Wreck: Alabama (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Alabama (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.177 N,1 41.597 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: ALABAMA (POSSIBLY)

Length 66.8 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 891 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1897 by fevigjernskibs gerei, arendal. owned at time of loss by actis alabama. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 171hp, single shaft. passage le havre for newcastle-upon-tyne. in ballast. struck mine laid by uc-1 and sank.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 53 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170403

Details measurements/cartography: H2302/16 POSN 513319N, 014232E. - FNM 188/16. H7718/18 INS ON CHARTS. H2509/22 1.5.22 LEAST DEPTH 32FT IN THIS AREA AFTER SWEEPING OPS. (HMS KELLETT, 23.8.22). H6345/26 4.11.26 INS NDW (1916) ON 1975. H7040/29 12.5.59 SWEPT AT LW. CLEAR AT 90FT OVER AREA 4C BY 3C. NO TRACE FOUND. (TH, 18.10.29). H5197/70 9.12.70 POSSIBLE WK IN 513311N, 014139E. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 27.11.70). H5197/70 10.8.71 WK IN 513308N, 014143E. SWEPT DEPTH 24.9MTRS (13FMS 4FT). (HMS FAWN, HN). INS SW 13FMS 4FT. BR STD. H4988/71 4.1.72 ORIGINAL AREA EXTENSIVELY SEARCHED (ABOUT 0.75M SQUARE) USING FISHERMANS & DCS3. NO TRACE FOUND. (HMS FAWN, K6274). DELETED. NE 1610. H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 513302N, 014143E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.9, FOUL 25.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.0 IN GEN DEPTH 32.0MTRS. SCOUR 34.0MTRS. LIES 052/232 DEGS. ABOUT 235FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). AMEND TO SW 24.9 IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.5.73 AMEND TO SW 25.0MTRS. NC 2051. H1270/81 27.1.83 AMEND TO SW 24.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 5.1.96 EXAM'D 20.7.95 IN 513310.49N, 014136.02E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 25.2, FOUL 25.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.4 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5-32MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. POSSIBLY NETTED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT, RETAIN AS SW 24.5MTRS (CORRECTLY ROUNDED) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.7.01 PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE SS DUIVELAND. SEE [14155]. SEP 2017/000123580 22.9.17 EXAM'D 3.4.17; IN 5133.177N, 0141.597E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 25.77MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 12.4MTRS, HEIGHT 7.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 053/233 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 435MTRS, 8.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 216 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 33.177 N,1 41.597 E

 

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