This is the information page about the shipwreck Maloja, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 14.2 N,9 46.15 E (43.236666666667, 9.7691666666667)
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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: MALOJA
Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1788 ton
Cause: built in 1906 by s p austin & son. owned at time of loss by swiss shipping co. passage lisbon for genoa. was bombed by german aircraft, and then torpedoed and sunk by a submarine near ajaccio, corsica. crew of 23, three lost.
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 410 meter
Known since: 1943
Details measurements/cartography: 8.8.72 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 431412N, 094609E APPROX. (LLWW2 & WW2SL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 43 14.2 N,9 46.15 E