This is the information page about the shipwreck Albatross, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.629 N,0 4.622 W (54.17715, -0.0770333)

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.

Name: ALBATROSS

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 17 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160218

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/84/43 5.8.86 FOUL REPD IN 541022N, 000428W. POSN BY DECCA. (W R DODGSON, 28.11.84). H090/730/01 17.12.97 LOCATED IN 541038.5N, 000438.9W [WGD] FROM DCS3 PLOT USING DGPS. LIES IN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE AND NOT FULLY SURVEYED. GEN DEPTH FROM ADJACENT LINE 42MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). PROBABLY UPRIGHT & INTACT. INS AS WK 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/35/121 4.6.04 DIVED IN 5410.633N, 004.662W [WGD]. AN OLD, ENGINE AFT, IRON SS. ABOUT 35MTRS IN LENGTH WITH AN INTACT STERN AREA. COMPOUND ENGINE IS IN PLACE AND STANDS JUST PROUD OF THE CURRENT DECK LEVEL. COMPASS PEDESTAL ON TOP OF THE SINGLE BOILER. STEERNING ENGINE AND BELL LOCATED. FWD IS A LARGE WINCH. IDENTIFIED FROM THE BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 15.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5410.629N, 0004.622W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 41.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 017/197. SCOUR LENGTH 50.2MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 016. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WRECK MAINLY INTACT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 38MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact

Position: 54 10.629 N,0 4.622 W

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