This is the information page about the shipwreck Alpha-h, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.212 N,3 3.499 E (53.7317333, 2.8627)

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: ALPHA-H

Length 53 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 423 ton
Load: fish,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Sank 7.5 hours after striking an unidentified submerged object and taking on a list. passage denmark for wells, norfolk. (ll).

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H4753/82 4.7.83 SURVIVORS RECOVERED FROM RAFTS IN 532712N, 030348E BY MV TRANS SEA. (ABERDEEN MRCC, TELEX DTD 26.6.83). MASTER REPORTED VESSEL SANK IN 532306N, 030354E. (LL, 28.6.83). NCA YET. H3450/80 11.10.83 WK LOCATED IN 532714N, 030330E [EUR] BY BLOMMENDAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 11.2MTRS. MARKED BY W CARD BUOY, VQ(9)10S, LAID CLOSE W. (NETHERLANDS NM 2291/83).

- NM 2765/83. 10.7.89 POSN GIVEN AS 532713.5N, 030329.8E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO. K10-1949). HH160/351/01 19.10.90 NOW WK SW 17MTRS IN 532715N, 030335.5E APPROX. (NETHERLANDS NM 521/90).

- NM 3291/90. HH340/620/01 15.12.90 BUOY REMOVED. (NETHERLANDS NM 46/585/90).

- NM 3504/90. 3.5.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 16.8MTRS IN 5327.183N, 0303.420E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1632.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 27.212 N,3 3.499 E

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