This is the information page about the shipwreck Malvina (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 8.385 N,0 4.748 W (54.13975, -0.0791333)

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.

Name: MALVINA (FWD PART)

Length 77.4 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1244 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Built in 1879 by j & g thompson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by london & edinburgh shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 381nhp, single shaft. machinery by ramage & fergusen ltd, leith. passage london for leith. torpedoed by ub-104. broke in two and sank at once. 14 men lost. (sibi & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 172 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H0146/39 17.1.50 EXAM'D 14.11.49 IN 540806N, 000442W - 004.75 DEG,7250FT FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD LT HO (WHICH PLOTS 540810N,000442W). SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75 IN GEN DEPTH 89FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.12.49). INS AS WK 7FMS 6FT.

- NM 2464/49. H4593/59 10.11.59 AMENDED TO WK 7FMS 4FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1200. 21.6.72 AMENDED TO WK 14MTRS. NC 129. 5.12.74 AMENDED TO WK 13MTRS. (CHANGE OF DATUM). NC 129. H1310/86/20 7.8.86 RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL DIVERS AS WK OF UB 107, WITH A SMALL SS, POSSIBLY THE MALVINA, LYING ON TOP OF IT. (B WINFIELD, 26.7.86). SEE 542330N, 002420W & 540930N, 000230W. H1310/87/15 20.5.87 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE MALVINA - NAMEPLATE LOCATED. ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE WK OF GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 107 LIES ON THE SAME SITE - IDENTIFIED BY BY ENGRAVING ON PROPELLER. (SEE [5929]). SITE IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS PORTER, OR PORTA, PACKET FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOT CLEAR. (A GODFREY, 11.3.87). HH090/730/01 18.12.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE,HI 730). NCA. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 LIES IN 540821N, 000444.5W [WGD] BY GPS. LEAST DEPTH 22MTRS. GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. (A C GODFREY & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). INS AS WK 21MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 LOCATED IN 5408.385N, 0004.748W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.48MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). AMEND WK 21.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.10.11 12.10.11 LENGTH 32.5MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 162/352 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). BROKEN WITH S PART LYING 070/250 DEGS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, S PART LIES 070/250 DEGS

Position: 54 8.385 N,0 4.748 W

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