This is the information page about the shipwreck Aldershot, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.524 N,3 28.141 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Ave
7. Baychattan
8. Belle ile (possibly)
9. Bleamoor (probably)
10. Blue marlin
11. Boma
12. Bretagne
13. Bretton hall
14. Broadmayne (part of)
15. Brunhilda
16. Buesten
17. Bull steamer (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
20. City of swansea (probably)
21. Claverley (possibly)
22. Colorado (possibly)
23. Cornelia
24. Demetrios
25. Dudley rose
26. Eagle
27. Elsa
28. Elsa (possibly)
29. Emma
30. Emsstrom
31. Farn
32. Fiona mary
33. Flourish
34. Galicia
35. Garm (possibly)
36. Gefion
37. Girl barbara
38. Glocliffe
39. Glory
40. Greatham
41. Greleen
42. Grelhame (probably)
43. Gro
44. Haugastol (possibly)
45. Havbris (probably)
46. Hazelpark (possibly)
47. Heye p
48. Hildegard (possibly)
49. Hms benton castle
50. Hms chorley (possibly)
51. Hms crocodile
52. Hms jasper (possibly)
53. Hms newbridge (probably)
54. Hms penylan (e part)
55. Hms penylan (w part)
56. Hms picton castle
57. Hms savage
58. Hmsm d1
59. Irma germaine (possibly)
60. Jade star gypsy
61. Jordan a
62. Karen marie (probably)
63. Kendal castle
64. La blanca (possibly)
65. Laertes
66. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
67. Les mercenaires
68. Lofoten (probably)
69. Lord stewart
70. Marana (bow section)
71. Marie des isles
72. Medina
73. Mudstomper (probably)
74. Neches (probably)
75. Newholm
76. North sea (probably)
77. Northville (possibly)
78. Perm (possibly)
79. Peronne
80. Placidas faroult
81. Quest
82. Rayder
83. Renilde
84. Riversdale
85. Rota
86. Sarah jayne
87. Sevilla
88. Shirley betty
89. Soudan
90. Stanhope
91. Ster de zee (possibly)
92. Taeping
93. Talvaldis (possibly)
94. Two sisters
95. Uc 49 (probably)
96. Uc 51
97. Visborg (possibly)
98. W.s.w. one
99. Waikawa (possibly)
100. Warsaw
101. Yvette bm217

 

Name: ALDERSHOT

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2177 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,coal

Cause: built in 1897 by blair & co ltd, stockton. owned at time of loss by aldershot ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 201nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builder. passage glasgow for nantes. torpedoed by ub-113. one man lost. (ww1sl, llww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 126 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 5M ESE FROM DARTMOUTH. (WW1SL). H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK 23FMS, IN 501630N, 032802W. (HMS GLEANER). - FNM. H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 LEAST DEPTH 24FMS. HT ABOVE SEABED 36FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 24FMS. BR STD. 23.9.70 23.9.70 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 1613. H2396/77 10.3.77 H2396/77 10.3.77 LOCATED JUNE 1975 IN 501630N, 032804W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 128 IN GEN DEPTH 170FT. SLIGHT SCOUR. STANDS ABOUT 40FT HIGH. LENGTH ABOUT 275FT. LIES ROUGHLY NE/SW WITH BOW NE. BEAM MEASURED 41.75FT. HAS HIGH BRIDGE & A TRUNK DECK. ONLY DIVED ONCE IN U/WATER VIS OF ABOUT 3FT. DIVERS SHOULD BEWARE FISHING NETS. THOUGHT LIKELY TO BE 'ALDERSHOT', BUT COULD ALSO BE 'ALICE MARIE' OR 'GREATHAM'. (RISDON BEASLEY, 10.3.77). AMEND TO WK 39MTRS. BR STD. H1310/81/19 30.7.81 H1310/81/19 30.7.81 CONFIRMED AS THE 'ALDERSHOT'. (M DIAMOND, THE AQUATIC FEDERATION, 15.7.81). H2061/82 13.9.83 H2061/82 13.9.83 EXAM'D 25 & 28.3.83 IN 501629N, 032802W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.4 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 14.4MTRS. LIES NE/SW. GOOD SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER CONTACT. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). AMEND POSN. HH100/351/07 10.9.93 HH100/351/07 10.9.93 DIVED ON 501629.5N, 032804W USING GPS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'ALDERSHOT', BELL RECOVERED AUG 1992. (M ROWLEY, 7.9.93). NCA. 26.4.13 26.4.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5016.524N, 0328.141W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.2 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR ALONG BOTH SIDES OF WK. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS. LIES 126/306 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. MAINLY INTACT WITH MISSING BOW AND DAMAGE IN FRONT OF BRIDGE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS NW, SCOUR ALONG BOTH SIDES

Position: 50 16.524 N,3 28.141 W

 

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