This is the information page about the shipwreck Aberhill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 54.921 N,1 43.833 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: ABERHILL
Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1516 ton
Cause: Built in 1915 by a vuijk & zonen. onwed at time of loss by m taylor. triple expansion engine of 106nhp. went aground on haisborough sand and broke her back.
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 280 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 20190216
Details measurements/cartography: H1952/80 26.1.83 EXAM'D 1.6.82 IN 525454N, 014356E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17MTRS. LYING APPROX E/W ON N EDGE OF SCOUR. NOT SWEPT DUE PROXIMITY OF BANK. (SOISS, HI 22). BR STD. HH090/604/01 22.11.93 EXAM'D 4.7.93 IN 525454.1N, 014358.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.5 IN GEN DEPTH 14 TO 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS, BREADTH 25MTRS. A BROKEN WK LYING 070/250 DEG IN SCOUR. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD, HI 604). BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 19.5.20 EXAM'D 16.02.19; IN 5254.921N, 0143.833E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 104.89MTRS, WIDTH 18.49MTRS, HEIGHT 8.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 280/100 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 187.83MTRS, WIDTH 71.45MTRS, 5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 154 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT PARTLY COVERED BY SAND WAVES. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 7.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WK
Position: 52 54.921 N,1 43.833 E