This is the information page about the shipwreck Alice (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.085 N,0 32.47 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ALICE (POSSIBLY)
Length 71.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 822 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1911 by forges & chantiers de la mediterranee. owned at time of loss by lablonde & leroux. compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage south shields for rouen. captured and sunk by ub-40.
Year of registration: 1985
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1985, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN BEACHY HEAD BEARING NW [TRUE], DISTANCE 19MILES OR PA 503000N, 003500E. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H4722/79 28.8.85 H4722/79 28.8.85 WK PA COVERED BY MORE THAN 30MTRS IN 502848N, 003300E (FRENCH NM 8/30/85). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 8.2.91 8.2.91 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 28MTRS ON FRENCH 6824 [1989 EDN]. NC 2451. HH090/611/01 24.1.95 HH090/611/01 24.1.95 NOT LOCATED WITHIN 0.5 MILES OF LISTED POSN. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 611). RETAIN AS CHARTED, NOT CONCLUSIVELY DISPROVED. HH226/420/02 5.7.95 HH226/420/02 5.7.95 WK LOCATED IN 503106N, 003230E [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.7 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. BROKEN UP OVER AREA OF 40MTRS. GENERAL ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL DTD 29.6.95). NCA YET. HH226/420/02 17.7.95 HH226/420/02 17.7.95 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. (HMS BEAGLE, HN DTD 30.6.95). HH090/681/01 20.9.95 HH090/681/01 20.9.95 EXAM'D 22.7.95 IN 503105.1N, 003227.9E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 35.5MTRS, NO FOUL OBTAINED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.7 IN GEN DEPTH 39.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 681). INS AS WK 33MTRS IN 503102.9N, 003233.7E [OGB]. BR STD. 17.4.14 17.4.14 EXAM'D 28.11.14 IN 5031.085N, 0032.470E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.34 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 16MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 00/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1442). ?FULLY COLLAPSED AND BURIED WITH ONLY BOILER/ENGINE VISIBLE. AMEND WK 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?FULLY BROKEN UP, ?BOILER/ENGINE REMAIN
Position: 50 31.085 N,0 32.47 E