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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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