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