This is the information page about the shipwreck Mercantil marica, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 55.909 N,4 36.297 E (60.769833333333, 4.6206666666667)

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: MERCANTIL MARICA

Length 200.6 meter, width: 27.4 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 26512 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1982 by industrias runidas caneco sa, rio de janeiro. owned at time of loss by empresa de navegacao mercantil sa. passage port kaiser and aardalstangen for sunndalsora. shut down engine to allow pilot to disembark between fedje and holmengra lighthouses. it failed to restart. strong currents and 40knot wind pushed vessel aground and she subsequently broke in two. (msd).

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1989, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH308/305/01 14.11.89 GROUNDED IN 605600N, 043700E. (LL, 2.11.89). WEATHER CONDITIONS UNFAVOURABLE AT PRESENT FOR ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE SECTIONS OF THIS WK. (LL, 13.11.89). NCA. HH308/305/01 6.12.89 A LARGE PART OF THE WK IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT INTO DEEP WATER. (LL, 6.11.89). HH308/350/01 28.3.90 SETTLED AS CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. (LL, 8.3.90). HH308/350/01 2.5.90 DEPTH AROUND ROCK ABOUT 100MTRS. WK WILL NOT BE MOVED. (LL, 20.4.90). HH308/350/01 6.8.90 BROKEN IN TWO PARTS AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN 605602N, 043648E. (NORWEGIAN NM 913/90). CHART AS ST.

- NM 2327/90. 26.10.94 NDW SHOWN IN 605602N, 043636E ON NORWEGIAN 24 [REPRINT 1994 CORRECT TO NM 13/94]. BR STD. 19.12.06 SHOWN AS DW IN 6055.998N, 0436.674E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 24 [PRINT JUL '05, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3531.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO, LARGE PART REPD IN DEEP WATER

Position: 60 55.909 N,4 36.297 E

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