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 58 11.837 N,6 23.183 W (58.184183333333, -6.34595)

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 114.3 meter, width: 15.4 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 4454 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1899 by c connel & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by united ss co of copenhagen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 353 hp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co, glasgow. passage copenhagen for baltimore. in ballast. stranded and lost while seeking shelter in nne force 12.

Year of registration: 1908

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 1908, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2258/08 POSN 581150N, 062302W, MARKED BY SPH BUOY, FR. FORE PART OF WK SHOWS AT LW WATER. BRIDGE & STERN AWASH AT HW. STERN IS MARKED BY POST WHICH SHOWS 4FT AT HW. STERN 297.5 DEGS, 3.81C; BOWS 297DEGS, 4.1C FROM SEID ROCK BN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1919. H4744/26 6.8.26 WK NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, FLG.10S. (STORNOWAY PIER & HBR COMMISSIONERS NM DTD 17.7.26).

- NM 1377/26. H1824/29 22.3.29 BUOY TEMPORARILY OFF STATION. (STORNOWAY PIER & HBR COMMISSIONERS). - TNM 469/29. H1824/29 BUOY REPLACED. (STORNOWAY PIER & HBR COMMISSSIONERS). - TNM 469/29 CANCELLED. H989/31 31.7.31 DISPERSED TO 20FT BELOW LWST. BUOY REMOVED 21.3.31. (STORNOWAY, 20.7.31). BR STD.. H1402/33 BUOY BROKEN ADRIFT. (STORNOWAY HM). - TNM ISSUED. H1402/33 21.3.33 WK TO BE MARKED BY UNLIT BUOY. (STORNOWAY HM). NCA YET. H1402/33 16.6.33 H1402/33 16.6.33 G SPH BUOY LAID 300DEGS, 3.49C FROM SEID ROCK BN. (STORNOWAY HBR MASTER).

- NM 905/33. H1321/40 27.5.40 BUOY HAS SUNK WILL BE REPLACED LATER. (STORNOWAY PIER & HBR COMMISSIONERS). H1321/40 30.5.40 BUOY HAS BEEN REPLACED. (STORNOWAY, NOIC). H1321/40 18.12.43 BUOY REMOVED. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2720/43. H2438/76 2.3.76 LOCATED 9.9.75 IN 581151.6N, 062305.0W USING HSA. SOUNDED & INVESTIGATED BY DIVER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LIES NEAR THE EDGE OF A LEDGE. INTACT BUT DISTORTED WITH PROTRUDING TORN PLATES. LIES ON ITS SIDE, COVERING AN AREA 70MTRS LONG X 20MTRS WIDE. LIES 118/298DEGS. LEAST E/S DEPTH AT SOUTHERN END, 5.8MTRS. (HMS HERALD, HI 24/75).

- NM 562/76. H1289/76/338 12.10.76 WK LOCATED IN ABOVE POSN, IS EXTENSIVE & CONFUSED, SHOWING EVERY SIGN OF DISPERSAL BY EXPLOSIVES. RECOGNITION OF OBJECTS WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO THE DAMAGE & POOR VISIBILITY. WK COVERED IN A FINE LAYER OF SILT. THE HIGHEST OBSTN, BELIEVED TO BE A CARGO BOOM, WAS AT A RECORDED DEPTH OF 20FT. THE BULK OF THE WK LIES BETWEEN 35FT BELOW SURFACE TO THE BOTTOM AT 50FT. (RAF BRIZE NORTON SAC 1976, HEBRIDES SURVEY). NCA. 17.6.09 SHOWN IN 5811.836N, 0623.150W [EUT] ON 2529 [JUNE 09' EDN]. SEP 2019/000020223 21.2.19 WK LOCATED IN 5811.83N, 0623.16W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.710MTRS. NFS. (STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY A6250G SURVEY DTD 2017). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED. RSDRA2020/000083672 09.04.2020 WK LOCATED IN 5811.837N, 0623.183W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 2.7MTRS. NFS. (STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY NM 12/2020. REPORTED DIVER SIGHTING, DTD 03.04.2020). AMENDED POSN AND DEPTH TO 2.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, WELL DISPERSED, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER. UK NM 2393/20

Position: 58 11.837 N,6 23.183 W

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