This is the information page about the shipwreck Alppi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 45.447 N,4 1.441 W (48.915666666667, -4.2681666666667)
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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: ALPPI
Length 147.8 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 11502 ton
Cause: built 1963 by deutsche werft a.g., hamburg. broke away from tow by m tug 'bjorn eskil' and grounded during bad weather whilst on passage tonsberg for san esteban de pravia. abandoned as a constructive total loss. (msd).
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H2302/84 10.2.84 GROUNDED ON ILE DE BATZ IN 484600N, 040100W APPROX. (LL, 25.1.84). 24.2.84 CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. (LL, 4.2.84). NCA YET. H2302/84 25.10.88 WK, WHICH NEVER COVERS, IN 484525N, 040135W. (BREST NM 88 39 12). INS AS ST PA. BR STD. 6.3.90 SHOWN AS ST PD IN 484525N, 040127.5W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7095 [CORRECT TO 1.4.90]. NC 2745. 14.5.07 EUR POSN: 4845.508N, 0401.352W. ACCURACY 10-100MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND TO ST IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.4.08 SHOWN AS ST IN 4845.448N, 0401.442W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7095 [INT 1756] [3RD EDN 2008, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2745.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 45.447 N,4 1.441 W