This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms st abbs, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.902 N,2 27.498 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. A-15 (possibly)
2. Bourrasque
3. Bowsprite (bow section)
4. Bramden (possibly)
5. Brighton
6. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
7. Clan macalister
8. Clan macneil (possibly)
9. Cmb 71a
10. Dortmund
11. Douaisien (possibly)
12. Estafette
13. Etendard
14. Fennella
15. Fl5
16. Floride (probably)
17. Foudroyant
18. Foudroyant (possibly)
19. G 96
20. Ganko
21. Hms basilisk
22. Hms brighton queen
23. Hms gracie fields
24. Hms grafton
25. Hms grenade
26. Hms keith
27. Hms king orry
28. Hms skipjack
29. Hms st abbs
30. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
31. Hms wakeful
32. Hms waverley
33. Hms whitley
34. Horst
35. Jaguar
36. Kestrel
37. Keulse vaart iv
38. L'urtiga (possibly)
39. Laura
40. Le copain d'abord
41. Lorina
42. Lorina (possibly)
43. Lst 420 (stern section)
44. Mariner (possibly)
45. Marthe
46. Melrose
47. Mona's queen
48. P 319
49. Prinses astrid
50. Queen of the channel (possibly)
51. Quo vadis
52. R.93 (possibly)
53. Rita
54. Sabrina
55. Saint camille
56. Sigurds faulbaums
57. St fagan
58. Sterre der zee
59. Toquet
60. Torpilleur branlebas
61. Trifels
62. Tringa
63. Ub 29
64. Ub29
65. Uc 63
66. V 201 (possibly)
67. Vlaanderen (probably)
68. West-hinder
69. Wielingen ii (possibly)
70. Wolf
71. Zeester

 

Name: HMS ST ABBS

Length 41.5 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 550 ton

Cause: 17.12.18 bult by ferguson 17.12.18. a 'saint' class rescue tug. target towing 1939. bombed and sunk by german aircraft during evacuation of b e f from dunkirk. (ww2sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 28.2.50 WK 5.4MTRS SHOWN IN 510456N, 022736E ON FRENCH CHART. LC 1872. H7304/53 4.12.53 POSN NOW 510458N, 022734E. (PARIS NM 53 43 23). - FNM 129/53. 15.6.76 SHOWN AS SW 5.2MTRS ON FR 6500 [JUN'76 EDN]. BR STD. H1283/76/118 7.9.76 POSN 510457.96N, 022735.4E [EUR], AND NAME TAKEN FROM FRENCH WRECK INFORMATION. (R A LEE OF DEAL). NCA. 9.7.79 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS ON K8220 [MAY-OCT 1978]. NCA. H1271/80 22.10.81 SHOWN AS WK 6.2MTRS IN 510457N, 022735E [EUR] ON FR 6500 [4TH EDN 1981]. BR STD. 16.8.85 EXAM'D IN 510457N, 022735E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 6.2 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, LYING E/W. STERN INTACT, BUT OTHERWISE BROKEN UP. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). H1310/86/24 3.10.86 DIVED ON. CONFIRMED AS WK OF ST ABBS. STILL IN FAIR CONDITION. LIES WITH BOWS S, LISTING SLIGHTLY TO STBD. (J COULON, 15.9.86). 17.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 6.5MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873. 14.11.11 SHOWN IN 5104.902N, 0227.498E [WGD] ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11]. SEP 2016/000134562 23.11.16 SHOWN AS WK 8.2MTRS IN 5104.902N, 0227.498E [WGD] ON ENC FR474240. [ED2.0, DTD 25.5.16]. AMEND DW 8.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SLIGHT LIST, IN FAIR CONDITION

Position: 51 4.902 N,2 27.498 E

 

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