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 (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Dageid
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Fanny lambert
40. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
41. Gallier (possibly)
42. Gemini
43. Genevieve (possibly)
44. Glamorgan coast
45. Glendale
46. Gleno
47. Hampshire
48. Helene (probably)
49. Hellopes
50. Hms anson
51. Hms royalo
52. Hms warspite
53. Hms warspite (part of)
54. Hms warwick
55. Hmy viva 2
56. Hopeful (possibly)
57. Iona
58. J duncan
59. Jose de aramburu
60. Joshua nicholson
61. Juan ferrer
62. Juanita
63. Kate thomas (possibly)
64. Kildonan ?
65. Kintuck
66. Kynance (probably)
67. Lake grafton
68. Lake grafton (possibly)
69. Liberty
70. Lincoln
71. Loe bar wk
72. Luna
73. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
74. Luxembourg (probably)
75. Lyminge
76. Madeline
77. Maria de larrinaga
78. Maroc
79. Moorview
80. Mystique (possibly)
81. New pioneer
82. Nile
83. Ocean harvest
84. Onega
85. Oriskany
86. Pacific reliance
87. Peer gynt (possibly)
88. Petersham
89. Phoenix 202
90. Phoenix 203
91. Pioneer (possibly)
92. Polesley (possibly)
93. Ponthieu
94. Primo ?
95. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
96. Princess royal
97. Quarnero
98. Reidar (possibly)
99. Rms mulheim
100. Saint guenole
101. Saxon briton
102. Schiedam
103. Sea viper
104. Secil japan (bow section)
105. Secil japan (stern section)
106. Setubel(probably)
107. Shanes castle
108. Shoreham (probably)
109. Sirius (possibly)
110. Sna i (possibly)
111. St anthony (possibly)
112. St chamond
113. St george
114. St george (possibly)
115. Stabil (possibly)
116. Sten (possibly)
117. Sylvia-mary z-525
118. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
119. Traute sarnow
120. Tungufoss
121. Tyrhaug
122. U 400 (possibly)
123. Umbre
124. Underwood
125. Union crystal (possibly)
126. Union star (parts of)(probably)
127. Veghtstroom (possibly)
128. Vesuvius
129. Vigrid (possibly)
130. Vine branch (possibly)
131. War baron (probably)
132. Wild boar
133. William cory
134. Yewcroft
135. Zone (probably)

 

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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