This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms duke of albany, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 42.687 N,2 24.007 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

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: HMS DUKE OF ALBANY

Length 100.9 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1997 ton

Cause: 30.10.14 built in 1907 by j brown & co ltd, glasgow for the lancashire & yorkshire and london & nw railway companies. hired as armed boarding vessel from 30.10.14. three boilers, twin four cylinder, triple expansion engines of 425nhp, twin shaft. torpedoed by german submarine ub 27. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 32 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 584400N, 022800W APPROX. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.17) 11.9.07 WK LOCATED IN 5842.687N, 0224.006W [WGD] USING DGPS BY NETSURVEY. SONAR & MULTI-BEAM IMAGERY DIMENSIONS FIT THOSE OF DUKE OF ALBANY, PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE WK IN 5845.417N, 0227.617W [SEE 1229]. DIVED AND IDENTIFIED FROM BELL AS DUKE OF ALBANY. CINC REQUESTED. (K HEATH, TELECON 11.9.07). NCA YET. HH091/218/01 - SEP 2007/000086983 21.11.07 EXAMINED 31.5.07 IN 5842.6873N, 0224.0067W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.0 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 16.8MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 032/212 DEGS WITH BOWS NNE. MAINLY COLLAPSED, BOILERS & ENGINES ARE HIGH POINTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). FWD HOLD AREA FULLY COLLAPSED WITH BOWS SEPARATE. INS AS WK 65MTRS.

- NM 5820/07. 18.6.09 BELL RECOVERED BY BARRY WHITE, LEIGH GRUBB & PAUL BELL. CINC REMOVED. (K HEATH, TELECON 17.6.09 & E-MAIL 18.6.09) 19.10.10 LIES ON WHITE SAND SEABED, WK IS MUCH FLATTENED, 3 LARGE BOILERS LIE PROMINENTLY ON SEABED, WITH THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE LYING CLOSE BY. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV '10) (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1110/12) 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOILERS & ENGINES ARE HIGH POINT

Position: 58 42.687 N,2 24.007 W

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