This is the information page about the shipwreck Alaric (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 54.249 N,5 23.055 W (51.817616666667, -5.40105)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ALARIC (POSSIBLY)
Length 59.3 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1262 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: built in 1860 by ruddick, new brunswick. owned at time of loss by o ownes, liverpool. passage pensecola for liverpool. cargo wood. straned and lost in a gale. (sibi). reported to have been sighted bottom up 1m w of green scar rock, off solva and later sank with all hands. (pembrokeshire shipwrecks).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1969, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 11.3.69 H3542/68 11.3.69 THE WK OF THE ALARIC BREAKING UP IN 515413.5N, 052259.5W [OGB]. WRECKAGE IS ALSO REPORTED 211.5DEGS, 400FT FROM QUOTED POSN WHICH MAY BE PART OF SAME WK. (R EDMUNDS, LTR 19.12.68) NCA AWAITING SURVEY REPORTS. H3542/68 2.4.69 H3542/68 2.4.69 REPORTED TO LIE IN A NE/SW DIRECTION. (R EDMUNDS, LTR 27.3.69) INS AS DWP IN 515413.5N, 052259.5W [OGB]. BA 1482. H3542/68 21.7.71 H3542/68 21.7.71 SHOWN AS DW. NC 1482. H4919/77 29.12.77 H4919/77 29.12.77 THIS COULD BE STEEL HULLED S/V (SEE [12106] DEAD) IN 515410N, 052258W [OGB]. THE WK OF THE PATRICK (NOT RECORDED) IS ALSO AROUND THIS AREA. (E GILES). H1950/80 12.1.82 H1950/80 12.1.82 NOT FOUND NOR SPECIALLY SEARCHED FOR. (HMS FOX, HI 20) NCA. 22.2.13 22.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 5154.249N, 0523.055W. 22.1.13 22.1.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. TOO CLOSE INSHORE TO SURVEY. (EMU, HI 1365). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 54.249 N,5 23.055 W