Wreck: Arbel (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Arbel (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.338 N,5 46.071 W (50.088967, -5.767850)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ARBEL (PROBABLY)
Length 64 meter, width: 9.7 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 901 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-peregrine, ex-arbonne. built in 1921 by hawthorn & co ltd, leith. owned at time of loss by navigation transmairne soc anon. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 169 nhp, single shaft. passage maryport for plymouth. 3 crew lost. (sibi). sunk by bombs and gunfire from enemy aircraft. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 13.4.60 H01001/40 13.4.60 SUNK IN 500651N, 054602W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST). H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 LOCATED 29.9.77 IN 500519N,054602W USING HF/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 53MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LYING N/S. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). CHART AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD. 3.5.78 3.5.78 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER. ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN VESSEL OF ABOUT 700 TONS. (E GILES, TELECON). 12.12.11 12.12.11 LOCATED 12.10.09 IN 5005.338N, 0546.071E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.06 IN GEN DEPTH 56.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75.60MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HT 3.24MTRS. LIES 144/324 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY COLLAPSED
Position: 50 5.338 N,5 46.071 W
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