This is the information page about the shipwreck Alabama, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 45.138 N,1 41.719 W (49.752300, -1.695317)

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: ALABAMA

Length 78 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1040 ton

Cause: three masted wooden aux. sv, barquentine rigged. sunk in a "duel" fought with us federal sloop kearsage off cherbourg. (dods) telegraph magazine report and photos held in press articles branch folder.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/8 9.2.88 WK LOCATED AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN OCT 1984 BY FRENCH MINEHUNTER "CIRCE". MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. (P. ENAULT, 11.1.88). POSN 494500N, 014300W FOR FILING ONLY. H1310/88/21 8.4.88 PRECISE POSN, DETERMINED BY SYLEDIS, IS 494518N, 014143W. AVERAGE DEPTH 60MTRS. ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN SEABED WITH BOW BROKEN AND DETACHED FROM MAIN PART OF WK. ONLY DIVED BY NAVAL DIVERS UNDER STRICT CONTROL. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY (NO DISTURBANCE) IS PLANNED FOR APL/MAY '88. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (P ENAULT, 10.3.88). HH100/351/01 22.11.89 LIES WITHIN AN AREA OF MOBILE SANDWAVES AND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED. EXAMINED MAY-JUNE '89 BY A FRENCH/AMERICAN UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM . FURTHER DIVES TOOK PLACE OCT '89. (P ENAULT, 20.10.89). HH351/352/01 27.2.91 EXAM'D 1990 IN 494511.5N, 014138.5W [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.1 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. BROKEN UP, LYING 190/010 DEG, BOW S. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED BY DIVERS. (FRENCH NM 91 05 19 & FRENCH WK RECORDS). BR STD. 11.6.92 WK IS SUBJECT OF A BILATERAL TREATY BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS OF USA AND FRANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROTECTION AND STUDY OF THIS SITE. (LAW OF THE SEA BULLETIN, NO.20, MARCH 1992). HH351/520/01 3.12.92 AREA PROHIBITED FOR DIVERS. RADIUS 5 CABLES CENTRED ON 494530N, 014200W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 92 42 36).

- NM 3475/92. 15.1.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 23.4.99 NOTED AS LIMITED DIFFUSION. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMENDED TO RESTRICTED - COMMERCIAL. SEP 2015/000182665 30.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 49MTRS IN 4945.138N, 0141.719W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7092 [ED 4, COR TO 11.8.15]. AMEND TO NDW 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: CONFERERATION FLAG

Position: 49 45.138 N,1 41.719 W

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