The Malvina (Wreck)
United Kingdom /
England /
Flamborough /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Flamborough
World / United Kingdom / England
shipwreck, invisible
Malvina: 1244-ton iron-screw steamer-schooner, built 1879. 254ft x 31ft. Armed. Cargo: General, London for Leith. Position: 54 08.25N; 00 04.40W. Depth: 25m.
Sunk: 3 August, 1918, by torpedo from UB-10? when 1 mile from Flamborough Head. Fourteen lost.
Diving: U-boat lies at right angles to steamer and her bow enters the Malvina's broken wreckage by the engines, which are tilted over behind two boilers. Submarine identified by number engraved on prop. Beware strong tidal currents.
Launch: Flamborough.
Sunk: 3 August, 1918, by torpedo from UB-10? when 1 mile from Flamborough Head. Fourteen lost.
Diving: U-boat lies at right angles to steamer and her bow enters the Malvina's broken wreckage by the engines, which are tilted over behind two boilers. Submarine identified by number engraved on prop. Beware strong tidal currents.
Launch: Flamborough.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°8'14"N -0°4'24"E
- Flamborough Head 4.4 km
- Humber Estuary 62 km
- Trent Falls 64 km
- Former RAF East Moor 67 km
- Bagmoor Wind Farm 68 km
- Roman Fortress of Eboracum 69 km
- Site of Terry's old factory 70 km
- Former site of Lowfield School 72 km
- M18 - M62 Interchange Junction 78 km
- Roman Ridge 98 km
- Flamborough Cliffs nature reserve 2.2 km
- Thornwick Bay 3.3 km
- Danes Dyke 4.9 km
- Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve 5.6 km
- Sewerby Hall 6.3 km
- Skipsea Sands Caravan Park 19 km
- Former RAF Lissett 20 km
- Lissett Airfield Wind Farm 20 km
- Time Team Excavation Site Skipsea 21 km
- Gembling 22 km