This is the information page about the shipwreck Sabac, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.35 N,1 29.394 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Advent
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Blanc nez
11. Brandenburg
12. Bravore
13. Brendonia
14. Ca 4
15. Camisard
16. Cap de la hague
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Colbert
20. Colbert (possibly)
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. Costas michalos (aft section)
25. Costas michalos (fwd part)
26. D'artagnan
27. Dartmore
28. Dinard
29. Dixie
30. Dorothy j (possibly)
31. Dotterel
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. Empire lough (probably)
40. Empress of fort william (probably)
41. En avant
42. Eustratios (probably)
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Filleigh
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. Frons olivae (probably)
50. G 85 (possibly)
51. G-42 (possibly)
52. Gad 23
53. Genimar
54. Gladys
55. Gloire a sainte therese
56. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
57. Halcyon
58. Harcalo
59. Henry b plant
60. Henry moon
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms alert ?
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aries (possibly)
67. Hms artic trapper
68. Hms brazen
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms flirt
76. Hms glen boyne
77. Hms kingston galena
78. Hms lord grey
79. Hms lydian
80. Hms marcella
81. Hms napia
82. Hms niger (possibly)
83. Hms northumberland (probably)
84. Hms othello ii
85. Hms peridot
86. Hms restoration (possibly)
87. Hms rodino
88. Hms stirling castle (probably)
89. Hms torbay ii (probably)
90. Hms tranquil
91. Hms war sepoy
92. Hms weigelia
93. Hms wessex
94. Hmsm b2
95. Hundvaag
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Josephine willis
101. Jupiter (probably)
102. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
103. Kabinda
104. Kadru
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
114. Le pelerin de la mer
115. Le tregor
116. Leicester
117. Leo
118. Lighter 83
119. Loanda
120. Lolworth
121. Lord hamilton (possibly)
122. Luray victory
123. Lusitania
124. Mahratta
125. Mahratta ii
126. Maloja 1
127. Malta (probably)
128. Mariner moon
129. Merel (part of)(possibly)
130. Mersey
131. Moise
132. Monarch
133. Munificent
134. Murillo
135. Nancy moran
136. Negrier
137. Nicolaw
138. Niki
139. Norman
140. North eastern victory
141. Notre dame des trois epis
142. Ocean king (possibly)
143. Ousel (probably)
144. Pallieter
145. Phoenix
146. Polgrange
147. Preussen
148. Pulborough
149. Quentovic
150. Rio parana
151. Rochester castle (possibly)
152. Rooswijk
153. Rydal force
154. Rynanna
155. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
156. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
157. Sabac
158. Saint michael veillez sur nous
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Saint ronan (possibly)
161. Sambut
162. Santagata
163. Santagata (?part of)
164. Sea serpent
165. Shenandoah
166. Smarapaan
167. Spanish prince
168. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
169. St cecilia
170. St claire (possibly)
171. Strathclyde
172. Teeswood
173. Texaco caribbean (after section)
174. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
175. The queen
176. Tina primo
177. Toromoree
178. Toward
179. Traquair (probably)
180. Tusnastabb (possibly)
181. U 11 (possibly)
182. U 16 (possibly)
183. U 48
184. U 8
185. Ub 103 (possibly)
186. Ub 108 (possibly)
187. Ub 109
188. Ub 12 (possibly)
189. Ub 29 (possibly)
190. Ub 38
191. Ub 55 (probably)
192. Ub 56 (possibly)
193. Ub 58 (possibly)
194. Ub 78
195. Ub-33 (probably)
196. Uc 26
197. Uc 46
198. Uc 46 (possibly)
199. Uc 63
200. Uc 77 (possibly)
201. Uc 78 or uc 79
202. Unity
203. Virginie
204. W a scholten
205. Wheatman (possibly)
206. Will and maggie (probably)
207. Xanthence

 

Name: SABAC

Length 104.2 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2811 ton
Load: bauxite

Cause: ex-maria leonhart '46, ex-skottiness '47. built in 1922 by stettiner oderwerke. owned at time of loss by kvarnerska plovidba. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage ploce for rotterdam. cargo bauxite. sank following collision with british mv 'dorington castle' in dense fog.

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 128 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 6M SE OF DOVER. (DODS). H2088/71 15.1.71 UNKNOWN WK FOUND DURING SEARCH FOR WKS OF 'TEXACO CARRIBEAN' & 'BRANDENBURG'. (MOD SIG DTD 13.1.71). CHART AS SW 12FMS 4FT IN 510418N, 012922E.

- NM 154/71. H2088/71 22.4.71 LARGE WK IN 510418N, 012922E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 75FT BY OROPESA SWEEP. LEAST E/S DEPTH 131 IN GEN DEPTH 160FT. (HMS KEDLESTONE/HMS BEAGLE, 19.1.71). H2873/71 5.4.71 LOCATED BY HMS ECHO & HMS BRONNINGTON DURING VARNE SWEEP. (HMS ECHO, 1.4.71). NCA. H5197/70 11.8.71 SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.2MTRS [20FMS]. (HMS FAWN, HN 3/71). AMEND TO SW 20FMS.

- NM1285/71. H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 510414N, 012916E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. CLEAR AT 37, FOUL AT 37.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.5 IN 51MTRS [LAT]. LIES 123/303DEGS, APPARENTLY IN ONE PIECE. LENGTH ABT 275FT. (HMS FAWN, H525 NO.52/71). ALMOST CERTAINLY THE 'SABAC' DESPITE REPORTED LENGTH. AMEND POSN TO 510409N, 012917E [OGB]. LC 1895 & LC 1892. 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 37.0MTRS. NC 1892. H4453/72 28.2.78 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OBTAINED THAT WK HAS LEAST DEPTH 25.2MTRS. LARGE MAST DETECTED ON SIDE-SCAN. (HMS BULLDOG, SIG DTD 27.2.78). WZ 182 & NAV I 040/78 ISSUED. NCA YET. H4453/72 19.6.78 AMEND TO WK 25.2MTRS [13FMS 4FT].

- NM 1513/78. H4199/78 14.8.78 EXAM'D 30.10.77 IN 510419N, 012928E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. EXTREMELY 'HIGH' WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LARGE MAST SHOWN ON DCS3 TRACE - OVERALL HT 29.3MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 25MTRS REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2330/84 4.3.87 EXAM'D ON 9.12.86 IN 510420N, 012927E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.9 IN GEN DEPTH 51.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 18.2MTRS ON HIGH POINT A THIRD WAY FROM W END. LYING 122/302DEGS WITH BOW W. 110MTRS LONG, BEAM 16MTRS. NO SIGN OF 29.3MTR HIGH POINT REPORTED IN 1977 & WHICH IS CONSIDERED DISPROVED. CHART AS SW 33.3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). NCA DESPITE THIS REPORT, AWAIT WIRE-SWEEP. H3947/88 25.5.89 EXAM'D 13.4.89 IN 510419N, 012928E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.3, FOUL AT 38.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.4 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 13MTRS, LENGTH 102MTRS. LIES 103/283DEGS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE & FUNNEL AMIDSHIPS, WITH MAST FORE & AFT. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 469). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS (20FMS).

- NM 1723/89. HH091/159/01 18.7.07 EXAM'D 5.10.06 IN 5104.350N, 0129.394E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.31 IN GEN DEPTH 52.1MTRS. LENGTH 91.7MTRS, WIDTH 19.0MTRS, HT 17.7MTRS. LIES 128/308 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. FRAGMENT LIES 20MTRS NW. (OSAE, HI 1159). LEAST DEPTHS ARE FROM THE S END OF THE WK. MULTIPLE HITS BUT DETACHED FROM THE WK. (DIGITAL BATYHMETRY, EMAIL DTD 5.9.07). PROBABLY NETS OR FISH. RETAIN SW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE

Position: 51 4.35 N,1 29.394 E

 

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