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 (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Adams beck (probably)
3. Albano
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Baltanglia
7. Bangarth
8. Blairhall
9. British officer (after part)
10. Buka
11. Bullger
12. Cairnglen
13. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
14. Coquet mouth
15. Cor jesu (possibly)
16. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
17. Don (possibly)
18. Dora
19. Driebergen
20. Dutchman
21. Eagle iii
22. Elziena
23. Elziena (possibly)
24. Espire
25. Eston
26. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eventide
30. Fenella
31. Ferryhill
32. Fingal
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. Gottfried (possibly)
35. Grit
36. Gudbrand (possibly)
37. H c flood (possibly)
38. H c flood (probably)
39. Hanne
40. Hazard (probably)
41. Hekla (possibly)
42. Hercules
43. Heros (possibly)
44. Hesvik (possibly)
45. Hmms 180
46. Hms ben ardna (probably)
47. Hms elise
48. Hms elise (possibly)
49. Hms ethel taylor
50. Hms herring
51. Hms james ludford
52. Hms kopanes
53. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
54. Hms patia
55. Hms southsea
56. Hms star of devoran
57. Hms william hallet (possibly)
58. Hms witherington
59. Hmsm unity (probably)
60. Hooghammen
61. Hornchurch (probably)
62. Humber
63. Igor
64. Ilios (possibly)
65. Ilious
66. Invergyle
67. John m smart (possibly).
68. Jolly girls
69. Jolly girls (possibly)
70. Jonkoping i (possibly)
71. Kalua
72. Kamma
73. Lafonia
74. Longbird
75. Lunesdale (possibly)
76. Lyng
77. Marcheller (possibly)
78. Marne (part of)(possibly)
79. Mars
80. Morlaix (probably)
81. Nidelven
82. Nike (possibly)
83. Nyula
84. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
85. Orion (probably)
86. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
87. Peik (probably)
88. Polleon (possibly)
89. Poltava (possibly)
90. Princess maud (possibly)
91. Protector (possibly)
92. Providence
93. Provider a
94. Prunelle
95. Queen wilhelmina
96. Quest (probably)
97. Ragnhild (possibly)
98. Ragni (probably)
99. Recorder (possibly)
100. Regian
101. Renen
102. Richard de larrinaga
103. Rio colorado
104. Rising sun
105. Rosa (possibly)
106. Rotha
107. Sargasso (possibly)
108. Scott miller
109. Snowdrop (possibly)
110. Spey (possibly)
111. Sphynx
112. Spray
113. Strinheim
114. Svava
115. Swiftly
116. Tadorne
117. The tetrarch (probably)
118. Triumph
119. Ub 115 (possibly)
120. Upcerne
121. Wearsider

 

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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