This is the information page about the shipwreck Ala, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.879 N,0 52.295 W (50.697983, -0.871583)

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: ALA

Length 61.1 meter, width: 9.7 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 933 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 17.5.41 built in 1916 by akt. jarlso vaeft, tonsberg, norway. owned at time of loss by e b aabys rederi a/s. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 83hp, single shaft. passage shorham for southampton. sank while under tow by s tug security. had previously been attacked by enemy aircraft on 17.5.41 off shoreham and was beached near shoreham in sinking condition.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190305

Details measurements/cartography: H2174/41 26.6.41 SUNK IN 504151N, 005206W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2174/41 18.7.41 CHARTED AS DW IN 504151N, 005206W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1659/41. H2174/41 18.7.41 INS G CAN BUOY 016DEGS 200YDS FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TFNM 1667/41. H2174/41 6.8.46 AMEND TO WK 6FMS [11.0MTRS] AND DELETE BUOY. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 2521/46. H2214/70 4.3.70 NOT LOCATED DESPITE INTENSIVE SEARCH BY BOTH TRANSIT AND FISHERMEN'S SONAR. (SCESU, R-OF-S, 21.1.70). LEAVE AS CHARTED, BUT PROBABLY SILTED OVER - W.O. 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 2045. H1720/65 22.9.76 REPORTED TO STAND LESS THAN 5FT ABOVE SEABED EXCEPT FOR BOILER WHICH STANDS 11FT HIGH IN 44FT MID-TIDE. ISOLATED PIECE OF WRECKAGE, APPROX 80FT LONG, LOCATED 200YDS FROM CHARTED POSN. (M WALSH, TELECON 7.9.76). NCA YET - AWAIT FURTHER REPORT. 18.11.76 CONFIRMED TO EXIST IN POSN CHARTED. LOCATED BUT NOT INVESTIGATED. (CONVERSATION WITH SCESU). H2214/70 23.12.76 3 WIDELY SPACED CONTACTS OBTAINED (A) IN 504157N, 005159W - POOR CONTACT CLASSIFIED - SMALL OBSTN, PROBABLY EPHEMERAL; (B) IN 504144N,005221W - CLASSIFIED AS POSSIBLY 2 OBSTNS - PROBABLY ONE AND AN EPHEMERAL; (C) 504159N, 005225W - PROBABLY A SMALL OBSTN. NO CONTACT WAS MADE IN CHARTED POSITION, THOUGH A REASONABLE PICTURE OF A DISPERSED OR BROKEN UP WRECK WAS OBTAINED IN 504151N, 005213.5W. (SCESU, LTR 266/6 DTD 24.11.76). AMEND TO FA 7.7MTRS IN 504151N, 005213.5W [OGB], PECKED AREA RADIUS 2 CABLES.

- NM 74/77. HH091/004 24.10.03 EXAM'D 1.7.03 IN 5041.877N, 0052.302W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.5, FOUL 8.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS THE NORTH. AN AREA OF FOUL GROUND, UNCOVERING TO REVEAL WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 1004). AMEND TO FSW 8.5MTRS WITH CIRCULAR AREA RADIUS 2 CABLES. BR STD. SEP 2019/000094901 19.05.19 EXAM'D BY BDC 5.3.19 IN 5041.879N, 0052.295W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 5.1MTRS, WIDTH 4.6MTRS. HEIGHT 3.4MTRS. STEAM BOILER - PARTIALLY BURIED. DEBRIS EXTENDS AROUND - DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. AN AREA OF FOUL GROUND, (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1561). AMEND TO OBSTRN 8.4MTRS WITH CIRCULAR AREA RADIUS 2 CABLES IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS WITH ONE MAIN PIECE PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 50 41.879 N,0 52.295 W

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