Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935518
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935518
UKHO Identifier : 000029
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.28333,-2.33333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.28277,-2.33512
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 60.41667,-2.33333
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 100
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ALGIER
Type : MV
Flag : DANISH
Length : 66.4
Beam : 12.2
Draught : 5.2
Tonnage : 1654
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : GENERAL, INC. COPPER WIRE
Date Sunk : 20/03/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL BUILT 1938. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DET FORENEDE DAMPSKIBS SELSKAB. ON PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR OSLO AND COPENHAGEN, TORPEDOED BY U-38. CREW RECOVERED FROM LIFEBOAT THE FOLLOWING DAY, FIVE LIVES WERE LOST, WHEN 15M NNW OF FOULA. THOUGHT TO HAVE TWO DECKS WITH CARGO OF 48 TONS COPPER WIRE, 248 TONS COPPER RODS. (WEALTH FROM THE SEA & DODS).
Surveying Details : **WRECK IN 601700N, 024900W APPROX. (LLWWII, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
**H3050/72 13.12.77 NOT FOUND, BUT NOT POSITIVELY DISPROVED. (HMS HERALD, ROS DTD 19.8.77).
**20.11.78 INS AS USC PA 100MTRS IN 602500N, 022000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1233.
**13.1.81 AMEND TO USC PA 54FMS. NE 219.
**H1270/81 22.1.81 AMEND TO USC 100MTRS. NE 2182C.
**4.2.85 NOT SHOWN ON ANY SCALE.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Charting Comments : POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART
Date Last Amended : 02/10/2000
Date Position Last Amended : 08/10/1984
