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 (50.392233, -2.895433)

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: 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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