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 (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Ayrshire (possibly)
10. Baron ailsa
11. Bertha
12. Birtley
13. Blackburn
14. Blackburn (possibly)
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Burgos
18. Camilla weston
19. Cantabria (probably)
20. Chatwood (possibly)
21. Chelsea (possibly)
22. Chevychase
23. Clan morrison
24. Clansman (possibly)
25. Continental (possibly)
26. Corchester
27. Corea
28. Cormarsh
29. Czestochowa
30. Duncarron
31. Efos
32. Eikhaug
33. Empire newcomen
34. Empress
35. Ethel
36. Fireglow
37. Francois trixier
38. Friesland
39. Fulgens
40. Gardenia
41. George royle
42. Georgia (stern section)
43. Giorgio ohlsen
44. Granta
45. Hauxley (possibly)
46. Heathfield
47. Hms arley
48. Hms cap d'antifer
49. Hms caroline moller
50. Hms cloughton wyke
51. Hms dungeness
52. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
53. Hms francolin
54. Hms kylemore
55. Hms nogi
56. Hms solomon
57. Hms vortigern
58. Hmsm c 11
59. Hmsm umpire
60. Homefire
61. Hull trader
62. I t l anna b
63. Jessie maersk
64. Jevington court
65. Kenton
66. Keymun
67. King egbert
68. La combattante (stern section)
69. Lanterna (probably)
70. Londoner (probably)
71. Marden
72. Minorca
73. Nimrod (probably)
74. Ogono
75. Ole bull
76. Ottar jarl
77. Otter
78. P.l.m. 25
79. Pacific
80. Pacific (possibly)
81. Pacific (possibly)
82. Pegrix
83. Pontfield (forepart)
84. Rimac
85. Robert w pomeroy
86. Rosalie (possibly)
87. Rose marie
88. Salvus ii
89. Schieland
90. Sitona
91. St mark
92. St thomas (possibly)
93. Tayjack 1 (part of)
94. Tayjack 1 (part of)
95. Tayjack 1 (part of)
96. Teddington
97. Thursonian
98. Trajan
99. Traviata (possibly)
100. Trelissick
101. Tyneford
102. Upminster
103. Varoy
104. Vera (probably)
105. Virgin de lourdres
106. Welholme (possibly)
107. Western mist (possibly)
108. Westland
109. Winhill or whinhill
110. Zephyr
111. 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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