This is the information page about the shipwreck King alfred, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 59 N,17 38 W (56.983333333333, -17.633333333333)

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: KING ALFRED

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5272 ton
Load: timber

Cause: built in 1919 by w doxford & sons, sunderland with triple expansion engine of 517nhp. owned at time of loss by king line. passage st john's, newfoundland for methil. torpedoed by german submarine u52. 5 of 39 crew lost. (dods, ll ww2 & axis submarine successes). vessel broke in two, bow sank & stern sunk by gunfire from hm ships. (wartime standard ships vol 3).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1300 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 [NO DATE] SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 565900N, 173800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 16.1.78 16.1.78 SUNK APPROX 400M W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). 3.8.87 3.8.87 SINKING POSN 565900N, 173800W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 59 N,17 38 W

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