This is the information page about the shipwreck Mayfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.092 N,4 44.403 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)
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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: MAYFIELD
Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2632 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1890 by bute shipbuilding & engineering co, cardiff. owned at time of loss by woods, taylor & brown. two boilers, triple-expansion engine of 245 nhp, singls shaft. machinery by w kemp, glasgow. passage the clyde for savona. ran ashore. later slipped back into deeper water and sank. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1909
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1909, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: RAN ASHORE 0.25 MILES NORTH OF NIARBYL POINT. (DODS). POSN 541005N, 044420W FOR FILING ONLY. H2112/75 5.2.75 H2112/75 5.2.75 NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF THIS WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/74). NCA. H1286/75 12.8.75 H1286/75 12.8.75 LIES IN 541005N, 044420W. QUITE A LARGE WK. PARTIALLY BURIED IN SANDY BOTTOM AND NEAR A LARGE SUBMERGED ROCK. (A NEWTON, 22.7.75). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 10.092 N,4 44.403 W