS) JUST BROKEN AND TWISTED PLATES. (A DUNSTER).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW & STERN INTACT, MIDSHIPS COLLAPSED

Position: 50 3.08 N,2 14.62 W

 

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