This is the information page about the shipwreck Alma dawson (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 32.847 N,6 44.521 W (55.40805, -6.49945)

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: ALMA DAWSON (PROBABLY)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3985 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1917, struck a mine & sank whilst en-route from montreal to ipswich. owned at time of loss by jubilee steam navigation co.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 95 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 553200N, 064400W. (WW2SL). 18.8.53 18.8.53 INS AS NDWPA IN 553200N, 064400W. F6629 H5251/68 10.6.68 H5251/68 10.6.68 OCCASIONAL RANDOM SONAR CONTACTS. NO INDICATION OF A WK ON E/S TRACE. (HMS MERMAID, 20.5.68). DELETE FROM FLEET CHARTS. H2317/85 12.2.86 H2317/85 12.2.86 EXAM'D 28.9.85 IN 553251N, 064428W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 87 IN GEN DEPTH 95MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 105 TO 115MTRS. LYING 150/330DEG. A SMALL SEPARATE SECTION OF WKGE LIES 50MTRS EAST OF WK, WHICH IS APPARENTLY FAIRLY INTACT. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 262B). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 55 32.847 N,6 44.521 W

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