This is the information page about the shipwreck Alcantara, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 51.595 N,0 56.644 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Cabo espartel
13. Carlisle castle
14. Ceta (stern section)
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Corinia (possibly)
19. De fontaine
20. Durango
21. Eco vouga
22. Electra
23. Ella sayer
24. Empire lough (probably)
25. Enero (probably)
26. Euphorbia
27. Evg(no rx152)?
28. Excellence pleske
29. G-asad
30. Grit (probably)
31. Grosser kurfurst
32. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
33. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
34. Henry moon
35. Heron
36. Hms anne
37. Hms blackwater
38. Hms caulonia
39. Hms city of dundee
40. Hms cleon
41. Hms ghurka
42. Hms myrmidon
43. Hms waterfly
44. Hmt gullfoss
45. Hoheweg
46. Holland
47. Hydaspes (possibly)
48. Irene
49. Jan brons
50. Jokai
51. Josephine willis
52. Katharina kolkmann
53. Kielce
54. Kingfisher (probably)
55. La somme (probably)
56. Lacer
57. Lady alice
58. Leila najia
59. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
60. Lizzonia
61. Maxwell
62. Milbanke (probably)
63. Mon bijou/fias
64. Monarch
65. Morgenster
66. Mrav
67. My astor
68. Naranco
69. Negrier
70. Newcastle
71. Norman
72. Northfleet
73. Nunima
74. Portslade (possibly)
75. River levan
76. Robin hood
77. Roecliff
78. Roode zee (possibly)
79. Roseburn
80. Rydal hall (possibly)
81. Saint emilion (probably)
82. Saint jean pierre
83. Salbya (possibly)
84. Samida
85. Sea serpent
86. Seine
87. Shenandoah
88. Sierra bravia
89. Sir russell
90. Skerryvore
91. Sparta (possibly)
92. St cecilia
93. Storaa
94. Swale (probably)
95. T s webb
96. Tokufuku maru
97. Trooper
98. Ub 109
99. Ub 31 ?
100. Ub 58 (possibly)
101. Umba (probably)
102. Unity
103. Veerman
104. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
105. Vittoria claudia
106. War monarch
107. Waterland (possibly)
108. Welsh belle

 

Name: ALCANTARA

Length 88.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.1, tonnage 1682 ton
Load: ore

Cause: Ex-wellguide, ex-soroka, ex-paula plumberg. built of steel in 1906 by eiderwerfs akt ges of tonning. owned at time of loss by s h bisco & e geraci. home port catavia. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 131 hp, single screw. cargo unspecified ore. cause of loss considered to be collision.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20150618

Details measurements/cartography: H3950/57 29.4.57 WK LOCATED USING ASDIC IN 505136N, 005648E USING HSA. ASDIC & E/S TRACES HELD. (HMS RUSSELL, ASDIC REPORT). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H5824/60 3.3.61 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). H1057/41 16.11.61 CONTACT IN 505133N, 005642E USING DECCA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 64, FOUL AT 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77 IN GEN DEPTH 108FT. BELIEVED TO BE A ROCK. (HMS SCOTT, 3.3.61). AMENDED TO ROCK, SWEPT TO 11FMS [19.5MTRS]. BR STD. H4959/73 25.3.75 LOCATED 31.5.74. EXAM'D IN 505130N, 005642E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 150FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. NE 536. H1270/75 17.11.75 AMEND TO SW 10.4FMS [19.5MTRS]. BR STD. H4121/76 2.8.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. DEFINITELY A WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 97MTRS. LIES 075/255DEGS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). RETAIN HMS SCOTT'S SWEPT DEPTH. H4121/76 19.8.76 AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT [18.9MTRS] [LAT]. BR STD. 6.6.89 THIS IS NOT THE 'SALYBIA'. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THIS WK BUT HAS YET TO BE CLEANED TO ENABLE CORRECT IDENTIFICATION. (T HANLAN, TELECON). HH100/351/16 9.10.00 DIVED 13.9.00 IN 5051.568N, 0056.753 [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY E/S. DIVED BOW SECTION AND LOCATED BELL. BELL NOTED AS BEING MARKED '1906' BUT UNTIL FULLY CLEANED ASSUMED TO BE UNNAMED. FURTHER DIVING ON THE BRIDGE AREA AT THE STERN LOCATED BROKEN CHINA MARKED 'MILANO' AND 'LIVORNA'. ALSO A BRITISH PENNY COIN DATED 1920 WAS FOUND, THUS THIS WK COULD NOT BE 'SALYBIA' WHICH SANK IN 1916. FURTHER CLEANING OF THE BELL REVEALED 'PAULA PLUMBERG'. WK LIES WNW/ESE WITH BOWS E. LARGELY INTACT BUT WITH A VERY LARGE HOLE ALMOST CUTTING HER IN TWO AMIDSHIPS, PRESUMABLY FROM COLLISION FROM THE PORT SIDE. LARGE NET ATTACHED WHICH WHICH EXTENDS 5MTRS ABOVE WK. SEABED SAND & GRAVEL. (R A BEAUMONT, LTR DTD 29.9.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 18.6.15; IN 5051.595N, 0056.644E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.63MTRS, GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265. WK LARGELY INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 51.595 N,0 56.644 E

 

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