Wreck: Stabil (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Stabil (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.788 N,5 34.814 W (50.296467, -5.580233)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: STABIL (POSSIBLY)
Length 49.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 538 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1899 by knut skaeluren, rosendal. owned at time of loss by stabil a/s. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 43 hp, single shaft. passage glasgow for nantes. torpedoed by u-46. two survivors picked up 3 or 4 hours later in a boat 8 miles nnw of st ives. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1973, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: SURVIVORS RECOVERED 8 MILES NNW OF ST IVES SOME 3-4 HOURS LATER. POSN 501930N, 053530W FOR FILING ONLY. H2959/73 6.12.73 H2959/73 6.12.73 WK LOCATED IN 501748N, 053442W [OGB] USING DECCA. REMAINS OF SMALL VESSEL, POSSIBLY FISHING VESSEL ABOUT 60TONS. SATTERED OVER ROCKY AREA WITH SAND PATCHES. MAXIMUM HEIGHT ABOUT 10FT (3MTRS) ABOVE SEABED. (E GILES). INS AS WK 27MTRS. BR STD. 16.12.11 16.12.11 LOCATED 28.9.09 IN 5017.788N, 0534.814W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.20 N GEN DEPTH 30.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP. LENGTH 3.2MTRS, WIDTH 3.0MTRS, HT 3.65MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). PROBABLE DEBRIS. RETAIN WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.8.12 16.8.12 DIVED AND FOUND TO BE A SINGLE BOILER ON ITS END, A SMALL ENGINE AND PROPELLER SHAFT WITH DAMAGED PROP ALONGSIDE AND SCATTERED WRECKAGE. NO SIGN OF ANY HULL PLATING. ESTIMATE VESSEL TO BE WELL UNDER 1000 TONS. (S WELLS, EMAIL DTD 16.8.12). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOILER, ENGINE, SHAFT & DEBRIS, NO HULL PLATING
Position: 50 17.788 N,5 34.814 W
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