This is the information page about the shipwreck Aalesund (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.819 N,1 23.644 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

1. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Asborg
5. Ashanti (possibly)
6. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Borgny
10. Borgsten (probably)
11. Braat ii
12. Brestois
13. Campen
14. Camswan
15. Carbon
16. Castle crag
17. Ceres (possibly)
18. Charles rogers (probably)
19. Clarinda
20. Cleddy (probably)
21. Coquetdale (probably)
22. Cuba
23. Daylesford
24. Dulce t
25. Dungrange
26. Empire crusader
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Eugene schneider (probably)
30. Faith
31. Fallodon
32. Fenna (probably)
33. Gorizont
34. Grip fast
35. Guernsey coast
36. Harry sharman
37. Hauler
38. Highland brigade
39. Hms acheron (bow section)
40. Hms acheron (stern section)
41. Hms albion ii
42. Hms assurance
43. Hms boxer
44. Hms crestflower
45. Hms eleanor (probably)
46. Hms listrac (probably)
47. Hms michael clements
48. Hms new dawn
49. Hms p12 (stern section).
50. Hms pomone
51. Hms tiger
52. Hms warwick deeping
53. Hmsm swordfish
54. Hmsm upstart
55. Iduna
56. Implacable
57. Indutionmare
58. Inger
59. Irex
60. Isleworth
61. Jgena (possibly)
62. Joannis millas
63. Juno
64. Kong guttorm (probably)
65. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
66. Lct 809
67. Londonier
68. Luis
69. Luxor
70. Mechanician
71. Mendi
72. Millmer
73. Minerva (possibly)
74. Molina
75. Myrtlegrove (probably)
76. Nurnberg
77. Nw68
78. Nw96
79. Oriflamme
80. Pool fisher
81. Redesmere
82. Reindeer
83. Rosehill (probably)
84. Sally jane
85. Serrana (bow section)
86. Serrana (stern part)
87. Simla
88. Smyrna
89. Sphene
90. Spyros (possibly)
91. Teamwork
92. Terlings
93. Tweed
94. U 122 (possibly)
95. U 123
96. U 152
97. U 153 (possibly)
98. U 90
99. Ub 122 (possibly)
100. Ub 37 (probably)
101. Val de saire
102. Vari solo sailor
103. Varvassi
104. Volkerak
105. War knight
106. Westville
107. Witte zee
108. Woodham
109. Wyndhurst
110. Y48

 

Name: AALESUND (POSSIBLY)

Length 44.5 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 414 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built of iron in 1890 by stavanger stoberi & dok, stavanger. owned at time of loss by dampsk. akties, aalesund. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 41hp, single shaft. passage cean for cardiff. in ballast. torpedoed by uc-51 near st catherine's point.

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H6899/55 16.12.55 H6899/55 16.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 502349N, 012326W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. (HMS SCOTT, 4.11.55). 14.9.81 14.9.81 NOW CHARTED AS USC 20MTRS WITH LEGEND 'WKS' [SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH WK [18934] IN SAME POSN]. HH100/351/05 29.11.91 HH100/351/05 29.11.91 IDENTIFIED AS HMS LISTRAC. (M J WOODWARD). HH100/351/12 24.2.97 HH100/351/12 24.2.97 HMS LISTRAC IS IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN 502552N, 011940W [SEE 18946]. HAS BEEN VERIFIED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES. (R RIMMER). 4.2.00 4.2.00 [18934] NOW AMENDED DEAD. AMEND TO WK USC 20MTRS, DELETE LEGEND 'WKS'. BR STD. HH090/962/01 10.12.02 HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 16.7.02 IN 5023.819N, 0123.644W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP EXTENDS 33MTRS ALONG 000/180 DEGS. LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK, PARTIALLY BURIED. ON ITS SIDE WITH EXTENSIVE, SHALLOW SCOUR. M WOODWARD SUGGESTS THIS COULD BE AALESUND. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 32.6, FOUL 33.1MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 25.5.05 HH100/351/22 25.5.05 THIS COULD BE FLAXMOSS. STERN SECTION IS INVERTED WITH PROP UPPERMOST. STANDS UP SOME 5-6MTRS. MIDSHIPS MACHINERY AND SINGLE BOILER ARE FAIRLY FLATTENED. HAVE POSSIBLY SEEN SOME GRANITE CHIPS ON THE WRECK, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT VERY LIKELY TO BE FLAXMOSS. (D C WENDES, EMAIL DTD 24.5.05). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN & PARTIALLY BURIED, ON ITS SIDE, SCOUR RUNS 000/180

Position: 50 23.819 N,1 23.644 W

 

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