This is the information page about the shipwreck Abydos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.259 N,4 46.319 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Blue star
7. Calista (probably)
8. Carmelite (possibly)
9. Citrine
10. Clan macmaster
11. Conovium (probably)
12. Crois bhride
13. Darro
14. Don boscoe
15. Downshire (possibly)
16. Downshire (probably)
17. Dundalk
18. Eileen
19. Ellen sheant
20. Fenella ann
21. Florence
22. G-azjy
23. Ginger
24. Grinder
25. Hms racehorse
26. Jane brown
27. Lily
28. Liverpool
29. Madge wildfire
30. Marianne toft (possibly)
31. Mayfield
32. Melfort
33. Mfv polaris
34. Moonlight
35. Moonlight (possibly)
36. Noel du marin
37. Oona hall
38. Our brighter dawn
39. Our lassie
40. Our queen
41. Passages
42. Pt1 or pt2
43. Ringwall
44. Romeo
45. Saint mirren (possibly)
46. Speedwell
47. Thracian
48. Tumi joy 2
49. Tuskar
50. Waltham (probably)
51. William hanbury

 

Name: ABYDOS

Length 79.2 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1339 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1871, foundered off port erin whilst en-route clyde to genoa. owned at time of loss by raeburn & verel. 21 lives lost. (dods) vessel "vito" was reported lost at same time & may have been in collision with the "abydos". (authority not stated)

Year of registration: 1894

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1894

Details measurements/cartography: 5.12.69 5.12.69 FOUNDERED OFF PORT ERIN. BODIES RECOVERED BUT WK NOT LOCATED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA, POSN 540515N, 044615W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 5.259 N,4 46.319 W

 

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