This is the information page about the shipwreck Albertville, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 34.881 N,0 4.762 E (49.749166666667, 0.34178333333333)

 

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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. A 12
2. A a raven
3. A dieu vat (probably)
4. A1-38
5. A1-7
6. A2-61
7. A2-66
8. Abbe garos
9. Ada (possibly)
10. Adamandios georgandis (possibly)
11. Adamantious lemos (possibly)
12. Agenoria
13. Agios spyridon (possibly)
14. Agnus dei
15. Agrion
16. Akaroa
17. Alabama
18. Albertville
19. Algonquin (possibly)
20. Alkmini
21. Aloa
22. Altair
23. Alynbank
24. Ambassadrice
25. Amiable lucitte
26. Ammersee
27. Amsterdam
28. Angelique
29. Anglian
30. Antoinette
31. Antonios
32. Antonios (probably)
33. Armas
34. Artois
35. Au revoir
36. August rose
37. Auguste and louise
38. Aurelie
39. Aurelien
40. B1-72
41. B1-89
42. B1-90
43. B1-98
44. Baden
45. Balance
46. Ballarat
47. Barsac
48. Barsac
49. Beatrice maud
50. Beatty rose (possibly)
51. Beauport
52. Beaverburn
53. Beaverburn (probably)
54. Beechpark
55. Belfort
56. Belle colombe
57. Benin
58. Bess mitchell
59. Bizon (possibly)
60. Bizon (probably)
61. Bobrix (possibly)
62. Bohera
63. Bonafide
64. Bonne sainte rita
65. Bosphorous (possibly)
66. Bostonian (probably)
67. Breakaway of yare
68. Bremenry
69. Briagha mara
70. Briardene (possibly)
71. Brigamara
72. Brighton
73. Brinette (probably)
74. Briseis
75. British influence
76. Bruges
77. Buchanness
78. Burgerdijk (probably)
79. Buzuzlo (ex weston)
80. Cab
81. Cabo villano
82. Cadeby (probably)
83. Calvados
84. Campeador
85. Cap horn des mers
86. Capitaine cook
87. Capri
88. Captain niko
89. Carl
90. Carpathia
91. Carpo (possibly)
92. Carrouest one (possibly)
93. Carrouest one (possibly)
94. Castleford
95. Catena
96. Chaloupe 112
97. Chameau
98. Channel queen
99. Chant 6
100. Chant 6
101. Chantereyne
102. Chanzi
103. Charles
104. Charles morgan
105. Chattahoochee (possibly)
106. Chrisimas
107. Christine
108. Cid
109. Cistude
110. Citta de bari
111. City of corinth (possibly)
112. Clarrie
113. Comrades
114. Condesa
115. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
116. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
117. Constantia s (fwd part)
118. Cookburn
119. Corail
120. Cornucopia (possibly)
121. Corsaire
122. Costello
123. Courbet
124. Credo du marin
125. Crown of castile
126. Cubana
127. Cyrenian
128. Dagenham
129. Dambuster
130. Derrycunihy
131. Diamantis
132. Diamantis (possibly)
133. Diane
134. Dimbovita
135. Dinard (possibly)
136. Discovery
137. Dohe
138. Douro
139. Dr rudolf wahrendorff
140. Dromore
141. Duchess of cornwall
142. Duchesse de guiche
143. Duguesclin
144. Duncan l clinch
145. Dunsinane
146. Earl of lonsdale
147. Eastern prince
148. Ece
149. Eden
150. Edirne
151. Eli knudsen
152. Elisabeth (possibly)
153. Ella
154. Elsa
155. Elswick park
156. Emily eveson
157. Empire bittern
158. Empire broadsword
159. Empire rosebery
160. Empire toucan
161. Empress
162. Enfant de bretagne
163. Esther (probably)
164. Estornino
165. Eva (possibly)
166. Evasion
167. F 614
168. Falkland
169. Fdt 216 (possibly)
170. Fee des legendes
171. Felix de abasolo
172. Fenay bridge (possibly)
173. Fermain
174. Ferryhill
175. Figaro
176. Fileur
177. Fils du vent
178. Flaminian
179. Fleuret
180. Flowergate (possibly)
181. Flying enterprise
182. Flying foam (possibly)
183. Ford power
184. Foreland
185. Fort norfolk
186. Forth
187. Francois-xavier
188. Frederic
189. Friesland
190. Fulbore iii
191. Gabrielle annick
192. Galway castle
193. Gamen
194. Ganymede
195. Gaspard de la nuit
196. General du temple
197. Georgios
198. Ginette
199. Goublin
200. Goureux
201. Grace (possibly)
202. Grand copaise
203. Grandest
204. Grape one
205. Graziella
206. Greif
207. Greif
208. Gros loulou
209. Guildhall
210. Guilding star
211. Guyona
212. Harald
213. Harpagas (fore part)
214. Hathor
215. Headlands (possibly)
216. Heathdene
217. Hekla (possibly)
218. Helge (possibly)
219. Helge (possibly)
220. Henley (possibly)
221. Hermod
222. Heron
223. Hinemoa (possibly)
224. Hippolyte worms
225. Hm mgb 17
226. Hmms 8
227. Hms ashanti (bow section)
228. Hms ashanti (stern section)
229. Hms association
230. Hms capel
231. Hms cato
232. Hms computator (probably)
233. Hms decoy (probably)
234. Hms dragon
235. Hms durban (possibly)
236. Hms eagle (probably)
237. Hms edgehill
238. Hms firebrand
239. Hms fratton
240. Hms glen avon
241. Hms javelin (stern section)
242. Hms kurd
243. Hms lawford (probably)
244. Hms lord austin (possibly)
245. Hms magic
246. Hms minster
247. Hms mourne (possibly)
248. Hms pylades
249. Hms rhyl
250. Hms romney (possibly)
251. Hms sesame (probably)
252. Hms transvaal (possibly)
253. Hms truant
254. Hms viper
255. Hms woodpecker (possibly)
256. Hmsm affray
257. Hopper
258. Ida (ex abbey town)
259. Ievoli sun
260. Ile de feu
261. Imprenable
262. Indian city (possibly)
263. Ingman (possibly)
264. Innerton (possibly)
265. Isis
266. Italia
267. James b richardson
268. Jean gougy
269. Jean lae patt
270. Jeanne marie
271. Jesmond
272. Joachim brinch lund (probably)
273. John
274. John kennedy
275. Jolie mouette
276. Jolie pluie de rose
277. Josef joham (stern half) (probably)
278. Joseph and margaret
279. Joseph seep (part of)
280. Joseph seep (part of)
281. Juene marie
282. Jules
283. Julie
284. Juno
285. Kalibia (possibly)
286. Kannik
287. Karen folmer
288. Kathleen
289. Kelso
290. Kelvinbank
291. Kennebec
292. Kennebec (probably)
293. Kiloran
294. Klein famile
295. Komet
296. Kondor (probably)
297. Kong oscar 2
298. Kornog (possibly)
299. Koroller ar mor (possibly)
300. L'aventurier
301. L'independant
302. L'otarie
303. La bajole
304. La belle poule
305. La caravelle
306. La fidele
307. La grace de dieu
308. La havre
309. La kaline
310. La minette
311. La negra
312. La negra (possibly)
313. La salle
314. Labous mor (possibly)
315. Lady bird (possibly)
316. Lady cory-wright
317. Ladywood
318. Lanarkbrook (possibly)
319. Laura c anderson (possibly)
320. Lcg 1062
321. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
322. Lct 1074 (possibly)
323. Lct 232
324. Lct 244
325. Lct 524
326. Lct 777
327. Lct 875
328. Lct 967
329. Le flibustier
330. Le guillemot
331. Le merle
332. Le nohic
333. Le nord
334. Le poilu
335. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
336. Leastilien
337. Lee s. overmann
338. Leopoldville
339. Libourne
340. Linn o dee (or linn o dec)
341. Liverpool
342. Lomas
343. Lorle (probably)
344. Louise
345. Louisiane (probably)
346. Lovat
347. Lst (possibly)
348. Lst 314
349. Lst 376
350. Lst 496
351. Lst 523
352. Lucrecia
353. Lynghaug (possibly)
354. M 39 (possibly)
355. M 483
356. Madame midas (possibly)
357. Madura
358. Madwig (possibly)
359. Magicien
360. Mahenge (possibly)
361. Maidag (possibly)
362. Makeshift (possibly)
363. Mako
364. Malachite
365. Maria, julia & mathilda jean
366. Marie anne de bretagne
367. Marie henriette
368. Marie louise berthe
369. Marie mashman
370. Mario gallego
371. Mars
372. Mary toovey
373. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
374. May girl
375. Menez-veil
376. Mera 1
377. Mere theresa
378. Merle
379. Mimosa
380. Minterne (possibly)
381. Modlin
382. Mon ami
383. Morning admiral
384. Motorola
385. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
386. Multicat
387. Naiade
388. Neptunia
389. Nesam
390. Njejos (possibly)
391. Nord deutscher
392. Norfalk
393. Normandy
394. Northgate
395. Notre dame de la merci
396. Nugget
397. Nyarlathotep
398. Nymphe d'or
399. Ocean queen
400. Oost vlaanderen
401. Orangemoor (possibly)
402. Oriole
403. Palmgrove
404. Panamera
405. Papelera
406. Parkhaven
407. Parklaan (possibly)
408. Partridge
409. Pascal jeanne marie
410. Pax vobis
411. Pembroke
412. Pendragon b
413. Peras
414. Perceval
415. Perintis
416. Perles des flots
417. Petit jean (possibly)
418. Petite anna
419. Petite julie
420. Phoenix 'a 46'
421. Phoenix c1/131
422. Phoenix unit
423. Piriapolis
424. Pizarro
425. Plaston
426. Plawsworth
427. Plympton
428. Point law
429. Pointe du hoc
430. Polycarp (possibly)
431. Portsea
432. Post renum
433. Poussoir
434. Prima
435. Prinses maria
436. Progress
437. Promethee
438. Prosperity (stern section)
439. Providencia
440. Prunella
441. Pruthree
442. Psi
443. Puerto de castellon (probably)
444. Pukkastan
445. Rabbi
446. Radiant med
447. Raffio
448. Ragna (possibly)
449. Rap
450. Raumboat no.41
451. Reine mathilde
452. Reve d'antilles
453. Reve des iles
454. Rfa bacchus
455. Rhenania
456. Rhona (probably)
457. Rio sorocaba
458. Risque tout
459. Risque tout
460. River lune
461. Roger mado (possibly)
462. Roger mado (possibly)
463. Rolling stones
464. Rombo
465. Rontegui
466. Ruel
467. Sabre of newquay
468. Saint antoine
469. Saint brandan
470. Saint bridget
471. Saint freddy
472. Saint hubert
473. Saint jacques
474. Saint lieven
475. Saint louis
476. Saint-antoine
477. Saint-pierre des marins
478. Sainte marine
479. Saltersgate
480. Samara (possibly)
481. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
482. San alberto
483. San nicolau
484. Santa maria
485. Santez-anna
486. Scarface
487. Schelde
488. Schiller
489. Sebastel 2
490. Sebastian laurent
491. Semoy
492. Semper parates
493. Sgb 7
494. Sidmouth (possibly)
495. Silius
496. Sirehei (possibly)
497. Slemish
498. Soleil levant
499. Solway prince (possibly)
500. Songa (possibly)
501. Spero
502. Spolanda
503. St louie
504. St malo (possibly)
505. St pierre
506. Stade (after part)
507. Stang riou
508. Stanley force
509. Stella (probably)
510. Strathalbyn
511. Suffolk coast (possibly)
512. Svenner
513. Tajandoen
514. Talassa
515. Tamengo
516. Tayo
517. Tela (possibly)
518. Terra
519. Thames
520. Thrasyvoulos
521. Tipasa
522. To venner
523. Tommy
524. Torridge (probably)
525. Tracy's michelle
526. Tracys dawn
527. Trevarrack
528. Tuborg
529. Turquoise (probably)
530. Tyne
531. U 1208 (possibly)
532. U 123 (possibly)
533. U 161 (possibly)
534. U 333 (probably)
535. U 390 (probably)
536. U 681 (possibly)
537. U 988 (possibly)
538. Uc 19 (probably)
539. Uc 66
540. Uj 1433
541. Ullyses
542. Umdali mendi (possibly)
543. Uss corry
544. Uss firestone (possibly)
545. Uss glennon
546. Uss jacob jones (possibly)
547. Uss meredith
548. Uss miantonomoh
549. Uss rich
550. Uss susan b anthony
551. Uss tide
552. Ussa
553. Vaclite (possibly)
554. Valentia (possibly)
555. Vapper
556. Vas y molo
557. Vedanta
558. Vellore
559. Victorine
560. Ville de malaga
561. Vinlake (possibly)
562. Vlieland
563. Voorwaarts
564. War firth (probably)
565. Waverley
566. Wear
567. Western belle
568. Wilja
569. Willebroek (probably)
570. William d burnham (possibly)
571. Winha
572. Woodburn
573. Yorouba
574. Zeeland
575. Zelzate 1

 

Name: ALBERTVILLE

Length 159.1 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 11047 ton

Cause: built in 1928 by atel & ch de la loire. owned at time of loss by cie. maritime belge (lloyd royal). quadruple expansion engines of 1556nhp. bombed & sunk by german aircraft off havre. (dods).

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1949, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: H7561/49 6.1.50 H7561/49 6.1.50 WK 1MTR [0.5FMS] IN 493456N, 000451E. (PARIS NM 46 12 49).

- NM 2655/49. H2255/52 9.4.52 H2255/52 9.4.52 SHOWN AS WK 1.4MTRS [0.75FMS] ON FR 4937. NE 2146 & NE 2613. H659/60 2.9.60 H659/60 2.9.60 SHOWN AS WK 1.2MTRS [0FMS 4FT] IN 493456N, 000451E ON FR 4937. NC 2146. 1.10.74 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 1.4MTRS IN 493456N, 000454E [EUR] ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 22.6.81 22.6.81 SHOWN AS WK 14MTRS [7FMS 4FT] ON FR 6736. NE 2146 & NE 2613. H1271/80 1.4.82 H1271/80 1.4.82 AMENDED TO WK 1.4 MTRS [0FMS 4FT] IN 493457N, 000454E [EUR]. (FR NM 82 11 19). NE 2146, NE 2613 & NC 2656. H3606/87 17.8.87 H3606/87 17.8.87 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6.2MTRS IN 493457.5N, 000457E. (BREST NM 87 24 23).

- NM 2717/87. HH351/351/01 11.1.90 HH351/351/01 11.1.90 SHOWN AS WK 6.2MTRS IN 493455N, 000451E ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; STATED AS WK OF BELGIAN LINER 'ALBERTVILLE' IN 493456N, 000450.5E [EUR] POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS BY E/S. LENGTH 180MTRS ORIENTATION 055/235DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.18090032). INS WK 6.2MTRS IN 493456N, 000450.5E [EUR]. NE 2146. [WGD] POSN: 4934.881N, 0004.762E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON ITS BEAM

Position: 49 34.881 N,0 4.762 E

 

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