This is the information page about the shipwreck Nyasaland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.534 N,2 53.726 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Avalanche
5. Bamse (probably)
6. Baygitano
7. Bayonne
8. Berar
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Chorley
14. City of swansea (probably)
15. Conch
16. Einar jarl
17. General leman (possibly)
18. Gibel-hamam
19. Gorizia
20. Grane
21. Greta c
22. Gudrun
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 formidable
31. Hms harstad
32. Hms hickory
33. Hms landrail (probably)
34. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(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 sidon
42. Inisinver
43. Isbjorn
44. Kongshaug (probably)
45. L h carl
46. La blanca (possibly)
47. Lct 381
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Majorca
53. Marguerite (possibly)
54. Marie therese
55. Marjolene
56. Martha
57. Memnon
58. Minerva (probably)
59. Modavia
60. Moel tryvan
61. Moidart
62. Motano (probably)
63. Nil desperandum (probably)
64. Nyasaland
65. Ocean vagabond
66. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Pomella
69. Pomeranian
70. Radaas (probably)
71. Reggestroom (probably)
72. Renilde
73. Romsdalen (probably)
74. Rosten (possibly)
75. Rotorua
76. Salsette ii
77. Scaldis
78. Siren
79. Sparkling foam (possibly)
80. St dunstan
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Tracy
83. Trito
84. Ub 19 (probably)
85. Ull (probably)
86. Ursa (probably)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: NYASALAND

Length 45.1 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 383 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-diamante. built in 1896 by j c tecklenbork, geestemunde. owned at time of loss by mozambique whaling co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 36nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for le havre. torpedoed and sunk by ub33. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 2.1.45 AUBD 303/23 2.1.45 POSN 502418N, 025400W. GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND POSN. LENGTH 160FT, HEIGHT 7FT. (EG 14 2.1.45). 15.12.44 AUBD 303/26 15.12.44 POSN 502300N, 025300W. GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND POSN. (15.12.44). H4638/55 9.2.60 H4638/55 9.2.60 EXAM'D IN 502330N, 025339W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24FMS IN GEN DEPT 28FMS. SEABED SAND AND SHELL. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT 7.10.54). BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 44.0MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 20.1.83 H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502333N, 025339W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. HH100/351/11 11.6.96 HH100/351/11 11.6.96 DIVED 8/9.6.96. STEAMSHIP, PROBABLY COASTER. LENGTH PROBABLY 160-180 FEET. LIES UPRIGHT AND WELL SUNK INTO SANDY SEABED IN GEN DEPTH OF 55MTRS. WELL BROKEN FWD OF A SINGLE BOILER. STANDS ABOUT 2-3MTRS HIGH AT STERN, ABOUT 1.5MTRS AT BOILER. STERN LIES TO THE N. HOLDS FWD OF BOILER WITH WINCHES BETWEEN SUGGEST A COASTER TYPE VESSEL OF ABOUT 600GRT. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE BUILDER'S PLATE WHICH WAS RECOVERED 17.5.98. WK IS UPRIGHT AND WELL SUNK INTO THE SEABED. STERN INTACT, WELL BROKEN FORWARD. BOWS SOUTH. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 5.12.03 HH090/961/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 13.7.03 IN 5023.534N, 0253.726W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.0 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS. LIES 002/182 DEGS WITH BOWS S. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 961). INTACT, UPRIGHT, HATCH VISIBLE ON DCS3. AMEND WK 47MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL SUNK INTO SEABED, BOWS S

Position: 50 23.534 N,2 53.726 W

 

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