This is the information page about the shipwreck Algerian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 46.068 N,1 20.355 W (50.767800, -1.339250)

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: ALGERIAN

Length 110.9 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 3837 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-fintsire. built in 1876 by sunderland steamboat co. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 345nhp, single shaft. passage cowes for avonmouth. mined. dispersed by explosives in 1920 & 1925. (sibi). mine laid by uc-5. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H261/16 27.1.16 WK, LEAST DEPTH 27FT IN 504600N, 012015W OR 274DEGS, 9.5C FROM EGYPT PT. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK 4.5FMS, MARKED BY BUOY. - FNM 42/16. H7125/20 7.10.20 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 50FT [LWST]. (TRINITY HOUSE, 6.10.20). AMEND TO WK 8FMS, DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1654/20. H5821/24 27.8.24 WK IN 504601N, 012018W OR 271DEGS, 9.7C FROM EGYPT PT LT USING HSA. LEAST DEPTH 40FT. (CMD MAY, SCES, 26.8.24). AMEND TO WK 6.5FMS IN REVISED POSN. SQ DATE. H6345/24 20.9.24 G CON LT BUOY, FLG5S LAID 60YDS NE OF WK. (TH NM 53/24).

- NM 1424/24. H4367/25 1.7.25 LT BUOY EST'D 160YDS ENE OF WK. (TH NM 53/25). H4367/25 15.10.25 DISPERSED. CLEAR AT 48.5FT [LWST]. (TH, 15.10.25). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 1670/25. H1181/51 12.3.51 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 50FT, FOUL AT 51FT, IN 12FMS. HEADING 078/258DEGS. 330 FT LONG. (SCES, 10.8.50). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT. LC 1905, 394, 2040 & 2450. 10.5.65 AMENDED TO WK 8FMS 0FT [LAT]. LC 394. H5808/55 & H1181/61 16.5.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS [14.6MTRS]. NE 2040. H4613/73 13.2.78 SWEPT BY WIRE 29.9.77 IN 504601N, 012019W [OGB] USING HSA. CLEAR 16.3MTRS, FOUL 16.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. ABOUT 100MTRS LONG, 30MTRS WIDE. LYING APPROX 050/230DEGS. (SCES, HI 74/77). AMEND TO SW 16.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3846/86 19.4.88 EXAM'D 2.6.87 IN 504601N, 012019W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS. LYING ROUGHLY 045/225 DEGS, BUT APPEARS AS NEAR CIRCULAR CONTACT. IN ONE PIECE ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). NCA. HH091/156/01 11.1.07 EXAM'D 25.6.06 IN 5046.068N, 0120.355W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.58 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 066/246 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OFFSHORE SURVEY & ENGINEERING, HI 1156). AMEND WK 15.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2007/000005454 31.1.07 AMEND BY NM.

- NM 873/07. SEP 2018/000055142 8.3.18 EXAM'D 10.01.18; IN 5046.068N, 0120.355W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 104.3MTRS, WIDTH 25.1MTRS, HEIGHT 5.69MTRS, ORIENTATION 063/243 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 048 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT. NFS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS ENE. NFS.

Position: 50 46.068 N,1 20.355 W

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