This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms alyssum (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.025 N,8 47.566 W (51.300333333333, -9.084)

 

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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. Akassa
2. Alliance ii
3. Ardent ii
4. Bell rose
5. Caliph
6. Carol anne
7. City of chicago
8. Cliftonian
9. Counsellor
10. Dinah b
11. Earl of lathom
12. Faulconnler
13. Gafsa
14. Ghazee
15. Hms alyssum (probably)
16. Hms mignonette
17. Iceland
18. Iwate
19. Juliet (possibly)
20. Kayside
21. Kilgerran castle
22. Kinsale western bridge
23. Kinsale western bridge
24. Kinsale western bridge
25. Kinsale western bridge
26. Kinsale western bridge
27. Kinsale western bridge
28. Ludgate
29. Lusitania
30. Norwegian
31. Pegu
32. Rosses morn
33. Spectator (probably)
34. Tit bonhomme
35. U 260

 

Name: HMS ALYSSUM (PROBABLY)

Length 81.7 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1250 ton

Cause: built in 1915 by earle's shipbuilding co ltd, hull. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 2400nhp, single shaft. on war patrol as convoy escort. mined while carrying out convoy escort duties. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 77 meter, Height above seabed: 41 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6907/29 SUNK IN 513000N, 084800W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H1310/85/27 10.9.85 WK LOCATED IN 513003N, 084721W [OSI]. POSN BY DECCA. (G WILLIAMS, 17.8.85). INS AS WK USC 60MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000158190 8.8.14 EXAM'D 1`5.7.13 IN 5130.025N, 0847.566W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.2 IN GEN DEPTH 77.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 041/221 DEGS WTH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GENERALLY INTACT. AREA OF DEBRIS, OR PART OF WK, LIES 15MTRS N. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, CV13_02, INFOMAR). UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW

Position: 51 30.025 N,8 47.566 W

 

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