This is the information page about the shipwreck Melrose abbey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 45.753 N,4 16.596 W (47.499, -4.5013333333333)

 

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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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Name: MELROSE ABBEY

Length 71.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1211 ton
Load: timber

Cause: built in 1877 by t turnball & son. owned at time of loss by frederick jones. compound expanasion engine of 127nhp. passage arcachon for cardiff. wrecked on les fourches rock in thick fog. (dods).

Year of registration: 1909

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1909, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 16.5.79 DW IN 474549N, 041631W [EUR]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2351. HH353/351/01 8.2.89 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 7146 & FRENCH 7147 [1988 EDN'S]. POSN ACCURACY 1M. GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14574032). INS AS DW PA. BR STD. 18.5.00 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 7146 [1993 EDN]. NC 2819. 15.4.10 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 4745.753N, 0416.596W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6646 [2ND EDN 2008, 1:15,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 45.753 N,4 16.596 W

 

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