This is the information page about the shipwreck Alacrity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.852 N,5 39.493 W (50.164200, -5.658217)

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: ALACRITY

Length 53.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 554 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1940 by goole shipbuilding & repair co ltd, goole. owned by f t everard & sons ltd. 5 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage swansea for brussels. ran aground at portheras cove in thick fog. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1963, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H3963/63 23.10.63 WK ASHORE IN 500949N, 053926W [OGB] IN PORTHERAS COVE 5C E OF PENDEEN LT. (TH, 2.10.63). FOR FILING ONLY. H1282/77/116 4.5.77 DRIES AT LOW TIDE, PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SAND. BOWS STAND 3 OR 4FT HIGH. PART OF THE RIBS ARE VISIBLE AS IS PART OF THE STERN SECTION. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). NCA. 23.4.81 REQUEST BY DUCHY OF CORNWALL & LOCAL COUNCIL TO DISPOSE OF WK AS IT IS A DANGER TO SWIMMERS. NCA. 13.12.11 NOT IN NAVIGABLE AREA. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 9.852 N,5 39.493 W

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