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 (52.795983333333, 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. Ayrshire (possibly)
10. Barrhill
11. Bertha
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Camilla weston
16. Cantabria (probably)
17. Cardanel
18. Chevington
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Continental (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Cordene
23. Corduff
24. Corea
25. Courier (probably)
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. Dashwood
29. David b summers
30. Duncarron
31. Efos
32. Eikhaug
33. Ems
34. English trader
35. Ethel
36. Ethel radcliffe
37. Friesland
38. Fulgens
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
41. Gardenia
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Georgia (for'd part)
45. Georgia (stern section)
46. Glen derry (probably)
47. Glynn
48. Granta
49. Hauxley (possibly)
50. Hector gannet
51. Hms agate
52. Hms cantatrice
53. Hms caroline moller
54. Hms cloughton wyke
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms dungeness
57. Hms force
58. Hms francolin
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms irvana (part of)
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms nogi
63. Hms tonbridge
64. Hms tranio
65. Hms vortigern
66. Hms washington (probably)
67. Hms william stephen
68. Hmsm c 11
69. Homefire
70. I t l anna b
71. Ilse
72. Ionian (probably)
73. Jessie maersk
74. Jevington court
75. Kenton
76. Keymun
77. King egbert
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Londoner (probably)
82. Marden
83. Marsworth
84. Meriones
85. Minorca
86. Montferland
87. Murdoch (probably)
88. Nordborg (possibly)
89. Norman queen
90. Ole bull
91. Osprey
92. Otter
93. Oxshott (possibly)
94. Pacific (possibly)
95. Pacific (possibly)
96. Pegrix
97. Polaris
98. Prima
99. Regain
100. Robrix
101. Roine
102. Rose marie
103. Roy
104. Salvus ii
105. Seagull
106. Seaham
107. Sheaf water
108. Sir william stephenson
109. St mark
110. Teddington
111. Thursonian
112. Trelissick
113. Trevethoe
114. Tyneford
115. Upminster
116. Varoy
117. Vigo
118. Viola (possibly)
119. Walkure
120. War valley
121. Welholme (possibly)
122. Whintown (possibly)
123. White swan
124. Willowpool
125. Winhill or whinhill
126. 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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