This is the information page about the shipwreck Maryland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.48 N,2 23.455 E (51.9658333, 2.232)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MARYLAND (POSSIBLY)
Length 127.4 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 5136 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Mined. was on passage s america to denmark.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 12 cm
Known since: 1914, last detected: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: H4432/14 3.9.14 H4432/14 3.9.14 POSN 521230N, 022845E APPROX. (AUTH'Y NOT KNOWN). POSN 521000N, 022000E. (REGISTER OF DANISH WRECKS). INS ON CHARTS IN 521230N, 022845E.
- NM 1465/14. H4282/26 14.10.26 H4282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO DW (1914) (PA). H2615/28 28.4.28 H2615/28 28.4.28 NOT FOUND BY TRINITY HOUSE. (TH, LTR 3552/23). DELETED.
- NM ACTION. H3835/86 16.3.88 H3835/86 16.3.88 EXAM'D 13.8.87 IN 520727N, 022334E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.8 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. SCOUR 6.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. LYING 012/192 DEG, BOW S. STANDS UPRIGHT AMONGST 6 - 7MTR SANDWAVES. ALSO A PIPELINE, OR CABLE, SOME 50 TO 60MTRS LONG LOCATED IN 520726N, 022342E IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. ORIENTATED 012/192 DEG AND LIES FLUSH WITH SEABED. (NP 1008, HI 354). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS S
Position: 52 7.48 N,2 23.455 E