This is the information page about the shipwreck Algarve, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.762 N,2 48.534 W (50.352266666667, -3.1015)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Amy
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Borgund i (possibly)
10. Broomhill (probably)
11. Chateau yqem
12. Chorley
13. Conch
14. Einar jarl
15. Frogner ?
16. Gibel-hamam
17. Gorizia
18. Grane
19. Greta c
20. Gripfast
21. Gudrun
22. Heroine (probably)
23. Hms amazon
24. Hms bittern
25. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
26. Hms boadicea
27. Hms buccaneer
28. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
29. Hms formidable
30. Hms harstad
31. Hms hickory
32. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
33. Hms landrail (probably)
34. Hms lord hailsham
35. Hms manor
36. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
37. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
38. Hms remindo (possibly)
39. Hmsm l24
40. Hmsm m2
41. Hmsm p555
42. Hmsm sidon
43. Inisinver
44. Isbjorn
45. K m b (possibly)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. Lct 381
49. Lst 507 (bow section)
50. Lst 507 (stern section)
51. Lst 531
52. Lucinda (possibly)
53. Majorca
54. Marguerite (possibly)
55. Marie therese
56. Martha
57. Memnon
58. Minerva (probably)
59. Modavia
60. Moel tryvan
61. Moidart
62. Motano (probably)
63. Nil desperandum (probably)
64. Nyasaland
65. Ocean vagabond
66. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Pomella
69. Pomeranian
70. Radaas (probably)
71. Reggestroom (probably)
72. Romsdalen (probably)
73. Rosten (possibly)
74. Rotorua
75. Salsette ii
76. Scaldis
77. Siren
78. Sparkling foam (possibly)
79. St dunstan
80. Stancrest
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Thera (possibly)
83. Tracy
84. Trito
85. Ub 19 (probably)
86. Ub 74
87. Ull (probably)
88. Ursa (probably)
89. W h dwyer

 

Name: ALGARVE

Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1274 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1899 by lobnitz & co, renfrew. owned at the time of loss by det forenede dampskibs selskab. triple expansion engine of 203nhp, single shaft. passage rouen for swansea. torpedoed and sunk by ub-38. 21 men lost. (ll ww1, dods, sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 15M WSW FROM PORTLAND BILL. (LL WW1). H4622/55 H4622/55 22.,7.55 EXAM'D IN 502247N, 024825W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22FMS IN GEN DEPTH 28FMS. SEABED SAND, GRAVEL AND SHELL. LIES 035/215DEGS. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 1954). CHART AS WK 22FMS. LC 2454 & LC 3315. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 25.1.83 H5982/82 25.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502256N, 024816W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. NCA. HH100/351/12 18.10.96 HH100/351/12 18.10.96 WK IS THAT OF 'ALGARVE'. IDENTIFIED BY THE ENGINE MAKER'S PLATE AND THE BUILDER'S PLATE. (A DUNSTER). NCA. HH100/351/13 15.1.98 HH100/351/13 15.1.98 WK IS UPRIGHT. LARGE TORPEDO HOLE IN THE PORT SIDE OF THE STERN HOLD. (A DUNSTER). NCA. HH090/961/01 5.12.03 HH090/961/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 15.7.03 IN 5022.762N, 0248.534W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.3 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS. LIES 051/231 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 50 22.762 N,2 48.534 W

 

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