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, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. Aloha
3. Bourrasque
4. Bowsprite (bow section)
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Bramden (possibly)
7. Brighton
8. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
9. Calypso
10. Clan macalister
11. Clan macneil (possibly)
12. Cmb 71a
13. De wandilaar
14. Dortmund
15. Douaisien (possibly)
16. Ely
17. Estafette
18. Etendard
19. Fenella (possibly)
20. Fennella
21. Fl5
22. Floride (probably)
23. Foudroyant
24. Foudroyant (possibly)
25. G 96
26. Ganko
27. Halo (probably)
28. Hms basilisk
29. Hms brighton queen
30. Hms gracie fields
31. Hms grafton
32. Hms grenade
33. Hms keith
34. Hms king orry
35. Hms polly johnson
36. Hms skipjack
37. Hms st abbs
38. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
39. Hms wakeful
40. Hms waverley
41. Hms whitley
42. Horst
43. Hs 97 (possibly)
44. Jaguar
45. Kap arkona
46. Kestrel
47. Keulse vaart iv
48. L'urtiga (possibly)
49. Laura
50. Le copain d'abord
51. Lorina
52. Lorina (possibly)
53. Lst 420 (bow section)
54. Lst 420 (stern section)
55. Lucy jenny ii
56. Marie
57. Mariner (possibly)
58. Marthe
59. Melrose
60. Mona's queen
61. Normannia
62. P 319
63. Prinses astrid
64. Queen of the channel (possibly)
65. Quo vadis
66. R.93 (possibly)
67. Rita
68. Robert-clara
69. Sabrina
70. Saint camille
71. Saint therese de jesus
72. Sea hunter
73. Sigurds faulbaums
74. St corentin
75. St fagan
76. Sterre der zee
77. Toquet
78. Torpilleur branlebas
79. Trifels
80. Tringa
81. Ub29
82. Uc 63
83. V 201 (possibly)
84. Vlaanderen (probably)
85. West-hinder
86. Wielingen ii (possibly)
87. Wolf
88. 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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