This is the information page about the shipwreck Algier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 16.966 N,2 20.107 W (60.12585, -2.3678833333333)

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: ALGIER

Length 66.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1654 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: vessel built 1938. owned at time of loss by det forenede dampskibs selskab. on passage new york for oslo and copenhagen, torpedoed by u-38. crew recovered from lifeboat the following day, five lives were lost, when 15m nnw of foula. thought to have two decks with cargo of 48 tons copper wire, 248 tons copper rods. (wealth from the sea & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1981

Details measurements/cartography: WRECK IN 601700N, 024900W APPROX. (LLWWII, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). H3050/72 13.12.77 H3050/72 13.12.77 NOT FOUND, BUT NOT POSITIVELY DISPROVED. (HMS HERALD, ROS DTD 19.8.77). 20.11.78 20.11.78 INS AS USC PA 100MTRS IN 602500N, 022000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1233. 13.1.81 13.1.81 AMEND TO USC PA 54FMS. NE 219. H1270/81 22.1.81 H1270/81 22.1.81 AMEND TO USC 100MTRS. NE 2182C. 4.2.85 4.2.85 NOT SHOWN ON ANY SCALE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 16.966 N,2 20.107 W

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