This is the information page about the shipwreck Malta ii (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 58.668 N,2 29.947 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Aberdeen city
2. B 98
3. Calf sound
4. Cemfjord
5. Charisma
6. Cotovia (probably)
7. Daghestan (probably)
8. Elegance
9. England ?
10. Express (main section)
11. Express (portion of)
12. Eyfirdingur
13. Faro
14. Finland
15. Fredensborg
16. Giralda (possibly)
17. Hastings county
18. Hms duke of albany
19. Hms goldfinch
20. Hms oceana
21. Hms zarefah
22. Hoshanger
23. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
24. Malta ii (probably)
25. Navena
26. Remus
27. St rognvald
28. Svinta
29. Swiftsure
30. Tamara xii (probably)
31. Tennessee
32. U 18 (probably)
33. U 53
34. Vestfoss
35. Vestvoss (possibly)

 

Name: MALTA II (PROBABLY)

Length 32 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 143 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built 1892 by murdoch & murray, port glasgow with 2 cylinder compound engine of 58hp, single shaft, 1 boiler. machinery by hutson & corbett, glasgow. owned at time of loss by s. j. drennan, edinburgh. on passage granton for fishing grounds & return. foundered 9m e of mull head. (k heath & sibi)

Year of registration: 2006

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 147 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/137/01 30.3.07 EXAM'D 9.8.06 IN 5858.6675N, 0229.9473W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.2 IN GEN DEPTH 71.2MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 240DEGS. LENGTH 33.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.2MTRS, HT 2.2MTRS. LIES 147/327DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 147 DEGS. INTACT. IN LARGE DEPRESSION FORMED BY SCOURING. WELL DEFINED SANDWAVES LOCALLY. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). COLLAPSED IN FWD HOLD AREA. INS AS WK 69MTRS. BR STD. 30.3.07 HAS BEEN DIVED IN 2000 AND IS BURIED TO THE GUNWHALES, SINGLE BOILER & 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE. (K HEATH, TELECON 29.3.07) 24.5.07 BELIEVED TO BE STEEL S TRAWLER "MALTA II" FROM RESEARCH & SURVEY RESULTS. (K HEATH, TELECON 24.5.07) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SE, FWD HOLD AREA COLLAPSED

Position: 58 58.668 N,2 29.947 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway