This is the information page about the shipwreck Alaska, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.785 N,0 32.412 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

1. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Ariel
7. Arno (possibly)
8. Atlas (probably)
9. Axwell
10. Basil-2
11. Broadhurst (probably)
12. Cairndhu
13. Candia
14. Carbineer
15. City of mexico
16. Clan macmillan
17. Coral
18. Del rio
19. Donegal (possibly)
20. Duke of buccleuch
21. Frode
22. Gartland
23. Gascony
24. Germa geisha
25. Giuseppina accame
26. Glenlee
27. Hedwig lunstedt
28. Highland corrie
29. Hmcs alberni
30. Hms evadne (possibly)
31. Hms implacable
32. Hms loyalty
33. Hms minion
34. Hms moldavia
35. Hms northcoates
36. Hms pine
37. Hms sapper
38. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
39. Hooness
40. Ikeda (possibly)
41. Indiana
42. Ingo
43. Jaffa
44. Lightfoot (possibly)
45. Lola (possibly)
46. London trader (possibly)
47. Lowmount
48. Lulonga (possibly)
49. Maaslust
50. Marga
51. Marie marguerite (possibly)
52. Miown
53. Molesey (possibly)
54. Ny-eeasteyr
55. Pentyrch
56. Polandia (possibly)
57. Porthkerry
58. Quail
59. Ramsgarth
60. Ramsholm (possibly)
61. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
62. Saint andre (probably)
63. Saint enogat
64. Shirala
65. Sines (possibly)
66. Stanwold
67. Stavros (possibly)
68. Teelin head
69. U 86 (formerly)
70. U 86 (possibly)
71. Vesuvio (possibly)
72. Vigda
73. War helmet
74. Warilda
75. Whale unit 552 (possibly)
76. Zaanstroom

 

Name: ALASKA

Length 129.5 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5399 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Built in 1922 by the sunderland shipbuilding co, sunderland. onwed at time of loss by cie generale trnasatlantique. bure boilers, triple expansion engine of 629nhp, single shaft. passage coronel for le havre. sank following collision with ss dotterel 12m se of owers ltv. cargo included copper, zinc, wolfram and antimony ore. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 57 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 12 MILES SE OF OWERS LIGHT VESSEL. (DODS). H0150/39 16.11.39 NDWPA IN 503015N, 002530W. (NITON RADIO). BR STD. H0150/39 5.3.45 POSN GIVEN AS 503212N, 002454W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H0150/39 24.7.47 THOUGHT TO BE IN 503212N, 002454W BUT WK IN THIS POSN FOUND TO BE OF 5000TONS. LATER FOUND BY HMS STEEPHOLM IN 503054N, 003224W. DEPTH OVER WK 27FMS IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS. (CSO PORTSMOUTH & HMS STEEPHOLM 28.6.47). BR STD. H0150/39 31.10.51 SALVAGE OPERATIONS JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1947; APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1948; APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1949 & APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1950. COMPLETED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1951. (RISDON BEAZLEY JULY TO OCTOBER 1951). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC 18MTRS. NC 1652. H4121/76 31.1.77 NOTHING LOCATED IN 503054N, 003224W, BUT A WRECK WAS LOCATED 17.6.76 IN 503017N, 003035W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. PRESUMED THIS TO BE THE 'ALASKA' BUT WRECK APPEARS SLIGHTLY TOO SMALL FOR A 5399 TON VESSEL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 68.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS. LENGTH 77MTRS. LYING 020/200DEGS. HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 492/77. HH090/952/01 28.10.03 NOT LOCATED IN 5030.283N, 0030.583W. EXAM'D 26.4.03 IN 5030.785N, 0032.412W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.7 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. LIES 057/237 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. A LARGE WK SURROUNDED BY A CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS FIELD. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 423/04. 6.12.06 CONFIRMED TO BE ALASKA FROM COPPER INGOTS RECOVERED. FULL DIVE REPORT TO FOLLOW. (N ISHERWOOD, TELECON 5.12.06) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 50 30.785 N,0 32.412 W

 

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