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Maroc

Hob Uid: 918815
Location :
Cornwall
Cornwall
Grid Ref : SW3319822206
Summary : Remains of the 1918 wreck of a French cargo vessel torpedoed by a German submarine approximately 1.3 nautical miles south-east of Pordenack Point. She was a steel steamer en route from Port Talbot to La Rochelle.
More information : Wreck site and archaeological remains:

Method of Fix: EDM
Quality of Depth: ES
Orientation: EW

24-SEP-1981: Located and identified in general depth 45m.

08-JUN-1987: Examined in 50 02 22N 05 43 36W, least echosounder depth 37.3m in depth 42.5m, scour depth 43.5m, height 6.5m, length 85m. Lying E/W, largely intact with highest point amidships. (1)

17-NOV-1998: Dived in 500221N, 054337W [OGB] using GPS. Located using magnetometer. Largely intact with forward part lying on starboard side. The mid region is twisted and opened up showing the boilers etc. Aft of this the wreck lies on a generally even keel. The boilers are the highest point. Much salvage work appears to have been carried out as little ferrous material remains. No sign of any cargo. Poisition 5002.402N, 0543.658W (WGD). (2)(3)


Wreck event and documentary evidence:

Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB 74. (1)

Torpedoed by the German submarine UB 57 in the Channel, 2 miles SE of the Longships. (4)

Sunk by a submarine in the Channel while en route from Port Talbot to La Rochelle. (5)

Built: 1895 (4) 1898 (6)
Builder: Grey (6)
Where built: West Hartlepool (6)

Ownership history:
1898: KOORDISTAN. Anglo-Algerian SS Co (1896) Ltd. Swansea
1906: MAROC. Delmas Freres. La Rochelle, France (6)

Date of loss qualifier: Actual date of loss
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Source details : 09-Mar-18
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Source details : Miramar Ship Index [Accessed 09-MAR-2018]
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1898
Monument Start Date : 1898
Monument Type : Cargo Vessel
Evidence : Vessel Structure
Monument Period Name : First World War
Display Date : First World War
Monument End Date : 1918
Monument Start Date : 1918
Monument Type : Cargo Vessel
Evidence : Vessel Structure
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