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 (49.7491667, 0.3417833)

 

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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. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-61
5. A2-66
6. Abbe garos
7. Agios spyridon (possibly)
8. Agnus dei
9. Albertville
10. Aloa
11. Alynbank
12. Amsterdam
13. Artois
14. Au revoir
15. B1-72
16. B1-89
17. B1-90
18. B1-98
19. Barsac
20. Barsac
21. Bonne sainte rita
22. Brinette (probably)
23. Bruges
24. Capitaine cook
25. Chant 6
26. Chant 6
27. Chrisimas
28. Comrades
29. Cookburn
30. Cornucopia (possibly)
31. Courbet
32. Cubana
33. Derrycunihy
34. Diane
35. Dinard (possibly)
36. Dohe
37. Duncan l clinch
38. Elsa
39. Elswick park
40. Empire bittern
41. Empire broadsword
42. Empire rosebery
43. F 614
44. Fdt 216 (possibly)
45. Ferryhill
46. Flowergate (possibly)
47. Fort norfolk
48. Francois-xavier
49. Frederic
50. Friesland
51. Georgios
52. Grand copaise
53. Greif
54. Greif
55. Gros loulou
56. Harpagas (fore part)
57. Hippolyte worms
58. Hm mgb 17
59. Hmms 8
60. Hms cato
61. Hms computator (probably)
62. Hms durban (possibly)
63. Hms fratton
64. Hms glen avon
65. Hms lawford (probably)
66. Hms lord austin (possibly)
67. Hms magic
68. Hms pylades
69. Hms sesame (probably)
70. Ingman (possibly)
71. Innerton (possibly)
72. Jean lae patt
73. John
74. Jolie pluie de rose
75. Joseph seep (part of)
76. Joseph seep (part of)
77. Julie
78. Kong oscar 2
79. L'otarie
80. La caravelle
81. La grace de dieu
82. La kaline
83. La minette
84. Labous mor (possibly)
85. Lady bird (possibly)
86. Lanarkbrook (possibly)
87. Laura c anderson (possibly)
88. Lcg 1062
89. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
90. Lct 1074 (possibly)
91. Lct 875
92. Le flibustier
93. Le nohic
94. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
95. Lee s. overmann
96. Lst (possibly)
97. Lst 314
98. Lst 376
99. Lst 496
100. Lst 523
101. Lynghaug (possibly)
102. M 39 (possibly)
103. Magicien
104. Malachite
105. Maria, julia & mathilda jean
106. Mere theresa
107. Modlin
108. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
109. Multicat
110. Naiade
111. Njejos (possibly)
112. Nord deutscher
113. Northgate
114. Notre dame de la merci
115. Nymphe d'or
116. Oriole
117. Parkhaven
118. Parklaan (possibly)
119. Partridge
120. Pascal jeanne marie
121. Perceval
122. Petite julie
123. Phoenix 'a 46'
124. Phoenix unit
125. Piriapolis
126. Plaston
127. Pointe du hoc
128. Post renum
129. Poussoir
130. Providencia
131. Ragna (possibly)
132. Raumboat no.41
133. Reine mathilde
134. Reve d'antilles
135. Reve des iles
136. Risque tout
137. Risque tout
138. Rolling stones
139. Saint freddy
140. Saint jacques
141. Saint lieven
142. Saltersgate
143. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
144. Santa maria
145. Scarface
146. Sebastel 2
147. Semoy
148. Sgb 7
149. Sirehei (possibly)
150. Spero
151. Stang riou
152. Suffolk coast (possibly)
153. Svenner
154. Talassa
155. Tela (possibly)
156. U 390 (probably)
157. Uj 1433
158. Uss firestone (possibly)
159. Uss miantonomoh
160. Uss susan b anthony
161. Vas y molo
162. Vinlake (possibly)
163. Winha
164. Zeeland
165. 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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