This is the information page about the shipwreck Albanian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 28.936 N,3 53.789 W (53.360516666667, -3.7421666666667)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Albanian
3. Albion (probably)
4. Amlwch rose
5. Ardlough
6. Ben cruachan
7. Bijou
8. Braeglen
9. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
10. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
11. Cambank
12. Cartegena
13. Chacabuco (possibly)
14. Chagres
15. Clytie
16. Constance
17. Cork
18. Delfina
19. Dublin
20. Fb 110 (possibly)
21. Fb 112 (possibly)
22. Fb 116 (possibly)
23. Fb 118 (possibly)
24. Fb 265 (possibly)
25. Fb 267 (possibly)
26. Fb 275 (possibly)
27. Fb 278 (possibly)
28. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
29. Fb 295 (possibly)
30. Fb 296 (possibly)
31. Fb 297 (possibly)
32. Fb 300 (possibly)
33. Fb 43 (possibly)
34. Fb 47 (possibly)
35. Fb 56 (possibly)
36. Fb 72 (possibly)
37. Fb 83 (possibly)
38. Fb 86 (possibly)
39. Fb 98 (probably)
40. Ghambira
41. Gleneden
42. Horizon (possibly)
43. Hornby (possibly)
44. Hoveringham 2
45. Katy
46. Kilcoan (probably)
47. Kinkorth
48. Linda blanche
49. Lynkar
50. Manx fairy
51. Marie moller
52. Mermaid (probably)
53. Miriam thomas
54. Mtb 539
55. Nicola faith
56. Nydia (probably)
57. Ocean monarch
58. Penrhos (probably)
59. Penstone
60. Princess victoria
61. Rea 1
62. Rea 10
63. Rea 5
64. Rea 7 (possibly)
65. Rea 8 (possibly)
66. Rea 9 (possibly)
67. Residu
68. Rhosneigr
69. Rothsay castle
70. Seahow
71. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
72. Strathrye
73. Tijl uilenspiegel
74. Tongue beacon (possibly)
75. Torch
76. Tt 6 (possibly)
77. Vigsnes
78. Vine (possibly)

 

Name: ALBANIAN

Length 89 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1417 ton

Cause: built in 1870 by t royden & sons, liverpool. owned at time of loss by bibby line, liverpool. two boilers, compound inverted engine of 170nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for genoa & leghorn. sank following collision with wooden barque nydia (9834 tons, built 1853) in clear weather. albanian maintained course with nydia close to the wind and was struck by nydia port side, aft of the bridge. third officer penny was held to be wholly responsible for the collision through holding course. (sibi et al).

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 20210814

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/82/24 9.9.82 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 532859N, 035354W [OGB], USING DECCA YACHT NAVIGATOR. STANDS ABOUT 2FMS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 24FMS (NO TIDAL REDUCTION APPLIED). DEEP SCOUR TO W OF WK. (D TURNER, 21.8.82). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H1310/84/37 5.11.84 DIVED ON 10.6.84 IN 532854N, 035318W. APPARENTLY AN EARLY SS WITH CURVED 'CLIPPER' BOW AND COUNTER STERN. LIES UPRIGHT IN 36MTRS OF WATER (U) AND STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINS. ABOUT 200FT LONG, LYING WITH BOWS NE. (P L SMITH, 22.10.84). AMEND WK 28MTRS. BR STD. H3838/86 3.12.87 WK 26.5 IN GEN DEPTH 35.8MTRS, IN 532856N, 035344W. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 2.12.87).

- NM 366/88. H2993/88 13.6.88 EXAM'D 29.11.87 IN 532856N, 035344W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.5 IN GEN DEPTH 35.5MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS DEEP. EXAM'D ALSO BY HMS BULLDOG. HYDROSEARCH - VERT HT 6.9MTRS, SHADOW HT 9.3MTRS. LYING IN TWO PARTS, WELL BROKEN-UP, 165/345 DEG. LENGTH 106MTRS, BEAM 9.7MTRS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT WITH COLLAPSED SUPERSTRUCTURE AND HIGHEST POINT AT S END OF LARGER NORTHERN PIECE. CHART AS WK 26.5MTRS. (HMS HECATE, HI 357). NFA. HH100/351/04 26.7.91 DIVED ON. CONFIRMED TO BE IN TWO PARTS. THOUGHT LIKELY TO BE WK OF BIBBY LINE SS ALBANIAN. (K HURLEY, 11.7.91). 7.8.92 CONFIRMED AS WK OF THE ALBANIAN. (HUMBER SALVAGE UK LTD. 3.7.92). 15.11.93 REPD NOW TO BE IN 3 PIECES FOLLOWING SALVAGE BY THE `PETREL' OF THE TUBING. (TELECON, P DAY). 2.5.14 FWD PART COLLAPSED, MIDSHIPS UPRIGHT, STERN BROKEN AND LIES TO STBD. (DIVER MAGAZINE, MAY 2014). NCA. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 14.08.2021; IN 5328.936N, 0353.789W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 93.4MTRS, WIDTH 22.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK WITH BOW PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, HALF MID-SECTION COLLAPSED AND BURIED, AND STERN COLLAPSED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-8124). AMEND DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck with bow partially collapsed, half mid-section collapsed and buried, and stern collapsed.

Position: 53 28.936 N,3 53.789 W

 

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