Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Alaska, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 30.785 N,0 32.412 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: ALASKA
Lengte 129.5 meter, breedte: 16.8 meter, diepgang: 8.2, tonnage 5399 ton
Lading: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products
Oorzaak: Built in 1922 by the sunderland shipbuilding co, sunderland. onwed at time of loss by cie generale trnasatlantique. bure boilers, triple expansion engine of 629nhp, single shaft. passage coronel for le havre. sank following collision with ss dotterel 12m se of owers ltv. cargo included copper, zinc, wolfram and antimony ore. (dods & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1939
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 62 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 57 cm
Bekend sinds: 1939, laatst gedetecteerd: 2006
Details metingen/cartografie: SANK 12 MILES SE OF OWERS LIGHT VESSEL. (DODS). H0150/39 16.11.39 NDWPA IN 503015N, 002530W. (NITON RADIO). BR STD. H0150/39 5.3.45 POSN GIVEN AS 503212N, 002454W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H0150/39 24.7.47 THOUGHT TO BE IN 503212N, 002454W BUT WK IN THIS POSN FOUND TO BE OF 5000TONS. LATER FOUND BY HMS STEEPHOLM IN 503054N, 003224W. DEPTH OVER WK 27FMS IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS. (CSO PORTSMOUTH & HMS STEEPHOLM 28.6.47). BR STD. H0150/39 31.10.51 SALVAGE OPERATIONS JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1947; APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1948; APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1949 & APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1950. COMPLETED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1951. (RISDON BEAZLEY JULY TO OCTOBER 1951). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC 18MTRS. NC 1652. H4121/76 31.1.77 NOTHING LOCATED IN 503054N, 003224W, BUT A WRECK WAS LOCATED 17.6.76 IN 503017N, 003035W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. PRESUMED THIS TO BE THE 'ALASKA' BUT WRECK APPEARS SLIGHTLY TOO SMALL FOR A 5399 TON VESSEL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 68.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS. LENGTH 77MTRS. LYING 020/200DEGS. HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 492/77. HH090/952/01 28.10.03 NOT LOCATED IN 5030.283N, 0030.583W. EXAM'D 26.4.03 IN 5030.785N, 0032.412W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.7 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. LIES 057/237 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. A LARGE WK SURROUNDED BY A CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS FIELD. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 423/04. 6.12.06 CONFIRMED TO BE ALASKA FROM COPPER INGOTS RECOVERED. FULL DIVE REPORT TO FOLLOW. (N ISHERWOOD, TELECON 5.12.06) NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
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Positie: 50 30.785 N,0 32.412 W