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 (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aurelien
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Besse (probably)
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Boynton (possibly)
18. Busby
19. Cato
20. Chimu
21. Christina
22. Christos markettos
23. City of cardiff
24. City of westminster (& kul)
25. Clan macnab
26. Conqueror
27. Courtown
28. Denebola
29. Depois
30. Devon
31. Dunaskin
32. Dundee (probably)
33. Dux (possibly)
34. Emblem
35. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
36. Empire kingsley
37. Enrico parodi
38. Facto
39. Fanny lambert
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Garthclyde (possibly)
42. Gemini
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Hampshire
45. Heathmore
46. Helene (probably)
47. Hellopes
48. Hms decoy (probably)
49. Hms pincher
50. Hms royalo
51. Hms warspite
52. Hms warspite (part of)
53. Holland xix
54. Hopeful (possibly)
55. Iona
56. J duncan
57. Jose de aramburu
58. Joshua nicholson
59. Juan ferrer
60. Juanita
61. Kate thomas (possibly)
62. Kildonan ?
63. Kintuck
64. Lake grafton
65. Lake grafton (possibly)
66. Liberty
67. Lincoln
68. Lovat
69. Luna
70. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
71. Luxembourg (probably)
72. Lyminge
73. Maria de larrinaga
74. Marie roberts
75. Maroc
76. Moorview
77. Mystique (possibly)
78. New pioneer
79. Ocean harvest
80. Orion
81. Oriskany
82. Phoenix 202
83. Phoenix 203
84. Pioneer (possibly)
85. Polesley (possibly)
86. Primo ?
87. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
88. Regency (probably)
89. Reidar (possibly)
90. Rms mulheim
91. Saint guenole
92. Saxon briton
93. Sea viper
94. Setubel(probably)
95. Sirius (possibly)
96. St chamond
97. Stabil (possibly)
98. Sten (possibly)
99. Sylvia-mary z-525
100. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
101. Tralee trader
102. Traute sarnow
103. Tungufoss
104. Tyrhaug
105. U 1209 (possibly)
106. U 247 (possibly)
107. Umbre
108. Underwood
109. Union crystal (possibly)
110. Union star (parts of)(probably)
111. Veghtstroom (possibly)
112. Vine branch (possibly)
113. Vinovia
114. Wild boar
115. William cory
116. Zone (probably)

 

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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