This is the information page about the shipwreck Albert c field (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.249 N,1 45.381 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Betelgeuse (bow section)
14. Betsy anna
15. Bobbyb
16. Borgny
17. Braedale (probably)
18. Brestois
19. Bretagne
20. Britannia (probably)
21. Campen
22. Carbon
23. Carentan
24. Castle crag
25. Castlereagh
26. Ceres (possibly)
27. Cheyenne
28. Clan macvey
29. Clarinda
30. Cleddy (probably)
31. Coquetdale (probably)
32. Dagmar
33. Derna (probably)
34. Dulce t
35. Dumfries
36. Dungrange
37. El kahira
38. Emile miguet
39. Empire crusader
40. Ernest lagouve
41. Espagne
42. Everleigh
43. Excelsior (possibly)
44. Fenna (probably)
45. Fleur de lys
46. Fluent
47. General jackson
48. Georgios kyriakides
49. Goathland
50. Halsewell
51. Hartburn (probably)
52. Hartley (possibly)
53. Heronspool
54. Hms acheron (bow section)
55. Hms acheron (stern section)
56. Hms albion ii
57. Hms assurance
58. Hms courageous
59. Hms eleanor (probably)
60. Hms fame
61. Hms john mitchell
62. Hms michael clements
63. Hms new dawn
64. Hms pomone
65. Hms sargasso
66. Hms warwick deeping
67. Hms waterlily
68. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
69. Hmsm upstart
70. Ice prince
71. Iona
72. Irex
73. Janna
74. Jgena (possibly)
75. Juno
76. Kafiristan
77. Kong guttorm (probably)
78. Kyarra
79. Lady of avenel
80. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
81. Lct 809
82. Lcvp 120
83. Leny (possibly)
84. Leticia
85. License to kill (possibly)
86. Lil boat
87. Lochavon
88. Louisiane
89. Luxor
90. Margaret smith
91. Mayflower
92. Mechanician
93. Messina
94. Michelle
95. Midland queen
96. Miefield
97. Millmer
98. Molina
99. Myrtlegrove (probably)
100. Nailsea lass
101. Navasota
102. Neree (possibly)
103. Nestlea
104. Nichola (probably)
105. Normandy
106. Nw68
107. Nw96
108. Pescalanza
109. Piedras
110. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
111. Rapana
112. Reindeer
113. Rosehill (probably)
114. Sally jane
115. San fernando
116. Seahawk
117. Security (possibly)
118. Serrana (bow section)
119. Serrana (stern part)
120. Sheer grace
121. Smyrna
122. Southampton
123. Spyros (possibly)
124. Start
125. Surdelo
126. Teamwork
127. Terlings
128. Theodoros t
129. Tiiu
130. Togimo
131. U 480
132. Ub 37 (probably)
133. Vari solo sailor
134. Varvassi
135. Venezuela
136. Vera (probably)
137. Vikholmen
138. Waitara
139. War knight
140. Westville
141. Witte zee
142. Woodbury
143. Xania

 

Name: ALBERT C FIELD (PROBABLY)

Length 77.1 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1764 ton
Load: armament

Cause: built in 1923 by furness sb co, haverton, hull-on-tees. owned at time of loss by upper lakes & st lawrence transportation co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 111nhp, single shaft. passage southampton and penarth for normandy. cargo 2500 tons ammuntion. was torpedoed and sunk by german aircraft whilst part of a d-day beach-head convoy. the cargo exploded. four men lost.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H01007/40 19.6.44 WK IN 502800N, 014600W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST, JUNE 1944). NOTHING KNOWN ABOUT THIS WK IN HO. TRADE DIVISION GAVE AUTHORITY AS SIGNALLED BY HMS VIDETTE ON 19.6.44. H3737/44 28.4.44 WK IN 502830N, 014430W. PROBABLE WK OF 'ALBERT C FIELD'. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 28.4.44). 7.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 502830N, 014600W. F6841. 6.1.56 POSN ALSO COVERS UNKNOWN WK IN VICINITY. H4451/77 3.4.84 MINISTRY POLICY REGARDING THE 'ALBERT C FIELD' IS THAT 'IT SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED'. (D OF C/SS, NSS71B/2393, 15.2.84). H1310/88/4 13.1.88 WK RECENTLY LOCATED IN 502815N, 014535W [OGB] USING DECCA, MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE A FLATTENED MASS OF PLATES AND GIRDERS. BOILER REMAINS, STANDING ABOUT 4MTRS HIGH. LARGE NUMBER OF EXPLODED BRASS SHELL CASES ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE WRECK SITE. NO UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION SIGHTED. ALMOST CERTAINLY THE 'ALBERT C FIELD'. (S SHOVLAR, 4.1.88). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5028.247N, 0145.383W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.4, FOUL 31.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. AN AREA OF WRECKAGE COVERING 95MTRS BY 85MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. BR STD. 16.10.08 DIVED 6.08 IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE, 4MTRS BY E/S. ONLY RECOGNISABLE PART IS THE BOILER WHICH STANDS 4MTRS HIGH WITH RUDDER AND PROP (MINUS BLADES) LEANING AGAINST IT. CASES LITTER THE SEABED, DATED 1943. (G LOCKETT). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5028.249N, 0145.382W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 180/000 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 318 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOILER IS THE ONLY RECOGNISABLE PART

Position: 50 28.249 N,1 45.381 W

 

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