This is the information page about the shipwreck Moidart, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.021 N,2 47.288 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Avalanche
8. Bamse (probably)
9. Baygitano
10. Bayonne
11. Berar
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. Frogner ?
18. Gibel-hamam
19. Gorizia
20. Grane
21. Greta c
22. Gripfast
23. Heroine (probably)
24. Hms amazon
25. Hms bittern
26. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
27. Hms boadicea
28. Hms buccaneer
29. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
30. Hms fisgard ii
31. Hms harstad
32. Hms hickory
33. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
34. Hms landrail (probably)
35. Hms lord hailsham
36. Hms manor
37. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
38. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
39. Hms remindo (possibly)
40. Hmsm l24
41. Hmsm m2
42. Hmsm p555
43. Hmsm sidon
44. Inisinver
45. Isbjorn
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. Lct 381
49. Lst 507 (bow section)
50. Lst 507 (stern section)
51. Lst 531
52. Lucinda (possibly)
53. Majorca
54. Marguerite (possibly)
55. Marie therese
56. Martha
57. Merchant royal
58. Minerva (probably)
59. Modavia
60. Moidart
61. Nil desperandum (probably)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Pergo
65. Pomella
66. Pomeranian
67. Radaas (probably)
68. Reggestroom (probably)
69. Romsdalen (probably)
70. Rosten (possibly)
71. Rotorua
72. Salsette ii
73. Scaldis
74. Sparkling foam (possibly)
75. St dunstan
76. Stancrest
77. Tandil (probably)
78. Thera (possibly)
79. Tracy
80. Trito
81. Ub 74
82. Ull (probably)
83. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: MOIDART

Length 74.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1303 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products,coal

Cause: built in 1878 by e withy & co, hartlepool. owned at time of loss by j cormack & co. passage barry for le havre. torpedoed by uc-77. 11 men lost. (sibi). survivors recovered after 6 hours by glasgow ss clifton grove. (diver magazine).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7M SE 0.5E FROM LYME REGIS. (LLWW1). H3971/52 4.7.52 WK IN 503358N, 024715W USING HSA. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 13FMS FOUL 14FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86FT IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. LIES IN A NW/SE DIRECTION. LENGTH 300FT. SHALLOWEST PART IS AT THE CENTRE. STRONG ALL ROUND A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 10.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). CHART AS WK 13FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 23MTRS. NC 3315. H1285/75 10.7.75 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SS MOIDART, BUILT 1878. DIVER REPORTED BOW STILL COMPLETE & STANDS ABOUT 45FT OFF SEABED. MIDSHIP SECTION COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED TOGETHER WITH BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE. BACK BROKEN & STERN SECTION LYING ON PORT SIDE. NO COAL SEEN BUT HOLDS FULL WITH RAILWAY LINES. HAS 3 INCH GUN MOUNTED ON STERN. INDENTIFIED JULY 1975 BY RECOVERY OF PLATE GIVING OWNERS NAME (JAMES CORMACK CO OF LEITH) BY P CORNISH OF CHESNUT. NCA. H1343/78 26.1.79 3 INCH GUN RAISED BY PORTSMOUTH & MEDWAY CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM. NCA. H5982/82 3.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 503359N, 024715W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 25.6.84 IN 503400N, 024712W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 27.0, FOUL AT 27.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.75MTRS. WK IN TWO PARTS - NORTHERN PART ABOUT 70MTRS LONG LYING 169/349DEGS; SOUTHERN PART ABOUT 35MTRS LONG LYING 030/210DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). CHART AS SW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5034.034N, 0247.277W. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 14.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.42MTRS IN 5034.021N, 0247.288W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 34MTRS. LENGTH 90.2MTRS, WIDTH 27.2MTRS, HEIGHT 6.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS, MAINLY INTACT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS, MAINLY INTACT

Position: 50 34.021 N,2 47.288 W

 

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