This is the information page about the shipwreck Abbas combe (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 48.685 N,5 2.032 W (52.94205, -5.09135)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ABBAS COMBE (POSSIBLY)
Length 48.8 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 489 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: single boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage liverpool for watchel. cargo of 350 tons wood pulp and general. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. four lost.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 1981
Details measurements/cartography: 7.9.41 7.9.41 POSN ABOUT 6M W OF BARDSEY I OR PA 524500N, 045800W. (DSNE). H4551/76 10.11.76 H4551/76 10.11.76 LOCATED IN 1957 IN 524941N, 050145W USING DECCA. UPRIGHT CARGO VESSEL. STEERING GEAR BY ROBERT ROGERS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES. STANDS 50FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.9.76). 11.2.77 11.2.77 INS AS USC 55MTRS.
- NM 505/77. H1935/80 14.5.82 H1935/80 14.5.82 EXAM'D 14.5.81 IN 524840N, 050158W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70 IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS. SCOUR 77MTRS. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. SONAR LENGTH 54MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). INS AS WK 66MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT
Position: 52 48.685 N,5 2.032 W