This is the information page about the shipwreck Alice marie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 32.289 N,1 4.268 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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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 MARIE
Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2206 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Passage methil for london. mined. (ww2sl). aground 255degs, 8c from knob ltv, back broken, lying in 5fms. (ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H01077/40 22.1.41 DW IN 513214N, 010424E. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 94/41. H01077/40 11.5.44 MASTS SHOWING ABOVE WATER, N MAST 28FT, S MAST 26FT. POSN 513217N, 010420E & 513216N, 010421E RESPECTIVELY BY HSA. VESSEL LIES 340/160DEGS. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 20.4.44). AMEND POSN & INS LEGEND 'TWO MASTS'.
- NM 999/44. H01077/40 1.8.47 MASTS NO LONGER SHOWING. POSN 513218N, 010424E. (C IN C NORE, 17.7.47). DELETE LEGEND.
- NM 2016/47. H01077/40 8.8.49 AMEND TO WK 0FMS 2FT.
- NM 1621/49. H01077/40 8.8.59 SWEPT CLEAR AT 2FT, FOUL AT 4FT. GEN DEPTH 18FT. SCOUR 54FT. (HMS FRANKLYN, 22.7.49). H01077/40 11.12.61 DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 2FT, FOUL AT 3FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5FT IN GEN DEPTH 19-24FT. SCOUR 61 & 56FT. (HMS EGERIA, 26.10.61). H6140/68 27.6.68 AMEND TO SW 0FMS 2FT IN 513215N, 010422E. BR STD. H6140/68 26.6.68 ALL ROUND SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 10FT IN GEN DEPTH 20FT BY E/S. SCOUR 58FT [LAT]. SEABED FLAT. POSN 513215N, 010422E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. (HMS ECHO, 27.3.68). 27.9.73 AMEND TO SW 0.3MTRS. NC 1607. H3161/69 11.10.73 CLEAR AT 4FT, FOUL AT 4.9FT. LEAST E/S 12.5FT IN GEN DEPTH 30FT. SCOUR 50FT [LAT]. POSN 513215N, 010423E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LARGE WK, EASY TO FIND EXTENDING ABOUT 250FT N/S & 200FT E/W. (PLA MAPLIN). AMEND TO SW 1.2MTRS. BR STD. H1310/85/19 26.7.85 DIVED ON RECENTLY. WK LIES ON FAIRLY EVEN KEEL, FAIRLY INTACT BUT BROKEN JUST AFT OF MIDSHIPS. BOTH MASTS LIE ACROSS WK ON STBD SIDE EXTENDING DOWN INTO THE SCOUR. BRIDGE & FUNNEL HAVE BEEN REMOVED. HIGHEST POINTS ARE LIFEBOAT DAVITS WHICH ARE STILL FIRM. ORIENTATED WITH BOW TO NNW. (G LIVERMORE, 16.7.85). NCA. 9.4.90 LOCATED BY E/S IN APR'87. (PLA 202/3-9, PLA WK/OB REPORT NO.9/73 E26/88). 26.2.07 EXAM'D 29.7.05 IN 5132.2905N, 0104.2600E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 3.0. FOUL 3.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.47MTRS. LENGTH 80-90MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 5.12.05 & AMENMENT LIST). AMEND SW 3MTRS.
- NM ACTION. 7.1.14 SHOWN AS WK 6.2MTRS BY M/B ON RECENT THAMES ESTUARTY SURVEY. (K FEATHERSTONE, RT1, EMAIL DTD 7.1.15). AMEND WK 6.2MTRS. 9.3.15 AMENDMENT ABOVE INCORRECT. (K FEATHERSTONE, RT1 EAST, EMAIL DTD 9.3.15). AMEND SW 3MTRS. SEP 2015/000068673 13.4.15 EXAM'D 17.3.15 IN 5132.290N, 0104.270E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.78 IN GEN DEPTH 18.0MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS DEEP. STERN OF WK HAS BROKEN AWAY AND SLUMPED INTO THE SCOUR HOLE AROUND IT. TWO DAVITS ARE CLEALY VISIBLE IN THE DATA AND FORM THE LEAST DEPTH. (PLA, ROS DTD 28.3.15). AMEND WK 2.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2205/15. RSDRA2022000174465 07/07/2022 WK REPORTED IN 5132.288N 0104.269E [WGD], SHOALEST DEPTH 2.92MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, ORIENTATION 350 DEGS. (PLA_BARROWSDEEPWEST_H102_22/01). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2022000187593 08/08/2022 EXAM'D BY BDC 2022 IN 5132.289N, 0104.268E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HEIGHT 2.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 157/337 DEGS. NFS.(H525.2 BASED ON PLA SURVEY DTD 22.3.22-3.5.22). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, UPRIGHT, BOWS NNW, SCOUR 250MTRS NE, 100MTRS SW
Position: 51 32.289 N,1 4.268 E