This is the information page about the shipwreck Abeona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.557 N,2 4.51 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: ABEONA
Length 51.8 meter, width: 7.8 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 573 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built of iron in 1880 by r dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by e harris, middlesbrough. one boiler, 2 cylinder inverted compound engine of 70 nhp, single shaft. machinery b blair & co, stockton-on-tees. passage rotterdam for sunderland. sank following collision with ss beryl of dundee. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20170316
Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE 'GLEN TILT'. H04114/42 26.12.42 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR.AT 31FT. (HMS NIBLICK, 26.12.42). H04114/42 27.5.43 INS AS WK 5FMS 1FT.
- NM 1093/43. H04114/42 18.8.49 LOCATED IN 523342N, 020416E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 92FT IN GEN DEPTH 97FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 18.8.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.
- NM 1603/49. H3730/69 1.6.69 EXAM'D IN 523337N, 020430E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82FT IN GEN DEPTH 95FT. SCOUR 98FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 14FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523337N, 020433E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR 31.0 MTRS. RATHER SCATTERED & BROKEN UP. COVERS AN AREA 370FT BY 150FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 1.6.71). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H4629/71 22.12.71 LIES NNE/SSW VIRTUALLY AS SUNK EXCEPT MASTS & LIGHT SUPERSTRUCTURE DRAGGED DOWN BY FISHERMANS NETS & TIDES. NO SIGN OF DISPERSAL OPS. NO SIGN OF SINKING DAMAGE. VIRTUALLY NO SCOUR. (E GILES, 13.12.71). 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS. NC 1543. H4004/73 11.9.73 SWEPT CLEAR 20.4MTRS, FOUL 21.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO SW 20.4MTRS.
- NM ACTION. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 3.7.94IN 523331.7N, 020437.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1, FOUL 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEGS. UPRIGHT BUT DECAYED. (GARDLINE, HI 616). RETAIN SW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN AS THERE IS A GAP IN ADJACENT 'CLEAR' SWEEPS. BR STD. 15.4.05 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 'ABEONA' FROM A NAME PLATE ON THE STEERING BINNACLE. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 14.4.05) NCA. SEP 2017/000067039 16.3.17 EXAM'D 16.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.557N, 0204.510E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 88.6MTRS, WIDTH 30.4MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 125/305 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 76.8MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 148 DEGS. WK IS BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED
Position: 52 33.557 N,2 4.51 E