Wreck: Albano (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Albano, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 15.387 N,1 22.068 W (55.256450, -1.367800)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ALBANO
Length 76.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1176 ton
Load: coal,minerals
Cause: built in 1912 by earl's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by ellerman wilson line. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 168 nhp, single shaft. passage hull for bergen. struck a german laid mine and & sank. 9 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 128.5 DEGS 7.6 MILES FROM COQUET LT. (WW2SL). H0151/40 13.6.40 INS AS NDWPA IN 551505N, 012120W. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1475/40. H460/67 3.4.67 LOCATED IN 551517N, 012221W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 73FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 139 IN GEN DEPTH 164FT. SCOUR DEPTH 172FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 21.9.66). AMEND TO WK 23FMS. BR STD. 7.6.72 AMEND TO WK 12FMS. LC 1192. 14.3.74 AMEND TO SW 22MTRS. NC 156. H1270/85 14.10.85 SWEPT DEPTH FROM CLEARANCE SWEEP ONLY. ACCEPT LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED BY HMS ENTERPRISE. AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH090843/01 6.1.00 EXAM'D 2.6.99 IN 5515.387N, 0122.068W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.3 IN GEN DEPTH 49.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN UP
Position: 55 15.387 N,1 22.068 W
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