This is the information page about the shipwreck Alfonso tercero, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.127 N,2 37.106 E (51.5333333, 2.4333333)

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: ALFONSO TERCERO

Length 62.2 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 692 ton

Cause: Built in 1960 by astilleros del cadugau, bilbao. owned at time of loss by maritima golfo de vizcaya. passage antwerp for bilbao. sank after collision with swedish mv 'brasila' in dense fog. crew of 9 recovered by the swedish vessel. (msd).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2774/69 16.4.69 DW 5M N OF N HINDER LTV. (LL 11.4.69). DW IN 514412N, 023645E. (NETHERLANDS HYD, SIGNAL DTD 11.4.69). INS AS DW.

- NM 693/69. H2774/69 5.5.69 WK 25.6MTRS IN 514312N, 023712E [EUR]. (NETH HYD, SIGNAL DTD 1.5.69). NCA H2774/69 22.5.69 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (HAGUE NM 1311/69). AMEND WK 14FMS IN 514312N, 023712E [EUR].

- NM 903/69. H2774/69 18.7.69 NOW WK 22MTRS IN 514309N, 023642E [EUR]. (HAGUE NM 1730/69). AMEND WK 12FMS.

- NM 1184/69. H2774/69 27.10.69 AMEND ON 1406.

- NM 1727/69. H2423/71 14.1.72 POSN 514310N, 023650E [EUR]. WK HAS BOW DAMAGE, LYING UPRIGHT WITH MASTS STREWN OVER IT. APPROX 70MTRS LONG. (RIJKSWATESTAAT, MS BARRACUDA). H2423/71 4.2.72 LEAST DEPTH NOW 22.6MTRS. (NETHERLANDS HYDROGRAPHER). H2820/71 9.12.80 SHOWN AS WK 21.6MTRS IN 514311N, 023717E [EUR] ON HRMS BUYSKES'S SURVEY - APR '80 - K8495/2). AMEND WK 11FMS 5FT. BR STD. H2820/71 7.5.82 NOW WK 21.5MTRS IN 514312N, 023710E [EUR]. (NETH NM 1203/82). NCA. H1271/83 21.4.83 SHOWN AS ABOVE ON NETHERLANDS 1349 [1983 EDN]. AMEND WK 11FMS 4FT. BR STD. 26.4.89 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS SURVEY DEC '87 - MAR '88 [M1326/9 & 10]. NCA. HH100/351/02 6.4.90 DIVED ON IN 514313N, 023711E. LIES N/S ON EVEN KEEL. BOW STOVED IN WITH DEEP RENT ON PORT SIDE. MASTS LIE ACROSS WK. BRIDGE IS HIGHEST POINT AT 11MTRS. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). NCA YET. INFORMED NETH HYD BY TELEX. HH342/350/01 31.5.90 WK WIRE SWEPT 28.4.90. CLEAR AT 21.75MTRS. (NL NAVY, TLX 2.5.90). AMEND SW 11FMS 5FT. BR STD. HH340/351/01 ABOVE CONFIRMED. (NETH NM 330/90). HH160/351/02 8.3.91 NOW SW 20.5MTRS IN 514312N, 023709.5E [EUR]. (NETH NM 142/91. WK NO. R5-1730). BR STD. 23.7.13 23.7.13 SHOWN AS SW 20.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5143.127N, 0237.106E [WGD] ON BA 1630 [EDN 6 DTD 13.6.13].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW STOVE IN WITH RENT ON PORT SIDE

Position: 51 43.127 N,2 37.106 E

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