This is the information page about the shipwreck Alwaki, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 43.008 N,4 29.483 W (58.805166666667, -4.3572)

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: ALWAKI

Length 114.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4533 ton

Cause: built in 1922 by werf 'maasdijk' with triple expansion engine of 497 nhp. owned at time of loss by van nievelt goudriaan & co. sank after an explosion in the engine room. (dods) vessel was torpedoed by geman submarine u 61. (shipwrecks of n of scotland)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10M N OF CAPE WRATH. (DODS). H0659/40 19.7.40 H0659/40 19.7.40 POSN 584248N, 042924W. (HMS TARTAR). NCA. H0659/40 13.11.57 H0659/40 13.11.57 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (HMS TARTAR, HN 1/40). BR STD. H2394/63 22.11.66 H2394/63 22.11.66 SONAR CONTACT GOOD AT LONG RANGE BUT POOR AT 1500FT. WK APPROX 200FT LONG, LYING E/W. (HMS BERWICK, 9.11.66). NCA. 31.12.80 31.12.80 AMEND TO WK USC 30MTRS. BR STD. H2925/83 11.1.85 H2925/83 11.1.85 EXAM'D 27.7.84 IN 584302N, 042924W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 16MTRS. LENGTH 116MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). BR STD. 26.1.06 26.1.06 EUT POSN: 5843.008N, 0429.483W. NE 1954. 24.9.08 24.9.08 DIVED AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS ALWAKI FROM A PLATE RECOVERED BEARING THE NAME OF THE SHIPPING COMPANY. (K HEATH, TELECON 23.9.08) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 43.008 N,4 29.483 W

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