This is the information page about the shipwreck Marga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.354 N,0 26.614 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: MARGA

Length 77.5 meter, width: 12 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1595 ton
Load: ore

Cause: 20.2.1951 built in 1924 by nylands voerksted, oslo. owned at the time of loss by a/s bruusgaard. triple expansion engine. sprang a leak on 20.2.1951 and was towed into camaret, near brest. on 11.3.51 she left in tow, but on 13.3.51 there was a gale and she sank. (dods).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 10.1.77 H4121/76 10.1.77 WK LOCATED 17.6.76 IN 502619N, 002630W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.5 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES NE/SW. HIGHEST POINT SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 37MTRS [20FMS].

- NM 492/77. H1310/86/10 27.3.86 H1310/86/10 27.3.86 EXAM'D IN 1985. LYING 045/225DEGS IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES). NCA. HH100/351/01 25.8.89 HH100/351/01 25.8.89 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF 'MARGA' - BELL AND MANUFACTURER'S PLATE RECOVERED. THE FORMER ENGRAVED 'MARGA 1924 DRAMMEN' AND THE LATTER INDICATED VESSEL BUILT IN OSLO. (DIVERS FROM BOAT 'BUBBLES II', 21.7.89). NCA. HH090/952/01 30.10.03 HH090/952/01 30.10.03 EXAM'D 24.6.03 IN 5026.354N, 0026.614W [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 38.9. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.0 IN GEN DEPTH 50-51MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.8MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SONAR HIGH POINT MIDSHIPS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 50 26.354 N,0 26.614 W

 

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