This is the information page about the shipwreck Alto (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.347 N,1 48.86 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: ALTO (POSSIBLY)
Length 87.5 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2266 ton
Cause: Mined whilst en route from rouen to newcastle. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 200 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: H411/18 SANK IN 522400N, 014840E. TO BE DISPERSED. (C-IN-C LOWESTOFT). H03774/45 1.4.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 6FMS 5FT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604], 1945). CHART AS WK 41FT. LC 1543. H2155/58 12.5.58 WIRE SWEEP 18.9.57 IN 522519N, 014857E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 42FT, FOUL AT 43FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45FT IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. SCOUR DEPTH 72FT. SEABED SAND. TRACING AND E/S TRACES HELD. (ECES, 18.9.57). AMEND TO SW 7FMS. LC 1543. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 12.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 24.2.82 IN 522518N, 014859E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 10.3MTRS, LENGTH 91.41MTRS, BEAM 14.14MTRS. APPARENTLY LYING ON PORT SIDE, HEADING 022DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5225.347N, 0148.860E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 85.7MTRS, WIDTH 14.2MTRS, HEIGHT 6.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 200/020 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 120MTRS, 1.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 024 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED AND LIES ON PORT SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON PORT SIDE
Position: 52 25.347 N,1 48.86 E