This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa maine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 18.624 N,5 50.397 W (56.49875, -5.6916)

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: RFA MAINE

Length 96 meter, width: 12.2 meter, tonnage 4540 ton

Cause: ran aground in fog. abandoned. all medical equipment removed.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: 21.6.14 WRECKED ON E COAST OF I OF MULL. SOLD 6.7.14, PRESUMABLY FOR BREAKING. INS AS STF PA WRECK (1914) IN 561838N, 055020W. BA 2813, 2515. H6997/29 AMEND TO ST PA. NE 2813. 1.2.51 DELETED. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY 1951). 23.9.69 REQUEST TO PURCHASE FROM B A SIMMONDS, WHO HAS LOCATED WRECKAGE FROM THIS VESSEL SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA. MOST OF WK BELIEVED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO DEEPER WATER. (N/CP 54793/69). H1285/74 19.8.74 UNCHARTED WRECKAGE LOCATED ON SHORE LINE IN 561838N, 055020W. (D HAYGREEN, HYDRO ERGONOMIC DESIGNS LTD, 22.7.74 & 16.8.74). INS AS ST. BR STD. H3686/77 21.7.77 NO SIGN AT LWS ON 2.7.77 FROM ANCHORAGE CLOSE SE. (LT CDR HEAP, HN). DELETED. BR STD. H1310/83/28 13.6.83 BROKEN UP REMAINS, MAJORITY UNDERWATER, BUT SOME VISIBLE ONSHORE, IN 561840N, 055018W. (P CAMILLI, 5.6.83). NCA. 18.5.92 INS ST (DRIES). NE 2386. 9.9.98 AMENDED TO WK (DRIES). BR STD. 7.10.06 [EUT] POSN: 5618.624N, 0550.397W. NE 2386.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 18.624 N,5 50.397 W

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