This is the information page about the shipwreck Alice davies, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.723 N,3 0.851 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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 DAVIES
Length 52.4 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 590 ton
Cause: wooden hull. sunk about 450yds wnw from the entrance to sandon basin after collision with ss cherbourg. later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1878
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm
Known since: 1878, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: 1.2.1879 DISPERSED BY MDHB. COMMENCED 1.2.1879, COMPLETED 3.5.1879. DEPTH 39FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 5FMS 5FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 AMEND WK 11.4MTRS [LAT]. (MD & HB 1974). HH091/124/01 25.4.06 EXAM'D 16.1.06 IN 5325.7225N, 0300.8512W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.65 IN GEN DEPTH 13.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS. NO DEPRIS. LARGELY BROKEN UP, NO DISCERNABLE DETAIL. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 11.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DEBRIS OF WOODEN HULL VESSEL
Position: 53 25.723 N,3 0.851 W