Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Alcantara, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 51.595 N,0 56.644 E (50.8163, 0.959)
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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: ALCANTARA
Lengte 88.1 meter, breedte: 11.9 meter, diepgang: 5.1, tonnage 1682 ton
Lading: ore
Oorzaak: Ex-wellguide, ex-soroka, ex-paula plumberg. built of steel in 1906 by eiderwerfs akt ges of tonning. owned at time of loss by s h bisco & e geraci. home port catavia. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 131 hp, single screw. cargo unspecified ore. cause of loss considered to be collision.
Jaar registratie: 1916
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 32 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 85 cm
Bekend sinds: 1916, laatst gedetecteerd: 20150618
Details metingen/cartografie: H3950/57 29.4.57 WK LOCATED USING ASDIC IN 505136N, 005648E USING HSA. ASDIC & E/S TRACES HELD. (HMS RUSSELL, ASDIC REPORT). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H5824/60 3.3.61 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). H1057/41 16.11.61 CONTACT IN 505133N, 005642E USING DECCA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 64, FOUL AT 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77 IN GEN DEPTH 108FT. BELIEVED TO BE A ROCK. (HMS SCOTT, 3.3.61). AMENDED TO ROCK, SWEPT TO 11FMS [19.5MTRS]. BR STD. H4959/73 25.3.75 LOCATED 31.5.74. EXAM'D IN 505130N, 005642E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 150FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. NE 536. H1270/75 17.11.75 AMEND TO SW 10.4FMS [19.5MTRS]. BR STD. H4121/76 2.8.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. DEFINITELY A WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 97MTRS. LIES 075/255DEGS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). RETAIN HMS SCOTT'S SWEPT DEPTH. H4121/76 19.8.76 AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT [18.9MTRS] [LAT]. BR STD. 6.6.89 THIS IS NOT THE 'SALYBIA'. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THIS WK BUT HAS YET TO BE CLEANED TO ENABLE CORRECT IDENTIFICATION. (T HANLAN, TELECON). HH100/351/16 9.10.00 DIVED 13.9.00 IN 5051.568N, 0056.753 [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY E/S. DIVED BOW SECTION AND LOCATED BELL. BELL NOTED AS BEING MARKED '1906' BUT UNTIL FULLY CLEANED ASSUMED TO BE UNNAMED. FURTHER DIVING ON THE BRIDGE AREA AT THE STERN LOCATED BROKEN CHINA MARKED 'MILANO' AND 'LIVORNA'. ALSO A BRITISH PENNY COIN DATED 1920 WAS FOUND, THUS THIS WK COULD NOT BE 'SALYBIA' WHICH SANK IN 1916. FURTHER CLEANING OF THE BELL REVEALED 'PAULA PLUMBERG'. WK LIES WNW/ESE WITH BOWS E. LARGELY INTACT BUT WITH A VERY LARGE HOLE ALMOST CUTTING HER IN TWO AMIDSHIPS, PRESUMABLY FROM COLLISION FROM THE PORT SIDE. LARGE NET ATTACHED WHICH WHICH EXTENDS 5MTRS ABOVE WK. SEABED SAND & GRAVEL. (R A BEAUMONT, LTR DTD 29.9.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 18.6.15; IN 5051.595N, 0056.644E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.63MTRS, GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265. WK LARGELY INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 50 51.595 N,0 56.644 E