This is the information page about the shipwreck Mallard, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 11.495 N,2 28.592 W (56.3829, -2.4623833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MALLARD
Length 38.3 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 213 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1875 by earle's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by w sayer. one boiler, compound horizintal engine, single shaft. passage dysart for aberdeen. caught in heavy winds and foundered. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1921
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter
Known since: 1921, last detected: 1973
Details measurements/cartography: H4609/21 INS OBSOLETE WRECK SYMBOL WRECK (1921) IN POSN 561130N, 022830W. H01001/40 POSN 7 MILES EAST 0.5 SOUTH OF MAY ISLAND IN 561130N, 022830W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST DECEMBER 1940 ADDENDUM). 7.11.72 INS AS USCPA 20FMS. NE 1407. 31.8.73 AMEND TO USCPA 36.0MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 11.495 N,2 28.592 W