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 (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: 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