Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Maine, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 12.856 N,3 50.969 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: MAINE
Lengte 110 meter, breedte: 14 meter, diepgang: 5.2, tonnage 3616 ton
Lading: general and mixed goods,minerals
Oorzaak: ex-sierra blanca. built 1905 by d & w henderson & co of glasgow. owned at time of loss by the atlantic tranport co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 461 nhp, single shaft. passage london for philadelphia. cargo of 500 tons chalk, 50 tons of cowhair, horsehair & goatskins, & fenugreek seeds. torpedoed by uc-17. was taken in tow but sank. no lives lost. (sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1917
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 28 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 45 cm
Bekend sinds: 1917, laatst gedetecteerd: 2010
Details metingen/cartografie: H1857/17 2.4.17 WK CHARTED IN 501252N, 035103W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 370/17. H3211/17 13.12.17 6C N 85DEGS W OFF HAMSTONE ROCK. POSN 501252N, 035103W ALSO GIVEN. (C IN C, PLYMOUTH). REPD LOST 11M SE BY E FROM START POINT. (BMVS). H7476/17 23.2.18 BUOY LAID CLOSE SW OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 299/18. H5532/19 22.7.19 GREEN BUOY IS STATED TO BE RED. (PERSONAL OBSERVATION FROM YACHT 'CONCARN'). H229/20 8.1.20 LIES 155DEGS, 1.8M FROM BOLT TAIL, DEVONSHIRE. SWEEP CARRIED OUT OVER WK, & NO OBSTN OF ANY KIND FOUND AT 45FT [LWST]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH, 7.1.20).
- NM 141/20. H2502/51 24.4.51 POSN 501245N, 035053W. WIRE DRAG SWEEP CLEAR 40FT, FOUL AT 42FT. HT ABOVE SEABED 50FT. (HMS SEAGULL 1950, SURVEY [E8881]). NOTE. H5413/60 21.5.62 SALVAGE RIGHTS BOUGHT BY BSAC, MARKED BY 3FT DIAMETER G SPH BUOY WITH 0.75INCH DIAMETER STEEL WIRE. (LETTER DTD 14.5.62). 5.6.67 BUOY HAS BEEN REMOVED AS IT WAS ONLY USED WHILE SALVAGE OPS WERE IN PROGRESS. THE HULK OF THE WRECK IS NOW LYING IN AN UPRIGHT POSN. (MR TURNER, KINGSTON BRANCH BSAC). 12.1.70 SALVAGE WORK IS TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING WINTER MONTHS 1969/70 WITH EXPLOSIVES BY TORBAY BSAC. (TRITON MAGAZINE, FEB 1970). 5.3.70 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE INSURANCE CO. THAT CARRIED OUT THE SALE OF THE VESSEL FROM MR HAWKINS. (TELECOM DTD 5.3.70). H1249/70 12.12.70 WRECK OF THE 'MAINE' LOCATED BY NORTHAMPTON BRANCH OF BSAC ON 24.9.70 PHOTO COPY OF E/S TRACE [FERROGRAPH] GIVEN. WRECK STANDS APPROX 28FT HIGH ON THE SEABED. GEN DEPTH 52FT, SCOUR TO 4FT SEEN. (NORTHAMPTON BRANCH OF BSAC). 8.6.78 HULL REPORTED STILL INTACT. (BSAC WK SHEET 005). HH090/594/01 12.7.94 EXAM'D 11.5.94 IN 501249N, 035454W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.9MTRS. WRECK IS REGULARLY DIVED & IS REPORTED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MASTS STANDING UPRIGHT. CHART AS WK 12.4MTRS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). RETAIN SW 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.9.98 WK LIES UPRIGHT. GUN LIFTED. THE COUNTERSTERN IS BREAKING AWAY. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT '98). 31.3.99 LIES WITH BOWS TOWARDS THE SHORE, WK CLEARED TO DECK LEVEL WITH DEBRIS SWEPT TO PORT SIDE. MOST DAMAGE ON PORTSIDE WHERE TORPEDO STRUCK, DECKING COLLAPSED, STARBOARD SIDE MORE INTACT. DIAGRAM AND PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAR 1999). 16.8.11 EXAM'D 14.12.10 IN 5012.856N, 0350.969W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.56 IN GEN DEPTH 28.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 11.64MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1356). UPRIGHT, INTACT. AMEND WK 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NE
Positie: 50 12.856 N,3 50.969 W