This is the information page about the shipwreck Maria de larrinaga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.221 N,5 51.431 W (50.003683, -5.857183)

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: MARIA DE LARRINAGA

Length 103.9 meter, width: 18 meter
Load: coal

Cause: not found in any loss books.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 27.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, LENGTH 100FT, HEIGHT 45FT. (ESCORT GROUP 30, 27.1.45, AUBD 301/165). SONAR CONTACT 500030N, 055124W. FUEL OIL PRODUCED. (C IN C PLYMOUTH, AUBD 301/164). H0113/45 19.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500024N, 055106W. SMALL MERCHANT SHIP - LENGTH 210FT, HEIGHT 48FT, BREADTH 62FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45 & 4.7.45). H113/45 19.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500031N, 055126W. GOOD ECHO RETURN. GAVE OFF FUEL OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). H5051/70 13.1.70 CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1148. H2590/76 3.3.76 CONFIRMED LARGE WK IN 500011.6N, 055123.8W USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GIVING GOOD SONAR & E/S RETURNS. CLOSELY SOUNDED OVER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). NE 1148. H1310/82/7 11.3.82 POSITIVE WK IN 500024N, 055126W USING DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H3841/86 19.1.88 EXAM'D 9.7.87 IN 500012N, 055123W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.5 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT [VERT] 13.1MTRS, [SHADOW] 11.6MTRS. LYING 092/272DEGS, UPRIGHT WITH BOWS E. LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 360).

- NM 542/88. HH100/351/12 25.3.97 LARGE STANDING WK DIVED IN 500012N, 055124W [OGB] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED BY BELL FOUND IN OCT'95 AS 'MARIA DE LARRANAGA'. CARGO COAL. GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). NCA. 10.2.14 EXAM'D 2.12.13 IN 5000.221N, 0551.431W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.4 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 10.6MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS WITH BOWS E. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. DEBRIS LIES CLOSE NW. (MMT, HI 1415). INTACT. PROBABLE MV WITH ENGINE AFT. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS E, ENGINE AFT

Position: 50 0.221 N,5 51.431 W

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