This is the information page about the shipwreck Albion two, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 18.804 N,6 8.725 W (48.11755, -6.3011)

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: ALBION TWO

Length 178.3 meter, width: 22.9 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 16278 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 18.2.97 last contact was with ushant radio 18.2.97. overdue trinidad 3.3.97. vessel, built 1976, sank due to catostrophic collapse of the structure. (ll, 18.3.97 & nautical magazine april 1999)

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 128 meter

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: HH353/400/02 11.3.97 WK LOCATED IN 481848.5N, 060845W BY DANISH FV 'PETER MARLENE'. OBSERVED ON SONAR. OIL OBSERVED WELLING UP AT THE POSN AND DRIFTING DOWNWIND IN A WEDGE SHAPED PATTERN. EXAMINED BY E/S. WK 5-6MTRS HIGH LOCATED, WITH FAINT ECHOS [NOT FISH] ABOVE THE WK. GEN DEPTH 123MTRS. (MRCC FALMOUTH, FAX DTD 8.3.97). INS AS WK 80MTRS. BR STD. 20.3.97 WK CONFIRMED AS 'ALBION TWO' AFTER EXAMINATION BY ROV. LIES IN 129MTRS BROKEN AT LEAST IN TWO. ONE PART LIES 100MTRS AWAY FROM THE REST. NAME AND PORT OF ORIGIN FILMED BY THE ROV. ASSUMING THE VESSEL HAD BROKEN UP, WAS EITHER THE VICTIM OF AN EXPLOSION OR STRUCTURAL FAILURE. (LL, 18.3.97). HH353/400/02 9.5.97 WK 104MTRS IN 481848.5N, 060845W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 97 17 14).

- NM 1991/97. 4.5.99 VESSEL WAS LOST AFTER A CATOSTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF THE VESSEL'S STRUCTURE DUE TO MASSIVE CORROSION. CONSIDERED TO BE DUE TO FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR ADEQUATELY THE CORRODING STRUCTURE. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF STEEL RENEWAL DONE BASED ON A MINIMUM OF MEASUREMENTS OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THUS THE HEAVY WEATHER ENCOUNTERED TRIGGERED A MAJOR STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE AND CAUSED THE VESSEL TO SINK IN SECONDS WITHOUT EVEN A MAYDAY. (REPORT OF ANTWERP COURT NAUTICAL COMMISSION IN THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE APRIL 1999). SEP 2009000084718 21.1.10 SHOWN IN 4818.804N, 0608.725W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006 CORRECT TO 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN AT LEAST IN TWO

Position: 48 18.804 N,6 8.725 W

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