This is the information page about the shipwreck Maroc, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.402 N,5 43.658 W (50.040033, -5.727633)

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: MAROC

Length 93.3 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2808 ton

Cause: built in 1898 by w. gray & co. owned at the time of loss by delmas freres. torpedoed by ub 74. (der krieg zur see & dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: 17.4.18 SUNK IN 500130N, 054345W. (BOT, MASTER, DOCKET M19644). NCA. H5051/70 13.11.70 CHART AS NDWPA IN 500130N, 054345W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 777. 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 777. 2.5.78 AMENDED TO USC PA 16MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1148. H1310/81/25 24.9.81 LOCATED IN 500218N, 054336W USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. (FALMOUTH DIVERS, 18.9.81). CHART AS USC 30MTRS. BR STD. H3841/86 19.1.88 EXAM'D 8.7.87 IN 500222N, 054336W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.3 IN GEN DEPTH 42.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 43.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH HT [VERT] 6.5MTRS, [SHADOW] 5.8MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING E/W. LARGELY INTACT WITH HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 360). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/14 17.11.98 DIVED IN 500221N, 054337W [OGB] USING GPS. LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER. LARGELY INTACT WITH FWD PART LYING ON STBD SIDE, MID REGION TWISTED AND OPENED UP SHOWING BOILERS ETC. AFT OF THIS THE WK LIES ON A GENERALLY EVEN KEEL. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. MUCH 'SALVAGE' WORK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AS LITTLE FERROUS MATERIAL REMAINS. NO SIGN OF ANY CARGO. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). NFA. [WGD] POSN: 5002.402N, 0543.658W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, FWD PART ON STBD SIDE, OPENED UP

Position: 50 2.402 N,5 43.658 W

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