This is the information page about the shipwreck Maori, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 16 N,12 17 W (46.266666666667, -12.283333333333)

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: MAORI

Length 156.7 meter, width: 19.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 7474 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1958 by chantiers navale de la ciotat. owned at time of loss by campagnie des messaneries maritimes. passage noumea for le havre. encountered very heavy weather which caused cargo to break loose, resulting in a 45 degree list and an explosion on board. later sank. 38 men lost, 1 recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 3700 meter

Known since: 1971, last detected: 1972

Details measurements/cartography: 15.11.71 15.11.71 VESSEL REPORTED SUNK 500M W OF BORDEAUX IN 461600N, 121700W APPROX. (LLOYDS 206). NCA. 3.1.72 3.1.72 CONSIDERED TO BE THE LARGEST SINGLE MARINE LOSS FOR FRENCH INSURANCE COMPANIES IN 1971 WITH HULL AND CARGO INSURED FOR 42 MILLION FRANCS. (LL 1.1.72). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 16 N,12 17 W

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