This is the information page about the shipwreck Rievaulx abbey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.654 N,0 17.721 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: RIEVAULX ABBEY
Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1166 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1908 by earle's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by the hull & netherlands ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 499hp, single shaft. passage rotterdam for hull. general cargo. struck mine laid by uc-10. two men lost.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H4560/18 17.8.18 SUNK 6.5C E [MAG] FROM ROSSE SPIT BUOY. (TH). SUNK 7.5C ENE FROM ROSSE SPIT BUOY. (WW1SL). SUNK IN 533000N, 001700E, APPROX. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL.17). H6391/19 INS WK IN 533040N, 001740E. H5078/20 17.7.20 LOCATED 246 DEGS, 5.6 MILES FROM DONNA NOOK BEACON OR IN 533040N, 001800E. (TH NM 59/20). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H7056/20 5.10.20 DISPERSED TO 24FT. WK MARKING VESSEL AND BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (ADMIRALTY). H595/58 2.6.58 INS AS WK 4FMS. NC 107. 1.2.74 AMEND TO WK 6.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. HH090/593/01 22.12.93 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 3.9.13 EXAM'D 9.5.13 IN 5330.654N, 0017.721E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.65 IN GEN DEPTH 9.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 8.5MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HT 1.55MTRS. APPARENTLY THE REMNANTS OF A WK, POSSIBLY WITH TWO BOILERS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS. AMEND WK 7.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SIGNIFICANT WK DEBRIS, ?TWO BOILERS
Position: 53 30.654 N,0 17.721 E