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 53 7.22 N,1 18.047 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Actuosity (possibly)
2. Ahamo
3. Algarve
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Artemisia
8. Asteria
9. Baron ailsa
10. Bertha
11. Birtley
12. Blackburn
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Burgos
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Chatwood (possibly)
19. Chelsea (possibly)
20. Chevychase
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Cormarsh
26. Czestochowa
27. Duncarron
28. Efos
29. Eikhaug
30. Empire newcomen
31. Empress
32. Ethel
33. Fireglow
34. Francois trixier
35. Friesland
36. Fulgens
37. Gardenia
38. George royle
39. Georgia (stern section)
40. Giorgio ohlsen
41. Granta
42. Hauxley (possibly)
43. Heathfield
44. Hms arley
45. Hms cap d'antifer
46. Hms caroline moller
47. Hms cloughton wyke
48. Hms dungeness
49. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
50. Hms francolin
51. Hms kylemore
52. Hms solomon
53. Hms vortigern
54. Hmsm c 11
55. Hmsm umpire
56. Homefire
57. I t l anna b
58. Jessie maersk
59. Jevington court
60. Kenton
61. Keymun
62. King egbert
63. La combattante (stern section)
64. Lanterna (probably)
65. Londoner (probably)
66. Marden
67. Minorca
68. Nimrod (probably)
69. Ogono
70. Ole bull
71. Ottar jarl
72. Otter
73. P.l.m. 25
74. Pacific
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pacific (possibly)
77. Pegrix
78. Pontfield (forepart)
79. Rimac
80. Robert w pomeroy
81. Rosalie (possibly)
82. Rose marie
83. Salvus ii
84. Schieland
85. Sitona
86. St mark
87. St thomas (possibly)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Tayjack 1 (part of)
90. Teddington
91. Thursonian
92. Trajan
93. Traviata (possibly)
94. Trelissick
95. Tyneford
96. Upminster
97. Varoy
98. Vera (probably)
99. Virgin de lourdres
100. Welholme (possibly)
101. Western mist (possibly)
102. Westland
103. Winhill or whinhill
104. Zephyr
105. Zor

 

Name: ALGARVE

Length 77.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1355 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1921 by frederikshavns vaeft & flydedok, frederikshaven. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for leith. general cargo. torpedoed and sunk by e-boats. 27 men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 24.6.41 LOCATED IN 530713N, 011817E. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 12FMS WITH LESS THAN 12FT OVER IT AT LW. ORIENTATED 082/262 DEG. (HMS FRANKLIN, 2.6.41). INS AS DW.

- NM 1450/41. H0805/41 14.10.41 INS G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, CLOSE E OF WK. - FNM 241/41. H0805/41 3.9.48 EXAM'D IN 530705N, 011801E AFTER DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 52FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1948). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1979/48. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 15.8MTRS. NC 105. 26.3.73 AMEND TO WK 15.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 106. 30.11.77 AMEND TO SW 15.5MTRS. NE 106. HH090/561/01 5.1.93 EXAM'D 19.9.92 IN 530712.2N, 011809.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.6, FOUL AT 19.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTR. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561).

- NM 263/93. SEP 2018/000159338 10.7.18 EXAM'D 27.3.18 IN 5307.220N, 0118.047E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 56.3MTRS, WIDTH 28.1MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 175/355 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515_H102_002_18). AMEND DW 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 30.3.18 IN 5307.220N, 0118.047E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 56.3MTRS, WIDTH 29.8MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 175/355 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 48MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 110 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). NCA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 7.22 N,1 18.047 E

 

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