Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Algiers, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 34.59 N,0 38.212 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: ALGIERS
Länge91.4 meter, Breite: 11.3 meter, Tiefgang: 8.2, Tonnage 2361 ton
Last: armament
Ursache: Ex-lys, ex-castle eden. built in 1882 by wigham richardson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at the time of loss by franco-british ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220hp, single shaft. passage calais for barry roads. cargo included a quanity of 18pdr explosive shells. torpedoed by u-65. eight men lost.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1924
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 37 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 120 cm
Bekannt seit: 1924, zuletzt detektiert: 20180207
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H8158/24 5.12.24 SUNK IN 503521N, 003730W OR 129DEGS 2.9M FROM OWERS LTV IN 21FMS. (TH NM 11/24, LL, 1.12.24 & ADMIRAL PORTSMOUTH, 2.12.24). CHART AS DW (1924), MARKED BY GREEN CONL BUOY.
- NM 1937/24. H2977/25 6.5.25 LEAST DEPTH 66FT LWST. (TRINITY HOUSE 4.5.25). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 710/25. H4238/34 13.8.34 AMEND POSN TO 503433N, 003810W OR 145DEGS, 3.18M FROM OWERS LT VESSEL. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).
- NM 1345/34. H4283/34 13.11.59 LOCATED IN 503433N, 003610W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 11FMS, FOUL AT 11.5FMS. (HMS FLINDERS 22.6.34). 23.7.71 AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMEND TO SW 19.5MTRS. [LAT]. NC 1652. H4613/73 18.12.73 IDENTIFIED AS 'ALGIERS'. PURCHASED AND SALVAGE IN HAND. (R TODD, OCT 1973). H1284/75 19.6.75 LIES IN 503433N, 003810W OR 3 M S OF OWERS LTV. VESSEL SITTING UPRIGHT E/W. STANDS 30FT HIGH. SALVAGE IS TAKING PLACE AT PRESENT. IDENTIFIED AS 'ALGIERS'. (R J TODD, SPITHEAD SALVAGE CO, MAY 1975). H1287/75 27.8.75 THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN IN BALLAST AT TIME OF LOSS BUT MR R J TODD, OF SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, HAS LOCATED AN ESTIMATED 100TONS OF ARMY SHELLS (18 POUNDER DTD 1916 & 1917) IN THE WRECK. OFFER MADE TO DCN(S), BATH TO SALVAGE THE SHELLS. (N/CP55225/75). H4121/76 13.1.77 LOCATED 19.8.76 IN 503434N, 003809W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 10.9MTRS, LENGTH 86MTRS. ORIENTATION 100/280DEGS. WK LYING UPRIGHT TO SE OF AN AREA OF SAND RIPPLES. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 25MTRS. NC 2450. H1310/83 17.3.83 REQUEST FOR CARGO SALVAGE CONTRACT MADE BY MR A RIGGALL. (TREASURY SOLICITOR, 18.2.83). 15.2.85 REPORT FROM MR MACDONALD, STATES NAVAL DIVERS REMOVING LIVE AMMUNITION FROM THIS WK, WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE THE 'BASIL' [SEE [19943] IN 503459N, 004052]. (TELECON MACDONALD/LANG 15.2.85). 1.10.86 THIS IS DEFINITELY WK OF 'BASIL'. SHELL CASES DATED 1917 FOUND. (A RIGALL, TELECON). SALVAGE COMMENCING 9.10.86. LIVE SHELLS WILL NOT BE REMOVED. NCA. HH091/002/01 29.10.02 EXAM'D 14.7.02 IN 5034.586N, 0038.209W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 27.7, FOUL 27.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP ALONG BOTH SIDES OF WK. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED WK. (NP 1016, HI 1016). INTACT. AMEND TO SW 27.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5034.590N, 0038.212W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 11.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR, (AT N &S ENDS), LENGTH OF BOTH ABOUT 500MTRS, 6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 090 DEGS. SITS UPRIGHT, CONSISTING OF THE HULL WITH NO SUPER-STRUCTURE PRESENT. SE END IS BROKEN UP & PRESUMED TO BE THE BOW. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: SITS UPRIGHT, HULL WITHOUT SUPERSTRUCTURE, SE END PRESUMED TO BE BOW BROKEN UP. E-W ORIENTATED SCOURS FROM N AND S ENDS.
Position: 50 34.59 N,0 38.212 W