Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Albert c field (probably), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 28.249 N,1 45.381 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: ALBERT C FIELD (PROBABLY)
Länge77.1 meter, Breite: 13.1 meter, Tiefgang: 5.5, Tonnage 1764 ton
Last: armament
Ursache: built in 1923 by furness sb co, haverton, hull-on-tees. owned at time of loss by upper lakes & st lawrence transportation co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 111nhp, single shaft. passage southampton and penarth for normandy. cargo 2500 tons ammuntion. was torpedoed and sunk by german aircraft whilst part of a d-day beach-head convoy. the cargo exploded. four men lost.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1944
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 36 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 180 cm
Bekannt seit: 1944, zuletzt detektiert: 2020
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H01007/40 19.6.44 WK IN 502800N, 014600W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST, JUNE 1944). NOTHING KNOWN ABOUT THIS WK IN HO. TRADE DIVISION GAVE AUTHORITY AS SIGNALLED BY HMS VIDETTE ON 19.6.44. H3737/44 28.4.44 WK IN 502830N, 014430W. PROBABLE WK OF 'ALBERT C FIELD'. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 28.4.44). 7.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 502830N, 014600W. F6841. 6.1.56 POSN ALSO COVERS UNKNOWN WK IN VICINITY. H4451/77 3.4.84 MINISTRY POLICY REGARDING THE 'ALBERT C FIELD' IS THAT 'IT SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED'. (D OF C/SS, NSS71B/2393, 15.2.84). H1310/88/4 13.1.88 WK RECENTLY LOCATED IN 502815N, 014535W [OGB] USING DECCA, MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE A FLATTENED MASS OF PLATES AND GIRDERS. BOILER REMAINS, STANDING ABOUT 4MTRS HIGH. LARGE NUMBER OF EXPLODED BRASS SHELL CASES ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE WRECK SITE. NO UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION SIGHTED. ALMOST CERTAINLY THE 'ALBERT C FIELD'. (S SHOVLAR, 4.1.88). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5028.247N, 0145.383W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.4, FOUL 31.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. AN AREA OF WRECKAGE COVERING 95MTRS BY 85MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. BR STD. 16.10.08 DIVED 6.08 IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE, 4MTRS BY E/S. ONLY RECOGNISABLE PART IS THE BOILER WHICH STANDS 4MTRS HIGH WITH RUDDER AND PROP (MINUS BLADES) LEANING AGAINST IT. CASES LITTER THE SEABED, DATED 1943. (G LOCKETT). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5028.249N, 0145.382W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 180/000 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 318 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: BROKEN UP, BOILER IS THE ONLY RECOGNISABLE PART
Position: 50 28.249 N,1 45.381 W