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 (50.396983, -1.394067)

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: 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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