Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Algiers, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 34.59 N,0 38.212 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.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Angry fish
6. Ariel
7. Armenier
8. Arno (possibly)
9. Asger ryg
10. Atlas (probably)
11. Axwell
12. Basil-2
13. Cairndhu
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Candia
16. Carbineer
17. City of mexico
18. Del rio
19. Donegal (possibly)
20. Duke of buccleuch
21. Fpt iv
22. Frode
23. Gartland
24. Gascony
25. Gerarda
26. Germa geisha
27. Giuseppina accame
28. Glenlee
29. Hedwig lunstedt
30. Highland corrie
31. Hmcs alberni
32. Hms apley (possibly)
33. Hms evadne (possibly)
34. Hms hazardous
35. Hms implacable
36. Hms moldavia
37. Hms northcoates
38. Hms pine
39. Hms prince leopold
40. Hms sapper
41. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
42. Hmsm a1
43. Indiana
44. Jaffa
45. Lightfoot (possibly)
46. Lola (possibly)
47. Lowmount
48. Marga
49. Marie marguerite (possibly)
50. Molesey (possibly)
51. Montecrana (possibly)
52. Ny-eeasteyr
53. Polandia (possibly)
54. Ramsgarth
55. Ramsholm (possibly)
56. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
57. Saint andre (probably)
58. Saint enogat
59. Shirala
60. Sines (possibly)
61. Spearfish
62. Stanwold
63. Stavros (possibly)
64. Teelin head
65. U 1195
66. U 86 (formerly)
67. U 86 (possibly)
68. Vesuvio (possibly)
69. Vigda
70. War helmet
71. Zaanstroom

 

Naam: ALGIERS

Lengte 91.4 meter, breedte: 11.3 meter, diepgang: 8.2, tonnage 2361 ton
Lading: armament

Oorzaak: 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.

Jaar registratie: 1924

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 37 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 120 cm

Bekend sinds: 1924, laatst gedetecteerd: 20180207

Details metingen/cartografie: 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.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SITS UPRIGHT, HULL WITHOUT SUPERSTRUCTURE, SE END PRESUMED TO BE BOW BROKEN UP. E-W ORIENTATED SCOURS FROM N AND S ENDS.

Positie: 50 34.59 N,0 38.212 W

 

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