Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Makeshift (possibly), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 49 44.232 N,2 9.948 W (49.737200, -2.165800)

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: MAKESHIFT (POSSIBLY)

Lengte 18.3 meter, tonnage 70 ton
Lading: general and mixed goods

Oorzaak: thought to have foundered in bad weather while on passage to brittany. vessel is a 70ton, 60ft, 7-9 cannon pinnace [small vessel with sails and oars, sometimes used as a man-of-war's tender boat]. sank whilst on passage to brittany with suppiles for elizabeth i's army, who were fighting the spanish. (nautical magazine, november 1994).

Jaar registratie: 1992

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 20 meter

Bekend sinds: 1992, laatst gedetecteerd: 1994

Details metingen/cartografie: HA141/002/001/04 23.9.92 WK, THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF AN ELIZABETHAN WARSHIP WHICH SANK 1592, HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 27MTRS ABOUT 1 M OFF ALDERNEY. MANY ARTIFACTS RECOVERED. SITE HAS BEEN GIVEN OFFICIAL PROTECTION. (THE INDEPENDENT, 26.6.92). REPD TO HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR 'THE LEDGE'. NCA YET. HH256/440/02 10.2.94 HISTORIC ELIZABETHAN WRECK, WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED IN 494417.5N, 020951.5W [EUR]. NOTE, THE SITE IS PROTECTED FROM UNAUTHORISED INTERFERENCE. (ALDERNEY HARBOUR OFFICE, HN DTD 2.2.94).

- NM 727/94. [NB, NOT REFERRED TO IN ANM 16]. 1.8.94 1.8.94 REPORT THAT DIVERS ARE TO ATTEMPT TO LIFT A CANNON FROM AN ELIZABETHAN MAN-OF-WAR OFF ALDERNEY. SMALL ARMS AND A 1586 MEDALLION HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK. (THE TIMES, 11.7.94). NCA. 24.8.94 REPORT THAT CANNON HAS NOW BEEN SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED. VESSEL IS BELIEVED TO BE THE 'MAKESHIFT', A 60FT PINNACE WHICH SANK ABOUT 0.5M OFF ALDERNEY IN 1592. THE HULL IS REPORTED TO BE UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF SAND. ANOTHER EXPLORATION IS PLANNED IN 1995. (THE GUARDIAN 22.7.94). NCA. 17.11.94 SIXTEENTH CENTURY CANNON HAS BEEN RECOVERED AND WAS LANDED AT ST ANNE'S HARBOUR. BELIEVED TO BE MANY ARTIFACTS UNDER THE SAND. ALREADY RECOVERED ARE 1000 ITEMS AND 12 'APOSTLES' [SMALL BRASS CONTAINERS FOR CHARGES OF POWDER, SO CALLED AS 12 WERE CARRIED IN A BANDOLIER]. (NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, NOV 1994). 6.12.03 WGD POSN: 4944.232N, 0209.948W. NE 2845.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 49 44.232 N,2 9.948 W

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