This is the information page about the shipwreck Alison (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.829 N,0 26.647 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: ALISON (POSSIBLY)
Length 36.9 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 286 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel
Cause: Built in 1908 by w j yarwood & sons , northwich. owned at time of loss by the northwich carrying co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 46nhp, single shaft. passage le have for littlehampton. captured by german submarine and sunk by bombs. (ww1sl & sibi). sunk with the ss 'alert'. (naval staff monographs vol.17).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 3 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: 12.2.71 SUNK APPROX 503415N 002900W, 8M ESE FROM OWERS LIGHT VESSEL. (WW1SL). H4121/76 12.1.77 WRECK LOCATED 11.8.76 IN 503448N, 002634W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56-60MTRS. SEABED SEDIMENTARY WITH SMALL RIDGES. DEFINITE WK. DCS3 HEIGHTS 8 & 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 36MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 48MTRS. NC 2450. HH090/952/01 27.10.03 EXAM'D 28.5.03 IN 5034.829N, 0026.647W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.1 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 003/183 WITH BOWS N. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 952). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS N
Position: 50 34.829 N,0 26.647 W