This is the information page about the shipwreck Abbotsford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.271 N,4 28.795 W (53.421183, -4.479917)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: ABBOTSFORD

Length 105.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 2554 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: vessel, on passage philadelphia to liverpool. wrecked on w side of wylfa head in fog. crew rescued. (sub-aqua magazine, july 1972).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 92 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 20210815

Details measurements/cartography: H1285/75 5.8.75 REPD TO BE A LARGE WK IN 532512N, 042848W, 100-150FT IN LENGTH, WITH A MAX HT OF 4FT. SEEMS TO BE COMPLETE BUT IN A COLLAPSED STATE. IS OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION WITH HAND-MADE BRICKS IN THE HOLDS. (A NEWTON, 9.7.75). H1280/76 2.1.76 WK DIVED ON 2.11.75. COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. LIES IN 30FT OF WATER. (R FIELDS, 28.12.75). H3838/86 31.3.88 NOT FOUND. (HMS FOX, HI 357 AREA 5). NCA. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 15.08.2021; IN 5325.271N, 0428.795W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 94.2MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HEIGHT 2.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 092/272 DEGS. WELL DEGRADED WRECK. BURIED DEBRIS AROUND THE WRECK. MAIN STRUCTURE LEANING AGAINST ROCK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7316). AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WK 3.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 25.271 N,4 28.795 W

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