This is the information page about the shipwreck Alster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 51.729 N,1 38.187 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Artemisia
8. Asteria
9. Barrhill
10. Bertha
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Boulderpool (fwd part)
13. British triumph
14. Camilla weston
15. Cantabria (probably)
16. Cardanel
17. Chevington
18. Clansman (possibly)
19. Continental (possibly)
20. Corchester
21. Cordene
22. Corduff
23. Courier (probably)
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Dashwood
26. David b summers
27. Duncarron
28. Efos
29. Eikhaug
30. Ems
31. English trader
32. Ethel
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Galatea (possibly)
37. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
38. Gardenia
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Georgia (stern section)
43. Glen derry (probably)
44. Glynn
45. Granta
46. Hauxley (possibly)
47. Hector gannet
48. Hms agate
49. Hms caroline moller
50. Hms cloughton wyke
51. Hms dhoon (probably)
52. Hms dungeness
53. Hms force
54. Hms francolin
55. Hms glen prosen
56. Hms irvana (part of)
57. Hms m a west (probably)
58. Hms tonbridge
59. Hms tranio
60. Hms vortigern
61. Hms washington (probably)
62. Hms william stephen
63. Hmsm c 11
64. Homefire
65. I t l anna b
66. Ilse
67. Ionian (probably)
68. Jessie maersk
69. Jevington court
70. Kenton
71. Keymun
72. King egbert
73. La perouse (possibly)
74. Langeli (possibly)
75. Leelite
76. Londoner (probably)
77. Marden
78. Marsworth
79. Minorca
80. Montferland
81. Murdoch (probably)
82. Nordborg (possibly)
83. Norman queen
84. Ole bull
85. Osprey
86. Otter
87. Oxshott (possibly)
88. Pacific (possibly)
89. Pacific (possibly)
90. Pegrix
91. Polaris
92. Prima
93. Regain
94. Robrix
95. Roine
96. Rose marie
97. Roy
98. Salvus ii
99. Seagull
100. Seaham
101. Sheaf water
102. St mark
103. Teddington
104. Thursonian
105. Trelissick
106. Trevethoe
107. Tyneford
108. Upminster
109. Varoy
110. Viola (possibly)
111. Walkure
112. War valley
113. Welholme (possibly)
114. Whintown (possibly)
115. White swan
116. Willowpool
117. Winhill or whinhill
118. Xanthe

 

Name: ALSTER

Length 65 meter, width: 7.8 meter, draught: 4.4, tonnage 299 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1854 by denny, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by w liddel. one boiler, compound inverted engine of 100hp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes, hull. passage hull for antwerp. general cargo. sank following a collision in fog with ss adam smith.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1952/80 22.6.82 WK LOCATED IN 525142N, 013819E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.9, FOUL AT 23.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.8 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. LENGTH 125MTRS. (ISS, HI 22). INS AS SW 22.9MTRS. BR STD. H1952/80 27.1.83 RE-EXAM'D 19.7.82 IN 525142N, 013819E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.4, FOUL AT 23.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.8 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 125MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT. LIES NNW/SSE AND GIVES GOOD SONAR RETURNS. (SOISS, HI 22). BR STD. H1310/88/48 27.9.88 WK IN 525153N, 013829E [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS THE ALSTER. HULL IS COMPLETE, UPRIGHT AND LYING ACROSS THE TIDE APPROX NE/SW. STANDS 20FT HIGH. (M OXLADE, 1.9.88). HH100/351/01 21.11.89 IDENTIFIED AS THE ALSTER WHEN BELL WAS RECOVERED. NO OTHER WK IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. (M OXLADE). HH100/351/04 27.3.91 WK INTACT EXCEPT WHERE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED INTO HULL. STANDS APPROX 5 MTRS HIGH. WK HAS BEEN PURCHASED FROM ELLERMAN LINE SHIPPING CO. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 24.2.91). 5.2.02 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO SW 23MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/18 21.8.02 DIVED ON 14.7.02, LIES IN 5251.750N, 00138.226E [WGD] USING GPS. BROKEN POTTERY SPREAD AROUND AND A NUMBER OF LARGE CAST IRON WAGON WHEELS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF OLD NETTING WAS SIGHTED. MARKED BY A 2 GALLON SIZE CHEMICAL CONTAINER AND A SMALLER 1FT DIAMETER ORANGE BUOY ON THE SAME LINE. HEIGHT OF WRECK BY E/S APPROX 3MTRS. (S WRIGHT 15.7.02). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000041896 21.5.15 EXAM'D 16.10.14 IN 5251.729N, 0138.187E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.82MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS, EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 130DEGREES. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 52 51.729 N,1 38.187 E

 

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