This is the information page about the shipwreck Netley abbey (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.125 N,2 29.628 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Amy
4. Antonis g lemos (probably)
5. Apache
6. Athen
7. Black hawk (aft section)
8. Bonita
9. Britannia (possibly)
10. Centurion
11. Conch
12. Elena r
13. Elmcrest
14. Ethel (probably)
15. Evertsen
16. Finn
17. Finnborg
18. Franziska
19. Frigga
20. Gallia
21. Girnigoe
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Gripfast
25. Gudrun
26. Hms blackwood
27. Hms boadicea
28. Hms buccaneer
29. Hms delight
30. Hms fisgard ii
31. Hms gossamer
32. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
33. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
34. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
35. Hms remindo (possibly)
36. Hms warrior ii
37. Hmsm l24
38. Inisinver
39. Johan (possibly)
40. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
41. K m b (possibly)
42. L h carl
43. Lst 507 (bow section)
44. Lst 507 (stern section)
45. Lst 531
46. Malka
47. Mallard (possibly)
48. Marie therese
49. Martha
50. Meknes
51. Memnon
52. Merchant royal
53. Minerva (probably)
54. Miniota
55. Neree (possibly)
56. Neree (probably)
57. Netley abbey (possibly)
58. Orne (possibly)
59. Pan
60. Pas (c.182)
61. Perra (possibly)
62. Pitchipoy (possibly)
63. Regina coeli (possibly)
64. Romsdalen (probably)
65. Salsette ii
66. Spiral (possibly)
67. Stancrest
68. Thera (possibly)
69. Trito
70. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
71. U 322 (possibly)
72. Ull (probably)
73. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: NETLEY ABBEY (POSSIBLY)

Length 79.3 meter, width: 10.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1620 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1898 by w grey, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by pyeman watson & co, cardiff. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 191nhp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, hartlepool. passage cardiff for kronshadt. sank following collision with hms surprise, a 1650 ton despatch vessel. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 108 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 17.6.87 17.6.87 WK LOCATED 15.6.87 IN 501206N, 021942W [OGB] USING DECCA , LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. MAGNETOMETER READINGS INDICATED WK IS ABOUT 120 TONS. (T HANLAN, TELECON). INS AS 57MTRS. BR STD. HH090/961/01 15.12.03 HH090/961/01 15.12.03 EXAM'D 10.8.03 IN 5012.125N, 0229.628W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.1 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 53MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 018/198 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. APPEARS TO BE SEDIMENT PILED AGAINST THE EASTERN END OF WK. (GARDLINE, HI 961). SEVERAL SMALL FRAGMENTS LIE NEARBY. AMEND WK 56MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 18.7.05 HH100/351/22 18.7.05 AN OLD WRECK, WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTLY BURIED. SCATTERED CARGO OF COAL BLOCKS. TWO BOILERS AND AN UNUSUAL COMPOUND ENGINE WITH A WHEEL ON THE BACK. CONSIDERED BY A DUNSTER TO BE PROBABLY 'NETLEY ABBEY'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTLY BURIED

Position: 50 12.125 N,2 29.628 W

 

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