This is the information page about the shipwreck Alcazar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 19.017 N,5 23.567 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

 

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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.

 

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2. Anteros
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4. Balthazar
5. Cresswell (probably)
6. Earl of elgin
7. Eskmere
8. Fairearn (probably)
9. Hibernia (possibly)
10. Hms manners (stern section)
11. Holyhead
12. Innisfallen
13. Kenmare
14. Lowther range (probably)
15. M.s.c. irwell
16. Mexico city
17. Noranya
18. Normandiet
19. Palmella (possibly)
20. Peaceful star
21. Salaminia (probably)
22. Sharelga
23. Tarbetness
24. The marquis
25. Trieste
26. Trinidad
27. U-1051
28. W m barkley (possibly)
29. Wisemans

 

Name: Alcazar

Length 31.2 meter, width: 6.3 meter

Cause: positional analysis: trawler "alcazar" was sunk in a collision in fog with cambria while steering a course nne from codling lv. cambria was on its usual route from holyhead to kingstown (dun laoghaire). the wreck lies close to the intersection point of these two routes.archival analysis: alcazar was struck amidships (bot wreck report no 7927). there is a noticeable area of damage on the wreck amidships onthe starboard side.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 110 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190516

Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.18 SUNK E BY N CODLING LTV. (IDSA M43804 M43450). POSN ACCEPTED AS 531200N, 051800W. H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. H1935/80 19.5.82 NOT FOUND IN 531200N, 051800W. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). DELETED. BR STD. H1935/80 7.2.83 SMALL WK EXAM'D 18.3.82 IN 531901N, 052334W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 104 IN GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 30MTRS. LYING N/S AND APPARENTLY ENCROACHED BY SAND AT EACH END. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM E & W, BUT POOR SHADOW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 14.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 16/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK UPRIGHT AND APPEARS TO BE STEAM TRAWLER OR COASTER OF 33MTRS LENGTH AND 6.8MTRS WIDE. WRECK ENERGY WAS AN SV AND REPORTED SUNK SOME 14NM SOUTH OF THIS WK( WAR LOSSES 1990), AND THIS WK IS CLEARLY A STEAMSHIP. WRECK "ALCAZAR" DIMENSIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS WRECK. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 19.017 N,5 23.567 W

 

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