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 (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Asborg
7. Ashanti (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Baron garioch
10. Borgny
11. Braat ii
12. Braedale (probably)
13. Brestois
14. Britannia (probably)
15. Campen
16. Carbon
17. Castle crag
18. Ceres (possibly)
19. Clan macvey
20. Clarinda
21. Cleddy (probably)
22. Coquetdale (probably)
23. Cuba
24. Daylesford
25. Dulce t
26. Dumfries
27. Empire crusader
28. Ernest lagouve
29. Espagne
30. Everleigh
31. Excelsior (possibly)
32. Fallodon
33. Fenna (probably)
34. G-cbpt
35. Hms acheron (bow section)
36. Hms acheron (stern section)
37. Hms albion ii
38. Hms assurance
39. Hms crestflower
40. Hms eleanor (probably)
41. Hms john mitchell
42. Hms listrac (probably)
43. Hms michael clements
44. Hms new dawn
45. Hms pomone
46. Hms sargasso
47. Hms tiger
48. Hms warwick deeping
49. Hmsm swordfish
50. Hmsm upstart
51. Iduna
52. Indutionmare
53. Irex
54. Isleworth
55. Jgena (possibly)
56. Joannis millas
57. Juno
58. Kong guttorm (probably)
59. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
60. Lct 1068
61. Lct 809
62. Londonier
63. Luciston
64. Luxor
65. Margaret smith
66. Mechanician
67. Mendi
68. Millmer
69. Minca 35
70. Minerva (possibly)
71. Molina
72. Moonraker (probably)
73. Myrtlegrove (probably)
74. Neath (possibly)
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Nichola (probably)
77. Nw68
78. Nw96
79. Oriflamme
80. Pool fisher
81. Ps ryde
82. Redesmere
83. Reindeer
84. Rosehill (probably)
85. Rtc no.9
86. Sally jane
87. Serrana (bow section)
88. Serrana (stern part)
89. Simla
90. Smyrna
91. Spyros (possibly)
92. Teamwork
93. Terlings
94. Tweed
95. U 480
96. Vari solo sailor
97. Varvassi
98. Venezuela
99. Venus
100. Volkerak
101. War knight
102. Weston maid (possibly)
103. Westville
104. Witte zee
105. Woodham

 

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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