This is the information page about the shipwreck Molina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.821 N,1 29.016 W (50.563683, -1.483600)

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: MOLINA

Length 69.8 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1122 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1905 by nylands vaerksted, christiana. owned at time of loss by j ringens, rederi akties. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 109 nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for swansea. torpedoed by ub 35. (lloyds war losses; der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 503200N, 012000W, APPROX. (DOCKET M4066, 1918). NCA. H6391/19 H6391/19 INS WK (PA) IN 503500N, 012800W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). BR STD. H1968/77 18.8.81 H1968/77 18.8.81 EXAM'D 18.2.81 IN 503346N, 012858W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 7-8MTRS. LIES APPROX 090/270DEGS. LENGTH ABOUT 70MTRS. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2081/81. H1310/85/26 23.9.85 H1310/85/26 23.9.85 IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS 'MOLINA'. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. VERY FRAGILE. STAND 20FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. LIES HEADING N. (M WALSH, 19.8.85). NCA. 13.6.88 13.6.88 REPD DIVED ON FREQUENTLY IN POOR VISIBLITY. LARGE VESSEL WITH MASSIVE RIBS PROTRUDING FROM SEABED. DIVERS GAUGE INDICATE LEAST DEPTH AT LW OF 20MTRS, LESS THAN IS CHARTED. (LT CDR J O'DRISCOLL, 10.6.88). NCA. HH100/351/07 8.11.93 HH100/351/07 8.11.93 CONFIRMED AS THE 'MOLINA'. WAS BUILT IN 1905 AND OWNED BY JACOB RINGENS, REDERI A/S. (M WOODWARD, 13.10.93). HH100/351/08 16.2.94 HH100/351/08 16.2.94 POSN GIVEN AS 503311N, 012807W. (J WELCH, WK LIST). NCA. HH100/351/14 26.3.99 HH100/351/14 26.3.99 LOCATED IN 5033.800N, 0129.067W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES APPROX NW/SE WITH BOWS NW. DECKING COLLAPSED AND STERN FLAT. STBD SIDE COLLAPSING. STANDS 5-7MTRS HIGH. (M PRITCHARD, 9.3.99). NCA. 24.10.12 24.10.12 EXAM'D 28.1.12 IN 5033.821N, 0129.016W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 26.00MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP TO N & S OF WK, EXTENDING 90MTRS X 30MTRS ALONG 085DEGS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (EMU, HI 1366). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NE, WELL COLLAPSED

Position: 50 33.821 N,1 29.016 W

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