This is the information page about the shipwreck Malta (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.685 N,1 28.11 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Cathay (part of)
23. Cedrington court
24. Cerne
25. Christianssund
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert (possibly)
28. Constanzia
29. Corhaven
30. Correct
31. D'artagnan
32. Dalryan
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Duiveland
39. Dunbar castle
40. E goodwin ltv
41. Efford
42. Eidsiva (probably)
43. Eleonora
44. Embla (possibly)
45. Emile deschamps
46. Emma
47. Emma (possibly)
48. Empire lough (probably)
49. Empress of fort william (probably)
50. Empress of midland (possibly)
51. En avant
52. Erins isle (possibly)
53. Falcon (probably)
54. Fearless
55. Filleigh
56. Flachsee
57. Flandres
58. Francesco ciampa
59. Fred everard
60. Frons olivae (probably)
61. Fulmar
62. G 85 (possibly)
63. G-42 (possibly)
64. Gad 23
65. Genimar
66. Grazia (possibly)
67. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
68. Halcyon
69. Harcalo
70. Hawksdale
71. Hawnby
72. Henry moon
73. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
74. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
75. Hmhs anglia
76. Hms alert ?
77. Hms aragonite (part of)
78. Hms aries (possibly)
79. Hms artic trapper
80. Hms brazen
81. Hms carilon
82. Hms carlton
83. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
84. Hms chestnut (probably)
85. Hms city of dundee
86. Hms cleon
87. Hms desiree
88. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
89. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
90. Hms fauvette
91. Hms flirt
92. Hms glen boyne
93. Hms gracie (probably)
94. Hms guardsman
95. Hms kingston galena
96. Hms lydian
97. Hms marcella
98. Hms mastiff (possibly)
99. Hms myrtle
100. Hms napia
101. Hms niger (possibly)
102. Hms northumberland (probably)
103. Hms othello ii
104. Hms peridot
105. Hms pyrope
106. Hms ray of hope
107. Hms restoration (possibly)
108. Hms rodino
109. Hms stirling castle (probably)
110. Hms tamarisk
111. Hms torbay ii (probably)
112. Hms tourmaline
113. Hms tranquil
114. Hms war sepoy
115. Hms weigelia
116. Hms wessex
117. Hmsm b2
118. Hundvaag
119. Ilaro
120. Ira (possibly)
121. Irene
122. Jacob luckenbach
123. James harrod
124. Josephine willis
125. Kabinda
126. Kadru
127. Karmt
128. Katharina kolkmann
129. Kielce
130. Kirsten skou
131. Koenigshaven
132. L'armandeche
133. Lady stella
134. Latona
135. Laurl coin
136. Lbv (m)396
137. Le pelerin de la mer
138. Leicester
139. Leo
140. Lisbeth m
141. Loanda
142. Lord hamilton (possibly)
143. Luray victory
144. Lusitania
145. Mahratta
146. Mahratta ii
147. Maloja 1
148. Malta (probably)
149. Menapier
150. Merel (part of)(possibly)
151. Mersey
152. Mi amigo
153. Monarch
154. Mudlark
155. Murillo
156. Nancy moran
157. Newlands
158. Niki
159. Norman
160. Norman
161. North eastern victory
162. Opal
163. Ousel (probably)
164. Paros isle
165. Polgrange
166. Ponzano
167. Preussen
168. Pulborough
169. Quentovic
170. Rubislaw
171. Rydal force
172. Rynanna
173. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
174. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
175. Sabac
176. Saidieh
177. Saint michael veillez sur nous
178. Saint ronan (possibly)
179. Saint ronan (possibly)
180. Sambut
181. San calisto
182. Santagata
183. Santagata (?part of)
184. Sea serpent
185. Selma (possibly)
186. Shenandoah
187. Slesvig
188. Spaarndem
189. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
190. St cecilia
191. Strathclyde
192. Surrey
193. Teeswood
194. Texaco caribbean (after section)
195. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
196. The queen
197. Tina primo
198. Tongue sand tower (remains)
199. Toward
200. Traquair (probably)
201. Tummel (probably)
202. U 11 (possibly)
203. U 16 (possibly)
204. U 48
205. Uama
206. Ub 108 (possibly)
207. Ub 109
208. Ub 31 ?
209. Ub 55 (probably)
210. Ub 56 (possibly)
211. Ub 58 (possibly)
212. Ub 78
213. Uc 21 (possibly)
214. Uc 26
215. Uc 46
216. Uc 46 (possibly)
217. Uc 77 (possibly)
218. Ursus (part)
219. Virginie
220. W a scholten
221. Westerley star
222. Wheatman (possibly)
223. Will and maggie (probably)
224. Woodtown (possibly)
225. Xanthence

 

Name: MALTA (PROBABLY)

Length 61.7 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 679 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Ex-berlin. built in 1879 by w b thompson & co of dundee. owned at time of loss by the bennett ss co of goole. iron hull. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 138 hp, single shaft. passage goole for boulogne. sank after collision with japanese ss kaga maru. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 93 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20220728

Details measurements/cartography: H997/17 12.3.17 DW (MASTS) IN 511642N, 012814E. (HMS DAISY). - FNM 132/17. H2100/74 9.8.74 EXAM'D IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.7 IN GEN DEPTH 12-15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.7MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.1, FOUL AT 9.5MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, DTD 1974). H2499/76 9.2.76 EXAM'D IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 17/75). NCA. H1934/76 3.11.77 LOCATED IN 511638N, 012815E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 6.6.77). NCA. H4845/75 29.8.79 EXAM'D 24.7.79 IN 511640N, 012814E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.8, FOUL AT 8.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.2 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. LIES 135/215DEGS. LENGTH 50MTRS. (SOISS, HI 61B/79).

- NM BLOCK H1938/78 23.3.81 EXAM'D 8.10.80 IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13-14MTRS. SCOUR, ON EACH SIDE OF WK, 15.5MTRS DEEP. LYING 100/200DEGS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 17MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61A/80). NCA. H1951/80 29.5.81 EXAM'D 8.4.81. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2MTRS. NCA. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 21A). NCA. H2907/83 25.3.85 EXAM'D 17.7.84 IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.5, FOUL AT 9.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.5MTRS. ABOUT 90MTRS LONG AND LIES 080/260DEGS. (ISS, HI 186).

- NM 1049/85. H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 26.6.86 IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12-13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.7MTRS ON BOTH SIDES OF WK. RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA. H6342/87 5.12.88 EXAM'D 18.9.88 IN 511639N, 012813E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.1, FOUL AT 9.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15MTRS. DCS3 SHADOW INDISTINCT. INTACT, LYING 095/275DEGS. LENGTH 76MTRS. SCOUR BOTH TO N AND S OF WK. (NP 1016, HI 425).

- NM 3777/88. HH090/511/01 16.10.91 EXAM'D 3.7.91 IN 511639N, 012812.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.9 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LARGE WK GIVING A GOOD SONAR SHADOW. LIES 085/265 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 511). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. NCA.. HH090/629/01 6.7.94 EXAM'D 16.7.94 IN 511639N, 012814E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 9.7, FOUL 9.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.1 IN GEN DEPTH 13.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.3MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, LIES 100/280DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 629). RETAIN SW 9.1MTRS. NCA. HH242/400/08 26.2.97 LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3MTRS. (THL VECTIS, DTD 1997). NCA. HH090/736/01 21.7.97 EXAM'D 2.7.97 IN 511639.0N, 012814.2E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.5, FOUL 9.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE, ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. SCOUR EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 045DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 736). AMEND TO SW 9.4MTRS. BR STD. HH242/400/09 28.11.97 SHOWN AS WK 8.4MTRS ON TH VECTIS SURVEY DTD 20.8.97. NCA. HH242/400/09 11.5.98 NOW WK 9.1MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY). NCA. HH242/400/10 19.2.99 NOW WK 12.6MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY, DTD 18/19.8.98). NCA. HH242/400/10 19.2.99 NOW WK 10.8MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY, DTD 29/30.1.99). NCA. HH090/892/01 3.10.00 EXAM'D 10.8.00 IN 5116.684N, 0128.110E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT FOUL AT 7.9MTRS ON ?FISHING GEAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.6 IN GEN DEPTH 12.6MTRS. SCOUR 3.8MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS ALONG 011/101 DEGS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 011/101 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. GOOD POSITION OBTAINED BUT E/S LEAST DEPTH NOT CONSIDERED TO BE DEFINITIVE. (NP 1016, HI 892). RETAIN SW 9.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/028/01 24.6.03 EXAM'D 8.5.03 IN 5116.686N, 0128.096E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEEP INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO ?FISHING GEAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.0 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1028). SCOUR AT LEAST 1.2MTRS. RETAIN AS SW 9.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/400/14 24.8.04 LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.0MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD 29/30.5.04). NCA. SEP 2008/000040073 8.5.08 SOUNDING 8.9MTRS SHOWN IN 5116.683N, 0128.113E [WGD] ON UNDATED TH SURVEY OF GULL STREAM NORTH (SEEN 8.5.08). NCA. SEP 2010/000060716 23.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5116.685N, 0128.111E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.00 IN GEN DEPTH 13.2MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). SCOUR SOME 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS SW, SMALLER SCOUR TO NE. GENERALLY COLLAPSED. BOILER AND ENGINE SUGGEST BOWS W. AMEND WK 9.0MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2010/000174707 20.10.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.7MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD AUG 2010). NCA. SEP 2011/000169714 10.10.11 LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.8MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD JULY 2011). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083470 7.1.16 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5116.685N, 0128.110E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 11MTRS. LENGTH 73.1MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HEIGHT 7.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 91.2DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 49.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 285DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000147747 29.9.17 LOCATED IN 5116.685N, 0128.110E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 43.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.76MTRS, HEIGHT 3.92MTRS, ORIENTATION 90DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2017). AMEND DW 8.6MTRS. SEP 2018/000226477 19.8.18 DW LOCATED IN 5116.685N, 0128.111E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.823MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 71.7MTRS, WIDTH 14.0MTRS, HEIGHT 6.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 095/275DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2018). AMEND DW 8.82MTRS.IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000060708 21.3.19 EXAM'D 10.1.19 IN 5116.685N, 0128.110E[WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 70.5MTRS, WIDTH 23.80MTRS, HT 3.15MTRS. ORIENTATION 50DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 54.64MTRS, WIDTH 33.35MTRS, 0.71MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 214DEGS. INDENTIFIABLE FEATURES. DEBRIS FIELD; LENGTH 47.77MTRS, TOWARDS 77DEGS. ANCHOR AND CABLE RUNNING OFF E WK, STERN, VARIOUS DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND WRECKAGE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1617). AMEND DW 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000289213 26.11.20 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK LOCATED IN 5116.685N, 0128.110E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.128MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 097/277 DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2020). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH AND POSN. RSDRA2022000253438 6.1.23 EXAM'D BY BDC, WRECK LOCATED IN 5116.685N, 0128.110E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. LENGTH 72.5MTRS, WIDTH 15.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 093/273 DEGS. NFS. (TRINITY HOUSE). AMEND DW 8.64MTRS IN EXISTING POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: remains of the bow and masts distinguishable

Position: 51 16.685 N,1 28.11 E

 

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