Wreck: Baldersby (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Baldersby (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 12.045 N,5 20.486 W (52.94205, -5.09135)
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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: BALDERSBY (PROBABLY)
Length 105.6 meter, width: 15.4 meter, draught: 7.1, tonnage 3613 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1913 by sir r ropner & sons ltd, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by sir r ropnen & sons. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 322nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton. passage montreal for avonmouth. torpedoed by ub-91. 2 men lost. (sii).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 107 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: INS ON CHARTS AS NDWPA IN 530900N, 051930W. (DATE NOT KNOWN). 8.11.78 8.11.78 AMEND TO USCPA 100 MTRS. NC 1411 H1935/80 4.2.83 H1935/80 4.2.83 EXAM'D 22.3.82 IN 531202N, 052025W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 95 IN GEN DEPTH 105MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK ABOUT 90MTRS LONG, LYING NE/SW, IN AN AREA OF PRECIPITOUS AND HIGH FREQUENCY SANDWAVES STANDING UP TO 20MTRS HIGH AND SHOALER THAN THE WK. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 4.5.07 4.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5312.045N, 0520.486W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 107MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 10.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 045/215 DEGS. SCOUR TO N AT EACH END. SHOALER SANDWAVES TO NE AND SW. AMEND WK 95MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: 20MTR SANDWAVES SHOALER THAN THE WK CLOSE BY
Position: 53 12.045 N,5 20.486 W
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