This is the information page about the shipwreck Alondra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.638 N,9 20.78 W (51.283666666667, -9.4673333333333)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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.

 

1. Alliance ii
2. Alondra
3. Asian
4. Batoum
5. Carnarvonshire
6. Counsellor
7. Dido
8. Dina
9. Hazelside
10. Iberian
11. Iceland
12. Illyrian
13. Joan patricia
14. Kowloon bridge
15. La surveillante
16. Lady charlotte (possibly)
17. Miami (probably)
18. Minnehaha
19. Nestorian
20. North star
21. Otronto
22. Rona or arona
23. Savonia
24. Spes nova
25. St ita
26. Stephen whitney
27. Sunlight
28. Tit bonhomme
29. U 260
30. Westbury

 

Name: ALONDRA

Length 91.1 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2244 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-john hogo. buile in 1899 by j d dunlop & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by alondra ss co (yeoward bros). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 380 nhp, single shaft. passage lisbon for liverpool. drove ashore in fog. 13 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1970, last detected: 1972

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 5.5.70 WK IDENTIFIED IN 512736.5N, 092045W [OSI]. HIGHEST PART OF WK IS IN VICINITY OF BOILERS AND ENGINE WHERE THE WK MASS RISES TO ABOUT 12FT CLEAR OF THE SEABED. NON FERROUS METALS FROM THE WK HAVE BEEN PARTLY SALVAGED AND SOME LIMITED BLASTING HAS TAKEN PLACE. WK FILLS THE LITTLE BAY ON THE S SIDE OF KEDGE IS. WK AFFORDS NO HAZARD TO INSHORE SHIPPING WHATSOEVER. (R EDMONDS, MOD (FOR SALVAGE GROUP)). INS AS WK 1FM. BR STD. H1282/72 7.2.72 WK IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. FILLS LITTLE BAY IN S SIDE OF KEDGE I IN 512739.4N, 092044.8W. HIGHEST PART OF WK IN VICINITY OF BOILERS AND ENGINE ABOUT 12FT CLEAR OF SEABED. STEEL PLATES ALL GONE. NO HAZARD TO SHIPPING. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS, 3.2.72). 4.9.75 CHARTED AS WK 1.8MTRS. NC 2129.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 27.638 N,9 20.78 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway