This is the information page about the shipwreck Alastair, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.998 N,1 43.632 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Carica milica
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Db 8 (possibly)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Elnet
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Firth
41. Forth
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Frumenton
45. G and e (possibly)
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Grisdeale
55. Groenlo
56. Gulf breaker
57. H h petersen
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Heworth
61. Hillglen
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hms adonis (possibly)
64. Hms arethusa
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms dundalk
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms fontenoy
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms harvest gleaner
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms holdene
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
84. Hms orthos (probably)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms sisters melville
88. Hms speeton (possibly)
89. Hms spider
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms tettenhall
92. Hms tugela
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hornchurch
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Impulsion
98. J c dalble
99. Jim
100. Kenneth hawksfield
101. Knarsdale
102. Kwasind
103. Lapwing
104. Lincairn (possibly)
105. Lingfield
106. Lisette
107. Lonhelen (possibly)
108. Magdapur
109. Mangara
110. Mardyke
111. Maria rosa
112. Marianne (probably)
113. Mascota (possibly)
114. Mascotte
115. Memento (possibly)
116. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
117. Mercurius
118. Mexico
119. Moidart
120. Mudo
121. Nadir
122. Nereus
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Nominoe
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Polgarth
135. Ren
136. Reward (possibly)
137. Rhenas (possibly)
138. Rhineland
139. Robin iv
140. Rochester city
141. Rogate
142. Roxanna
143. Savona (probably)
144. Scimitar
145. Sea king
146. Sea rhine
147. Sheaf field
148. Silksworth hall (probably).
149. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
150. Skodsburg (possibly)
151. Southford
152. St patrick
153. Sunbeam
154. Sunniside (probably)
155. Taber park
156. Tergestea
157. Thornaby (possibly)
158. Thyra
159. Tidal (possibly)
160. Torchbearer
161. Tunisiana
162. U 13 (probably)
163. Uc 62 (possibly)
164. Ui-001
165. Vae victis
166. Victorious
167. Warrenpoint
168. White ghost
169. White lady
170. White swan (possibly)
171. Wychwood (possibly)
172. Wyetown
173. Yewkyle (possibly)
174. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: ALASTAIR

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 366 ton
Load: ore

Cause: built in 1902 by j duthrie & sons ltd, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by w j duncan & w a leith. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 71hp, single shaft. machinery aft by clyne mitchell & co, aberdeen. struck two mines and sank quickly. seven lost.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 14 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SANK 4M E OF SOUTHWOLD. (WW1SL). INS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA (1915), MARKED BY BUOY. - FNM ACTION. H3095/18 30.5.18 SEARCH MADE BUT NOTHING FOUND. (TH). H3158/18 5.6.18 FNM CANCELLING FORMER NOTICE & WITHDRAWING BUOY. (TH) - FNM ACTION. H4282/26 14.10.26 NOW SHOWN AS NDW PA (1915). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 102. H4167/59 1.6.60 SHOWN AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1543. H3273/61 9.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 45FT, FOUL 48FT. LEAST E/S 46FT IN 66FT. (HMS SCOTT, 14.9.61). AMEND TO WK SW 7FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. NE 1543. H909/66 18.5.66 LEAST E/S 46FT IN 66FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT AT 1200YDS. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.66). 31.7.74 SHOWN AS WK SW 13.7MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 2.4.85 EXAMINED 4.12.84 IN 521358N, 014345E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 19-19.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.9 TO 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, APPROX, BREADTH 11MTRS. LYING 025/205DEG. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP2016/000091759 11.12.16 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5213.998N, 0143.632E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 014/194 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 32.51MTRS, 0.26MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 025 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 14.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 13.998 N,1 43.632 E

 

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